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Clickatell secures $91M in oversubscribed Series C funding round

Chat commerce company Clickatell has secured $91 million in a Series C funding round led by Arrowroot Capital, with participation from Kennedy Lewis Investment…

Lipa secures R10M financing from Imvelo Ventures

South African-based fintech start-up Lipa Payments has secured a R10 million investment from Empowerment Capital’s Imvelo Ventures, which is backed by Capitec Bank. The…

Fintech unlocks digital potential of Krugerrands

South African Fintech Troygold allows Kruger rand owners to upload and digitise their physical assets and then use it for transactions and finances. Customers…

HyperionDev and UCT partner to teach lawyers to code

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are existential threats to the law profession. In 2016 a famous Deloitte report predicted that 114 000 legal jobs…

Ozow and Zapper partnership shows FinTech collaboration

Cash is over. If you aren’t going digital and contactless, you aren’t moving Mzansi’s rands. It’s this shift in behaviour – accelerated by the…

Global Wealth Group unlocks real estate opportunities with FinTech

In 2020 the global real estate market was valued at over $320 trillion, making property worth almost four times the global gross domestic product….

GIST Tech-I Competition seeking top innovators as deadline approaches

The South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNSP) is encouraging tech and science entrepreneurs to apply for the annual international GIST Tech-I Competition….

World Bank Climate Innovation Centre will support green startups in Ghana

A few weeks ago The Kenya Climate Innovation Centre opened its doors to foster East Africa’s environmentally sustainable innovations. Now the World Bank has announced…

My Business Expo is calling for all keen SMEs in Johannesburg

The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) is gearing up to host its 7th My Business Expo in Johannesburg, South Africa. In an effort to…

Terragon Group to unveil innovative Africa-focused mobile ad tech at MWC

The major African digital ad agency, Terragon Group, is unveiling its latest technology offering at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain this…

Beauty subscription startup RubyBox pulls out of Media24

Online beauty subscription service RubyBox is pulling out of the Media24, a division of Naspers, which is concentrating its resources on other high-growth ecommerce…

What can South African SMEs take from the Budget 2015?

This year’s budget from Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene showed some support for the country’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), by giving further tax relief…

Project Isizwe’s WiFi TV hits 1 million views in one month

Project Isizwe’s Video-On-Demand (VOD) service, WiFi TV, that was launched in November last year, has reached the coveted 1 million view milestone during February…

Startup 90 accelerator reveals this year’s eight startups poised for success

Startup 90, one of many South African accelerators on a mission to find the startup recipe for success, has revealed its cohort of eight…

9 things entrepreneurs should really stop fussing over

Fellow entrepreneurs tell you what not to sweat over — from obsessing over social media followers to being a perfectionist! Paying attention to the…

Google SA invites women entrepreneurs for free workshop

International Women’s Day is just around the corner (8 March). To celebrate, Google South Africa is inviting women entrepreneurs to apply for a Digital…

MTN, UCT’s Graduate School of Business whip up R15m innovation deal

One of Africa’s top business schools, the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB), and major telecom MTN have announced a…

From Ottery to Vredenburg: these are the 12 Western Cape startups that just won R6.5-million

A dozen innovative startups have received R6.5-million from the Western Cape government to help build out their great ideas. Announced back in August 2014, the…

GoMetro launches Email My Boss button for commuters stuck on trains

The buzzing sound of murmuring voices in the train builds up to a mix of conversations. Often when the train gets stuck, you can,…

Jumia Nigeria’s former MD secures $850k funding from Interswitch for new venture

Pan-African integrated payment, processing and transaction switching company, Interswitch, has announced it has made an initial investment of US$850 000 in Africa Courier Express…

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