F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
4IRI and Cisco expand EDGE incubation hub network to Cape Town
Small business enabling platform Fourth Industrial Revolution Incubator (4IRI) together with the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) and Cisco launched South Africa’s third EDGE…
EXCLUSIVE: New telehealth solution delivers essential services to rural areas
Remote Doctors 4 Africa (RD4A) is a new application bringing hospital-grade diagnostic equipment to the citizens in remote corners of South Africa, Botswana, Ethiopia…
SA Fintech start-up launches physical card
Johannesburg-based fintech start-up has launched its newly branded SOLMate prepaid debit cards to round out its service offering that includes an electronic wallet app…
Tanzania M-Pesa users share in R33.8m profits
Vodacom Tanzania Plc disbursed profit accumulated on associated Trust Accounts to its over 10 million M-Pesa users, with subscribers receiving their share by 31…
Ghanaian health start-up mPharma enters Uganda through Vine acquisition
Accra-based mPharma has disclosed its acquisition of a controlling stake in major Ugandan pharmacy chain Vine Pharmacy. The 55% share was previously held by…
RecoMed raises $1.5m to scale online healthcare bookings in SA
Online healthcare bookings platform RecoMed is having a great October. Fresh from building a customized bookings platform for the Discovery Health Covid-19 vaccine roll-out,…
Homegrown SA digital payments service rebrands as mojaPay
A year after launching its online digital payments service digiToken, AfriNova Digital has rebranded it as a reimagined product called mojaPay. With payments services…
Vendease raises $3.2m to transform Africa’s restaurant supply chain
Nigerian-based AgriFood-tech start-up Vendease delivered approximately 100 000 tons of food to restaurants in September 2021, hitting a $12.9 million transaction volume. The recently…
SA Startup Act gains boost from the Presidency
After releasing the anticipated research findings in September, members of the South African Startup Act steering committee were invited, alongside other entrepreneurship activists, to…
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