E-hailing app service Bolt has over the past year introduced several proactive safety measures to ensure every commuter gets to their destination in one…
Following a successful inaugural Women in Tech & Digital Conference held in Cape Town earlier this month, mobile solutions consultancy Useful & Beautiful and…
Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has selected 10 Kenyan startups to pitch at Seedstars Nairobi this Friday (28 June). The sixth edition of…
A new report released this week by tech publication Disrupt Africa puts the number of African fintech startups currently operating on the continent at…
Think you business has growth potential in the food and agriculture space? African agritech startups stand a chance to win up to $1-million in…
UPDATE (20 December 2019: SweepSouth co-founder Aisha Pandor confirmed with Ventureburn today that the R30-million was part of an investment round which the startup…
Lagos-based mobility platform Max.ng today announced that it has closed a $7-million Series-A round which it said it will use to help it to…
UPDATE (20 August 2019): Swvl‘s $42-million raise was based on a valuation of the Egyptian startup of $156.86-million. The valuation was calculated from a disclosure…
Nedbank has “categorically” denied that it infringed on the commercial rights of two Gugulethu entrepreneurs relating to their patent. On Tuesday (18 June) Thandile…
AlphaCode has extended the deadline for Alphacode Incubate — an incubation programme aimed at black fintech startups — to next Monday (24 June). The initial deadline…
Infrastructure investment platform Africa50 has launched an innovation challenge aimed at helping increase access to affordable and reliable high-speed internet in under-served areas on the…