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…
It’s a lie, says investor over Polish man’s Nigerian ‘Godfather’ blackmail claims [Updated]
UPDATE (18 October 2019): Marek Zmyslowski has released a tell-all book after Interpol in May 2019 took down the Red Notice it issued in…
How Nigerian business partner tried to bribe, take over my startup – Polish man
UPDATE (18 October 2019): Marek Zmyslowski has released a tell-all book after Interpol in May 2019 took down the Red Notice it issued in…
Four Sars Section 12J venture capital funds that invest in SA tech startups
South Africa’s venture capital (VC) tax incentive allows investors that invest in accredited VC companies that then invest in small businesses, to make a…
Section 12J funds that invest in property are a tax dodge says Vinny Lingham
Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham says too many funds approved under South Africa’s Section 12J venture capital (VC) tax incentive are using…
SA financial sector authority drafts another paper on equity crowdfunding
While some may be wondering when South Africa will get its own regulations governing equity crowdfunding, the authority that oversees financial regulations in South…
Why we invested in soda drink startup Pura, explains Knife Capital
It’s not just tech that SA venture capital (VC) firm Knife Capital invests in. Today the VC — which has invested in a number…
We’re no Rocket Internet says Founders Factory Africa head
The head of UK-based Founders Factory‘s new Africa unit, Roo Rodgers, says his venture builder and accelerator is no Rocket Internet — as it’s…
Outcry as department’s Gazelles programme stalls on grants, support
When it was launched in 2016, the Minister of Small Business Development Lindiwe Zulu hailed the National Gazelles programme as a key intervention that…
SA VC Kingson Capital launches R400m fund to target tech startups, black SMEs [Updated]
Durban based venture capital (VC) company Kingson Capital today announced the launch of a R400-million VC fund aimed at investing in 30 to 50…
New Vinny Lingham linked R500m VC fund currently mulling 15 investments [Updated]
Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham is partnering with an investment house in South Africa in a new R500-million venture capital (VC) fund,…
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