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…
Awief, Nedbank open applications for women’s Growth Accelerator Programme
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (Awief) is looking for 25 innovative early stage South African women entrepreneurs to take part in its…
Winners of 2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge announced
Fifteen teams comprising 32 African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the 2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge. The challenge is an initiative…
A whopping $25 000 up for grabs at Startup Battlefield Africa 2018
US tech publication TechCrunch will award the founders of the winning startup at this year’s Startup Battlefield Africa with $25 000 in equity-free prize…
TIA calls on innovators to submit funding proposals for waste, water solutions
The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is calling on startups and innovators to submit proposals that tackle ewaste and waste beneficiation, as well as Acid Mine Drainage,…
Here are the finalists of the second edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge
Pan-African banking conglomerate Ecobank has announced the 11 finalists of the second edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. In a statement last week, Ecobank…
Fintech platform Mines raises $13m in Series-A round led by The Rise Fund
US-based fintech Mines — which was founded by a Nigerian team — has raised $13-million in a Series-A round led by US impact investor The Rise…
Nedbank, Plug and Play to host The Disruption Agenda in Joburg [Updated]
SA bank Nedbank is partnering with Silicon Valley accelerator Plug and Play to bring 10 startups — including international companies among them — to an event in South Africa next month…
Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [13/08/2018]
Curious about alternative ways to raise money for your startup? If you’re in Joburg you might want to join FundEx 2018, a one-day conference…
Egyptian fintechs score with sandbox after AUC Venture Lab, Temenos deal
Fintech startups in Egypt will be able to test their new products and services in a sandbox, following an announcement today that university accelerator AUC…
Three tech startups tapped for inaugural Savca Industry Awards
Three SA tech startups — fintech i-Pay, on demand cleaning platform SweepSouth, and meal delivery site Ucook — are among nine companies that have been shortlisted for the inaugura Southern…
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