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Kura partners with Avaya for contact centre transformation

Kura, the United Kingdom’s leading independent outsourcer, and Avaya Enterprise Cloud have embarked on a collaboration that vows to reshape contact centre capabilities across…

Dakar summit set to boost healthtech start-ups across Africa

Building upon the success of the inaugural summit in Kigali, Rwanda earlier this year, the Senegalese capital, Dakar, is gearing up to host a…

ABC Fund: Remarkable agricultural progress in Africa

The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) has unveiled its highly anticipated third annual Impact Report, revealing substantial advancements in agricultural development across Africa and…

Magasa makes history as first African Awards Business Leader

In a victory that underscores the dynamism and growth of Africa’s business landscape, Lynette Magasa, CEO of Boniswa Corporate Solutions, has emerged as the…

Portkey.ai raises $3m to accelerate generative AI apps

The surging popularity of ChatGPT and intensifying market competition have prompted businesses to venture into AI app development. However, constrained by time and budget…

Cisco Collaborates with WomHub to Empower Female Tech Entrepreneurs

In a move towards fostering gender equality and innovation in South Africa’s tech landscape, Cisco, the global technology leader, has joined forces with WomHub,…

AI won’t take your job, but humans with AI skills will

Ursula Fear, senior talent programme manager at Salesforce South Africa, dispels the extremes of AI mythos and highlights its true impact on the workforce….

Africa’s VC industry growing slowly: $4.8b raised in 2022

Africa’s venture capital (VC) industry experienced a downturn in 2022, with only $4.8 billion raised in the continent, according to Oliver Dickson, an SAFM…

TROOP raises $11m for South Africa expansion

TROOP, the global developer of corporate meeting technology and services, announced that it has secured $11million (about R201 million) in Series B funding to…

Taxing mobile money hampers financial inclusion in Africa

Mobile money services have been instrumental in driving financial inclusion across Africa. However, taxation policies imposed by governments could have unintended consequences on the…

Start-up survival metrics: Butkow’s top tips

Kalon Ventures chief executive Clive Butkow urged start-up founders to fully understand six survival metrics: cash runway, customer acquisition cost, gross margin, net burn,…

Exit plan for start-ups: ‘Global thinking, local start’

“You have to think global from day one,” urged Zachariah George during AfricArena’s Johannesburg summit earlier this week. Participating in a panel discussion on…

Africa’s Kubik and Emata win Global Startup Awards

Two African start-ups have been recognised as global winners of the 2022 Global Startup Awards. The competition is the world’s largest independent start-up competition…

Akili Labs, BGI Genomics bring clinical sequencing to Africa

Akili Labs and BGI Genomics have signed a technology transfer agreement to provide southern Africa with clinical-grade sequencing solutions. This development will improve the…

Finverity raises $5m to bridge global trade finance gap

London-based digital ecosystem for trade and supply chain finance, Finverity, raised $5 million in an oversubscribed equity funding round from both new and current…

Funding gap: Africa is rich with women entrepreneurs, but…

Despite being the continent with the highest proportion of women entrepreneurs globally, African women receive less than 7% of all venture capital investment. Jessica…

Savvy awards 3 impact-driven start-up founders

The 2023 Savvy prize for impact-driven entrepreneurs has come to a close, and three winners have been selected out of over 3 000 applications…

AWS announces funding boost for women founders in Africa

Tiffany Johnson, the global business development manager at AWS Startups, this afternoon launched the new Fem-Tech Startup Innovation Challenge aimed at empowering women founders…

Ramp secures $5m for game-changing forecasts

Ramp, a global decision science start-up with its head office in the United Kingdom, has closed a $5 million seed funding round. The company…

ABC Fund invests $4.5m in African agri-businesses

The Agri-Business Capital Fund (“ABC Fund”) has made a significant investment in the agri-tech industry across Africa, totaling €4.21 million (about $4.5 million). It…

These trends are shaping global payment processing

As the world moves towards a cashless society, the global payment processing industry is undergoing rapid changes. From the adoption of new technologies to…

Kora launches new USD card-acquiring product in Africa

Pan-African payments infrastructure, Kora, has launched USD card-acquiring to allow merchants on its platform to accept payments in US dollars. This move is aimed…

Fez Delivery raises $1m to revolutionise delivery in Nigeria

Fez Delivery, a Nigerian logistics and delivery start-up, has announced a $1 million seed round of funding, led by Ventures Platform. The funding round…

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

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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