The South African Police Service is the perfect example of this experiment to understand the limit at which employees can share content in work…
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 has emerged as the winner of the 2018 Ecobank Fintech Challenge, clinching $10 000. The mobile money application works offline, without an…
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…
In what is arguably one of the biggest venture capital deals announced so far this year in South Africa, SA point of sale payments…
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…
Nigerian venture capital (VC) firm Ventures Platform has invested $100 000 into Lagos-based healthtech startup MDaaS Global. Ventures Platform founder and CEO Kola Aina announced the…
Automotive giant Mercedes-Benz South Africa in partnership with business incubator LaunchLab has launched the Mercedes-Benz South Africa Ideas Challenge, an innovation initiative aimed at students and…
Nairobi-based last-mile logistics startup Bwala Africa Group has secured a loan of 24-million Kenyan Shillings ($238 000) from Kenyan bank CFC Stanbic. The startup, which launched…
Lagos-based ISP startup Tizeti, and its Wifi.com.ng service, has closed a $3-million Series-A round led by 4DX Ventures. Tizeti builds and operates solar-powered towers while also…
Seedstars World, a leading startup competition for emerging markets, has announced the nine Senegalese startups that will pitch later this week at this year’s Seedstars Dakar pitch…