F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
‘Luno making progress to get users’ money back from Malaysian account’ [Updated]
Just over five months since Malaysia’s tax authority took the decision to unfreeze SA bitcoin exchange Luno‘s Malaysian bank account, the startup says it is making progress…
‘AlphaCode in drive to create pipeline of fintechs to invest in’ [Q&A]
Joburg based fintech accelerator AlphaCode aims to create a pipeline of fintech firms in which Rand Merchant Bank — which runs the programme — can…
ICOs may have frizzled but SA startups are closer to meeting targeted raises
With the steady fall in the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum since the beginning of this year fewer local startups may be opting to run…
Hitting the high road – what it takes to join Grindstone accelerator [Q&A]
What do you perceive as success? Is owning a lifestyle business sufficient for you? Are you prepared to make changes to your business? These are some key questions that…
SA entrepreneurs detail the software they use to run their tech start up
Jira, Google Suite for Business, Ruby on Rails and fathomhq. These are just some of the software programs that SA tech entrepreneurs are using to set up…
SA insurtech startup Pineapple to launch insurance product in activation on Friday [Updated]
After two years of development insurtech startup Pineapple is finally set to launch their insurance product — with the startup claiming today in a statement, to…
Not all tech giants operating in SA offer support tailored to black startups
“We really got a lot”. This is how Thabo Moshoane describes the year of support his startup got from IBM, which included access to…
Could mysterious Durban man be the investor behind SA startup Zapper?
Is a media shy Durban-born entrepreneur the angel investor behind South African tech startup Zapper? Mystery continues to surround who the investor behind the Durban-based…
SA fintech JUMO secures first two commitments in new funding round
SA fintech JUMO has secured equity funding from French development agency Proparco and Finnish development finance company Finnfund — the first commitments to a new funding round, the startup’s founder Andrew Watkins-Ball…
Identity.com a ‘first-of-kind’ for secure identity verification says Vinny Lingham
South African entrepreneur and Civic founder Vinny Lingham has announced the name of his new decentralised identity ecosystem – Identity.com. In a blog post yesterday East London…
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