South Africa’s State Information Technology Agency (SITA) is pushing back against the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) following media reports that the department wants…
DeFi platform Goldfinch raises $25m to continue emerging market lending
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto) led a $25 million funding round that will help Goldfinch continue to offer uncollateralised DeFi loans to businesses in emerging…
Alithea IDF announces largest gender-inclusive private equity fund in Africa
Africa’s first women-led and women-focused private equity fund, Alitheia IDF (AIF), has announced the final close of the $100 million (R1 552 898 000,00)…
MTN Nigeria ready to release RCS Business Messaging
MTN is geared to launch Rich Communications Services (RCS) Business Messaging (RBM) Services in partnership with Google and Dotgo. This will allow business to…
Naspers, Lendable and Change Ventures lead $30m Planet42 investment
South African car subscription service Planet42 secured $30 million in equity ($6m) and debt ($24m) financing. Debt venture fund Lendable doubled its initial $10…
