Lenovo Southern Africa’s flagship event, Accelerate 2025, has just wrapped up in Johannesburg — and if the conversations are anything to go by, the…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [22/05/2020]
A host of sector-specific funding options have been launched in South Africa. Law firms, advertising agencies and restaurants can all get financial support from…
Eight Tunisian startups graduate from Flat6Labs Tunis
Eight Tunisian startups have graduated from Tunisian accelerator Flat6Labs Tunis‘s fifth cohort. They include startups from the automotive sector, robotics, edtech, fintech and tourism…
Edtech startup Syafunda lands R2.5m investment from Edge Growth
SA edtech startup Syafunda has received a R2.5-million investment from Edge Growth which will allow the startup to scale its platform to meet the…
Silicon Valley’s Plug and Play to open centres in South Africa, Morocco
Silicon Valley accelerator and venture capital (VC) company Plug and Play plans to open its first African office in Johannesburg this year. The accelerator…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [21/05/2020]
City authorities should seize the opportunity to learn from informal transport networks and incorporate them into the urban fabric, WhereIsMyTransport‘s co-founder and CEO Devin…
Kenyan agritech startup Apollo Agriculture raises $6m round
Kenyan agritech startup Apollo Agriculture has raised a $6-million Series-A investment round, led by Anthemis Exponential Ventures. A number of other investors also took…
Uprise.Africa did not breach our code finds African Crowdfunding Association
The African Crowdfunding Association (ACfA), an industry association for crowdfunding on the continent, says it is satisfied that SA equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa remains…
Naspers Foundry to invest R100m in SA’s Aerobotics
Tech giant Naspers has announced today that it will invest R100-million in SA aerial-data analytics startup Aerobotics, through its early-stage business funding initiative Naspers…
SA fintech Peach Payments nets new investment to help it expand into Africa
SA fintech Peach Payments has raised new investment to drive its expansion into Africa, in a round led by Umkhathi Wethu Ventures (UW Ventures),…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [20/05/2020]
SA ticketing platform Quicket has launched what it claims is South Africa’s ticketed streaming service, and a new fundraising platform. This, as the Institute of…
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