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Floatpays wants to banish Januworry

Floatpays is a technology platform that enables on-demand access to pay, seamless savings and financial education to help build employee financial wellness for a…

SafeBoda is the first startup to benefit from Google’s Africa Investment Fund

Google’s first investment from the Africa Investment Fund — launched by Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, at Google for Africa in October…

Visa introduces Crypto Consulting Service to support partners

Visa has announced its Crypto Consulting Services – an offering designed to help clients and partners advance their own crypto journey – as crypto…

Local banking app partners with Access Bank to stimulate future growth

Traditional banking challenger, Bettr, has partnered with Access Bank, “the continent’s fastest growing bank”, in preparation for future expansion. The app has also been…

Microsoft SA invests in AgriTech to help smallholder farmers digitise

Microsoft South Africa has selected The Awareness Company as the beneficiary of its AgriTech Programme. The Awareness Company will develop and roll out three high-impact solutions in the…

Invictus NFT Lab set to disrupt fine art with Out of Africa Collection

Invictus Capital has unveiled its first NFT (non-fungible token) collection through the Invictus NFT Lab, which strives to combine the best of fine art…

Tencent and Nielsen Ventures lead historic $15m African EdTech funding round

Nigerian edtech market leader uLesson closed a $15 million series B investment that drew support from Nielsen Ventures and Tencent, as well as existing…

Aqua snatches up SA software company Applogix

South African digital agency, Aqua Group, has just confirmed the acquisition of nine-year-old software company, Applogix. The deal will help Aqua strengthen its role…

DHL records 1000% growth in sub-Saharan Africa in less than 3 years

The notable red and yellow German logistics company DHL Express recently announced a massive growth milestone of 1000% within the last three years in…

uAfrica announces Kalahari, Yuppiechef, Zando among SA’s best ecommerce sites of 2014

One of Southern Africa’s leading ecommerce companies, uAfrica, today announced the winners of the six award categories highlighting the best in the online retail…

LaunchLab Pitching Den offering entrepreneurs R80k in seed funding

For the second time this year, the LaunchLab initiative is offering entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their ideas to win their share of R80…

uAfrica announces top 30 websites in SA ahead of eCommerce Awards

In the run-up to the 2014 South African eCommerce Conference, which will be held on 4 September in Johannesburg, uAfrica has just announced the…

Time for new financial landscape, argues SA’s online lending marketplace RainFin

Last week, Aki Kalliatakis asked what lessons startups can take from the collapse of the African Bank. Surely this could have been avoided with…

uAfrica gears up for 2014 South African eCommerce Conference

This year’s South African eCommerce Awards is just around the corner, and while the media prepares for the ninth edition of the annual event,…

Mobile business event M-Days to support SA trailblazers

German mobile business event, M-Days, is giving two South African mobile innovation trailblazers the opportunity to showcase their products on an international platform. Kicking…

Impact Report shares 3 tips for SA’s growing entrepreneurial sector

A recent Impact Report by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) shares stories and lessons about small and growing businesses (SGBs) in emerging…

App that lets strangers wake each other up gets $1-million investment

The weird and wonderful Russian community wake-up app that wants to change the way we start our days has just received another cash injection…

Publicis’ DigitasLBi guzzles up Liquorice

French advertising giant Publicis Groupe has acquired South Africa digital agency Liquorice through its digital-centric subsidiary Digitas LBi . According to Marklives, Liquorice will…

PayPal announces over 1 million accounts in South Africa

Global payments company PayPal announced today that it has passed the milestone of more than 1 million accounts in South Africa. This comes exactly…

Startup Weekend EDU comes to Cape Town, aims to encourage edtech innovation

A first in Africa, Startup Weekend Education (EDU) will be taking place from 5 – 7 September in Cape Town, South Africa to help…

Tech4Africa speaker Andy Hadfield: ‘Like it or not, failure is a part of startup culture’

Tech4Africa is coming to Cape Town, South Africa for the first time since it started as an annual fixture four years ago. The event…

Praekelt, SA Department of Health officially launch MomConnect service

The Praekelt Foundation, alongside Jembi Health Systems and the South African Department of Health has today launched a pioneering initiative providing mothers with pre-…

Takealot confirms 100% Superbalist acquisition

Yesterday we asked if South African ecommerce giant Takealot was on the verge of buying out curated design outfit Superbalist. The answer, as it…

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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