Twitter is clamping down on misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, introducing a strike system that will result in permanent bans for accounts. In a blog…
Fintech startups have two weeks to apply for Catapult: Inclusion Africa bootcamp
African fintech startups have about two weeks left to apply for the Catapult: Inclusion Africa fintech bootcamp which will take place in Luxembourg in…
SA journalism network Hashtag Our Stories lands $150k from Snapchat
SA mobile journalism network Hashtag Our Stories has netted $150 000 in funding from struggling social media Snapchat and a place in the US tech company’s…
SA legal startup Baobab named as Southern African winner of HiiL challenge
SA legal startup Baobab has been named the Southern Africa winner of justice accelerator The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law’s s (HiiL) annual Innovating Justice Challenge. The…
Payments startup Sudpay wins 2018 edition of Seedstars Dakar
Senegalese payments startup Sudpay has been crowned as the winner of the 2018 edition of the Seedstars Dakar pitch competition. The Dakar-based startup placed first…
Two African startups selected for FinTech Hive’s 2018 Accelerator programme
Two African fintech startups: Amplified Payment System from Nigeria and PaySky from Egypt have been selected to join FinTech Hive’s 2018 accelerator programme. The…
Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [10/09/2018]
If you’re based in Cape Town go see the SA Innovation Summit which kicks off on Wednesday (12 September) and runs till Friday (14 September). The annual…
Tanzanian mobile money startup Nala wins $10k at Ecobank Fintech Challenge
Tanzanian mobile money startup Nala has emerged as the winner of the 2018 Ecobank Fintech Challenge, clinching $10 000. The mobile money application works offline, without an…
Nigerian fintech Paga raises $10m in round led by Global Innovation Fund
Nigerian mobile payments company Paga has raised $10-million in a Series-B funding round led by London-based Global Innovation Fund. Impact investors Goodwell Investments, Unreasonable Capital and Omidyar…
SA fintech Yoco raises whopping $16m in Series-B round led by Partech
In what is arguably one of the biggest venture capital deals announced so far this year in South Africa, SA point of sale payments…
Four fintech companies selected for R2.5m AlphaCode Accelerate programme
Fintech accelerator AlphaCode has announced the names of four companies selected to join its recently launched R2.5-million accelerator programme AlphaCode Accelerate. The four companies are Entersekt, Livestock…
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