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…
I burnt myself into the ground, reveals Getsmarter co-founder Rob Paddock on $103m deal
He may have closed one of the biggest deals ever in South Africa’s tech startup sector, but GetSmarter co-founder Rob Paddock admits that he “burnt…
My-iMali looking to raise R25m to save employers thousands of rands in bank charges
A SA fintech startup wants to save employers thousands of rands in bank charges by getting them to pay their employees through a new…
SA SME Fund, TIA commit R237.5m in new money to biotech, university, tech fund
The SA SME Fund and the Department of Science and Technology’s Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) have revealed that they will invest R236-million together in two…
HotelOnline merger will create Nordic frontend with an African engine – Håvar Bauck
Norwegian Håvar Bauck, the founder of Kenyan startup HotelOnline, has merged his startup’s Nordic activities with the Norwegian entity of Key Butler, a Nordic traveltech…
Digemy raises R1m at R40m valuation, as edtech startup’s co-founder departs after illness
Cape Town edtech startup Digemy may be celebrating after having raised R1-million at a R40-million valuation in a second funding round with Greenwold Capital. It follows…
Kingson Capital grows SA VC fund to over R1.4bn with additional capital
Durban based venture capital (VC) company Kingson Capital yesterday announced that it had raised an additional amount in capital from US investors, to bring its $30-million…
Here are the eight startups chosen for Akro Accelerator’s second cohort
Cape Town based venture builder Akro has announced the names of the eight startups selected for its second 20-week acceleration programme funded by the SA SME Fund. The…
Former Springleap MD’s startup BigTeam raises investment from Mailchimp
Trevor Wolfe, the former managing director of Springleap — whose former founder Eran Eyal is facing fraud charges in the US over misrepresenting the SA…
John Robbie show saved our bacon, helped net us millions in funding – SA man behind Fourex
Being featured on talk show host John Robbie’s radio show, helped save SA founder Oliver du Toit’s UK based startup Fourex and net the company millions or…
It’s like Standard Bank has almost outsourced SME credit book to us – Merchant Capital founder [Updated]
UPDATE (5 September 2019): For accuracy’s sake, following a call from Merchant Capital CEO and founder Dov Girnun, we have updated the headline of this…
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