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…
Q&A: Focus on creating unicorn for SA is misdirected says Justin Stanford
Any overt focus by South African ecosystem players on creating the country’s first unicorn is a “misdirection of attention” says venture capitalist and founder of 4Di…
FSB misses its own crowdfunding deadline
South Africa’s Financial Services Board (FSB) has missed a June 30 deadline on considering whether to regulate equity crowdfunding or not. A FSB spokesperson in…
Agri-Vie Fund exit from Fairfield sees investors reap over three times in returns
Investors in the $100-million Agri-Vie Fund I have scored big with the fund today announcing its first exit, from one of South Africa’s most respected dairy…
Q&A: Report details fintech’s explosion across African continent
Africa has seen a boom in fintech in the last two years, with 301 startups now active in the sector on the continent, a report released…
Drive Revenue gets multi-million rand funding injection from HAVAÍC
Cape Town tech startup Drive Revenue has landed an undisclosed amount from HAVAÍC, the venture capital (VC) fund announced yesterday. HAVAÍC executive director Grant Rock said…
SA angel investment sector has to grow, black or white, says Simodisa head
South Africa needs more angel investors who can help startups and small businesses to grow. Yet there are still too few black Africans involved in…
Kuruman ticketing startup lands deal with Ackermans, PEP stores
Most people have never heard of Kuruman — a small dusty town of 13,000 people in the Northern Cape — where Tshepang Peme runs tech…
I was like Jekyll and Hyde – Spur founder on dealing with customers, staff
Spur founder Allen Ambor credits his restaurant success to keen customer service and a “draconian” management style which was “my way or the highway”….
Spur founder Allen Ambor on selling shares, that incident
Spur founder Allen Ambor says he still owns shares in the restaurant franchise he started in 1967 — despite an announcement last month by…
Bloemfontein startup secures $2m funding from Canadian investment bank
Bloemfontein-based startup Xineoh is making waves internationally thanks to its unique algorithm, which has already generated in excess of $30-million in revenue for clients…
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