On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [20/04/2020]
SA startup Healthcent is making its healthtech platform, Signapps free for all users in public-sector hospitals over the duration of the Covid-19 period. This, while…
Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [20/04/2020]
This Wednesday (22 April) LifeQ will host Aisha Pandor, the co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth, Africa’s first online platform for home cleaning services. Then,…
IFC to invest up to $20m in SPE Capital to target firms in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
The World Bank’s International Financial Corporation (IFC) plans to invest up to $20-million in a new fund that will in turn invest in small…
Future Females secures over 3000 signups for global virtual summit
Future Females, an international community of female entrepreneurs, will tomorrow kick off a free virtual two-day summit and says it has already secured over…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [17/04/2020]
The SA government has amended the country’s lockdown regulations to allow more businesses to operate during the lockdown. This, while UCook CEO David Torr (pictured…
SA’s Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group releases position paper on crypto assets
The SA government’s Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) has drafted a policy position paper on crypto assets, the SA Reserve Bank said in a…
Zayed Sustainability Prize opens applications to innovators with $3m in prize money
The Zayed Sustainability Prize is calling on African innovators who have solutions that address some of the world’s biggest sustainability challenges to enter its…
Ecosystem-wide collaboration platform SA Blockchain Alliance has launched
A blockchain ecosystem-wide collaboration between government, academia, business and civil society has launched. The South African National Blockchain Alliance (Sanba) was officially launched earlier…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [16/04/2020]
Johannesburg based startup Airbuy wants to work with SA startups to build their online stores at no cost, by offering them virtual technical workshops…
Enygma Ventures launches R20m Covid-19 fund to seed post-pandemic solutions
US venture capital (VC) fund Enygma Ventures has launched a R20-million fund to invest in startups with post-pandemic innovative solutions. The fund is open…
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