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…
Meet the five finalists of the 2019 MEST Africa Challenge who will pitch for $50k
MEST Africa has announced the names of the five startups that will pitch at the 2019 MEST Africa Challenge finals in June for a…
Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity names latest beneficiaries
The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity (FRP) has announced the names of the five African firms that will each get a share of…
Sw7 Microsoft Partner Acceleration Programme to kick off next week in Jozi
Tech giant Microsoft has partnered with Joburg-based tech accelerator Sw7 for the Sw7 Microsoft Partner Acceleration Programme which kicks off in Johannesburg next Tuesday…
Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative names three additional regional partners
The African Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) today announced the names of three additional regional partners it will work with on the $10-million Africa Netpreneur…
Grand prize of $100k up for grabs in Circular Economy 2030 contest
The winner of the Circular Economy 2030 global sustainability contest launched last week by SAP and Google Cloud will receive over $100 000 in…
HiiL announces winner of SA leg of the Global Legal Hackathon 2019
Online mediation platform Kagiso has won the SA leg of Global Legal Hackathon 2019 (GLH2019), which was run by the Hague Institute for Innovation…
Nigerian fintech TeamApt raises $5.5m in round led by Quantum Capital Partners
Nigerian fintech startup TeamApt has raised $5.5-million in investment in a Series-A round led by Nigerian venture capital (VC) company Quantum Capital Partners. This,…
What Edge Growth looks for when investing in entrepreneurs [Q&A]
The ability to manage complicated tasks and still stay focused, deep industry experience, a strong work ethic and the ability to take advice from…
Spartan SME Finance secures R100m from SA SME Fund for R600m fund
SA small business financier Spartan SME Finance has secured a R100-million investment from The SA SME Fund to anchor its R600-million debt financing fund,…
JustLaundry to use novel way to raise R7.2m on local crowdfunding site
Johannesburg based crowdfunding platform The People’s Fund today announced that it offering customers the opportunity to own up to 40% of a laundromat company by simply…
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