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…
Microsoft Founders Hub to support 10K African start-ups
The seeds Microsoft planted with the Africa Transformation Office announcement in 2021 are beginning to sprout. That commitment to growth in Africa is further…
FastConnect on Teraco to supercharge local Oracle Cloud customers
African colocation data centre and interconnection provider Teraco Data Environments will offer direct connectivity through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect at its Isando Campus…
Broadscale Group and Generation Investment Management take M-Kopa to $100M
Innovative Kenyan lender M-Kopa has raised $75 million in an equity funding round, bringing its total equity funding to $100 million. The Generation Investment…
Payflex and Merchant Capital partner to help small retailers unlock BNPL
South African fintechs alternative lender Merchant Capital and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) specialist Payflex, have launched a cash advance solution that will address some of the issues…
Learn the new rules of business funding
The small business rollercoaster has been particularly rough over the past two years and the few that managed to stay afloat will agree that…
iiDENTIFii cracks nod for JSE Enterprise Acceleration Programme
Remote biometric digital facial authentication and automated onboarding technology start-up iiDENTIFii has secured a coveted spot in the JSE Enterprise Acceleration Programme. The company…
Newly formed PAGG wants to empower a billion African gamers
Ten African game studios have come together at Africa Games Week 2022 in Cape Town to announce a new initiative to grow the continent’s…
Clickatell secures $91M in oversubscribed Series C funding round
Chat commerce company Clickatell has secured $91 million in a Series C funding round led by Arrowroot Capital, with participation from Kennedy Lewis Investment…
[Opinion] The ABCs of avoiding a DeFi rug pull
The promise of decentralised finance (DeFi) is the elimination of centralised authorities not only gives users more say over their funds, but it also…
Lipa secures R10M financing from Imvelo Ventures
South African-based fintech start-up Lipa Payments has secured a R10 million investment from Empowerment Capital’s Imvelo Ventures, which is backed by Capitec Bank. The…
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