Lenovo Southern Africa’s flagship event, Accelerate 2025, has just wrapped up in Johannesburg — and if the conversations are anything to go by, the…
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…
Egypt’s Eventtus raises funding to develop events platform
Egyptian tech company Eventtus has raised an undisclosed amount in funding to help it launch a digital events platform to continue operating amid the…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [15/04/2020]
A Cape Town based healthtech Ingress Healthcare has raised a R6-million investment for a platform that distributes spare consulting rooms in hospitals and clinics…
Andela, Flutterwave co-founder calls on co-investors to join his Future Africa fund
Andela and Flutterwave co-founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is looking for co-investors to join his Future Africa fund. Aboyeji (pictured above), who founded the fund last…
Nigerian healthtech 54gene closes $15m Series-A raise
Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene has closed a $15-million Series-A round. The round was led by Adjuvant Capital, a US based life sciences fund. Adjuvant Capital’s…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [14/04/2020]
Has Covid-19 put a brake on funding? Tech companies in Africa have raised over $343-million so far this year, which is 27% higher than…
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