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DPO Group to acquire Botswana, Namibia operations of Virtual Card Service

Online payments service provider The Direct Pay Online Group (DPO Group), has announced the 100% acquisition of the Botswana and Namibia operations of Virtual Card Service…

Reunert acquires majority interests in tech SMEs

Technology group Reunert, which manages a portfolio of ICT-related companies among electrical engineering and applied electronics firms, has added two more companies to their portfolio. Reunert’s…

SingularityU announces 2017 ‘chapters’ in Cape Town, Johannesburg

Hosting an intimate event last night at Cape Town’s Workshop 17, Singularity University (SU) announced more granular news of its upcoming Cape Town and…

Startups take note: an update on IP exchange control

During the 2017 Budget Speech last week, the National Treasury announced that IP exchange control would be relaxed. While this is still an ongoing…

Tala receives US$30-million in funding

Credit service Tala has recently raised US$30-million in Series B financing, being led by IVP and joined by Ribbit Capital. Additional participants included in the…

Village Capital launches competition for food entrepreneurs in Africa

Training and investment company Village Capital in association with The Hershey Company, is looking to support food entrepreneurs in Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria. The…

#Budget2017: big changes to come for startups with IPs [update]

Intellectual property (IP) exchange control is a contentious issue in South Africa, especially when it comes to software development and technology businesses. In the…

Online travel agency Travelstart shares its growth strategy in new markets

Travelstart aims to help customers with travel research and has made some impressive inroads into emerging markets. Online travel solutions now include six African…

iROKING launches Android app taking Nigerian music on the go

iROKO, the popular entertainment streaming service in Nigeria, has released an Android app for its popular music service iROKING this week, letting users stream…

miPayslip: latching onto the growing trend of mobile payslip services in Africa

miPayslip claims to offer an affordable and easy way for employees to receive information about there payslips electronically via their phones. This is only…

Tsogo Sun partners with MEDO for further entrepreneurial support

MEDO recently announced its partnership with Tsogo Sun. Together, the hotel and entertainment group and the Micro Enterprise Development Organisation plan to help facilitate…

Nigerian serial entrepreneur’s HopStop acquired by Apple

Last week Apple acquired the Nigerian tech entrepreneur Chinedu Echeruo’s HopStop. The startup is part of a legacy Echeruo is currently building and plays…

Savannah Fund Accelerator to launch second programme soon

The popular East African Savannah Fund Accelerator is launching its second class this August. The programme will cohort up to five startups for three…

OLX takes top spot in SA ecommerce stakes

Good news for Naspers shareholders: OLX, the online classifieds platform it bought a major stake in back in 2010, can now lay claim to…

FNB announces search for ‘next great innovator’

Reckon you’ve got the next great innocation up your sleeve? Then South African banking giant FNB wants to hear from you. The bank, which…

Rocket Internet’s Easy Taxi drives into Nigeria with global expansion

Latin American taxi app today Easy Taxi announced its global expansion in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The company recently received an additional…

Wits University to conclude MIT tech entrepreneur incubation programme

As we reported last month, the Johannesburg Centre of Software Engineering (JCSE) at Wits University is responsible for TechinBraam — a new tech hub…

Restaurant finder app Zomato finally serves up Cape Town

Today Zomato launched its restaurant discovery service in Cape Town, a crucial step to expand and gain better reach in South Africa for a…

OnePixel says we need more ‘apps for Africa’

OnePixel chief operating officer Nicholas Rixon gives us a lowdown of his interpretation on the mobile tech scene in Africa. Focusing on smartphone applications,…

FlipOver.org wants to ‘flip social challenges’ through crowdsourcing

Today Flipover.org has announced its partnership with Indonesia’s largest non-profit youth organization Karang Taruna. The aim in this partnership is to connect Indonesia’s local…

Rocket Internet raises $500-million, has big plans for emerging markets

Rocket Internet is one of the key startup backers in the world. With currently over 75 ventures across the globe, it is also popular…

Dashboard launches Pinpoint for innovative market research in Africa

Market research and strategy company Dashboard has partnered with advertising and media expert Dave Kelly in an effort to launch Pinpoint. Using available technology,…

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