In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
Why only 5.4% of owners are able to sell their business and what to do about it [Book]
You started your business to change the world. Or to make a packet of money from the sales you’d generate. But after sweating it…
Got R9200? Why not invest it in SA’s first vertical business jet
An SA company, Pegasus Universal Aviation, is looking to raise R20-million from private investors to build a full-scale model of what it claims will…
Customer care app iBleat looking to raise R5m in equity crowdfunding campaign
Two brothers — Neil Campbell and Grant Campbell — are looking to raise R5-million through an equity crowdfunding campaign for their customer care app…
Bank Zero’s Michael Jordaan puts launch delay down to decision to build own tech stack
Bank Zero announced today that it is a step closer to launching operations to the public, after having completed its core value proposition and…
LaunchLab recognised as top university incubator in Africa by UBI Global
Stellenbosch University’s LaunchLab has been recognised as the top University Incubator in Africa by UBI Global, which regularly maps business incubation. UBI Global released…
How Endeavor plans to make social impact by backing high-growth entrepreneurs [Q&A]
Endeavor is more than simply a networking club for the business elite, but an organisation that aims to make a sustained social impact by…
Nigeria’s Lidya set on being biggest non-bank lender to SMEs with Polish, Czech expansion
Nigerian fintech startup Lidya is on a drive to become the world’s biggest non-bank lender to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the world. “The…
SA’s Hlayisani Growth Fund mulling 12 deals after having invested R200m so far
Hlayisani Growth Fund, a SA fund that aims to make later-stage investments in African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), is mulling 12 potential new…
Big names are among 41 African startups in Lisbon this week for Web Summit
UPDATE (8 November): Subsequent to the publication of this story, Swiss medtech startup Nutrix was announced as Web Summit’s Pitch winner. Forty-one startups from…
Here are seven SA insurtechs that insurance companies are working with
Insurance technology is big money in South Africa, with several local insurtechs having together raised tens of millions of rands in investment of late,…
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