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Parket unleashes parking innovation in Jozi

Proptech start-up Parket has officially launched in Johannesburg, offering a promising solution to the city’s parking challenges. Founder and CEO Joshua Raphael shares his…

Crypto suffers $600m cybercrime blow in first half of 2023

A financial storm of cybercrime is sweeping across the crypto industry, resulting in losses surpassing $600 million in the first half of 2023 alone,…

HealthDart harnesses tech to overhaul SA healthcare

HealthDart, a burgeoning South African start-up, has set its sights on transforming the national healthcare system through technology-based solutions. Public healthcare inefficiencies are rife…

Seizing the Moment: Impact Investing and Technology as a Catalyst for Change

South Africa’s unemployment and inequality conundrum is a pressing concern that has persisted far longer than it should. It’s a systemic issue that extends…

Start-up raises $2.2m for nuclear heat decarbonisation

Steady Energy, a spin-out company from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has secured nearly $2.2 million in seed funding to pursue its mission…

Qardy & Egypt Post pact: Game-changer for SME financing

In a landmark move set to reshape the SME lending landscape across Egypt, Egypt Post and Qardy announced a strategic partnership. This collaboration will…

AfricArena ignites Nairobi with innovation-packed week

AfricArena, the leading accelerator for Africa’s tech ecosystem, is set to host a summit in Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday, 6th September this year. Adding…

Truzo launches digital escrow service for UK-SA trade

Truzo, the first African-focused FCA-approved digital escrow service, has launched in the United Kingdom, enabling safe and reliable transactions between this country and South…

Capitec Pay: Ozow leads way to new payments future

Capitec has partnered with Ozow, amongst other players, to launch a new payment solution that could potentially revolutionise the banking sector in South Africa….

Innov8 signs 5-year deal for U-Image wireless ultrasound

Innov8 Group Holdings, a private equity firm based in Cape Town, South Africa, has signed an exclusive five-year deal with Avacare Global, a healthcare…

CURBON offers e-commerce plug-in for carbon offsetting

Sustainability is a topic of growing importance in South Africa, with 92% of respondents in a 2022 study by InSites Consulting indicating that it…

Could tech tools such as ChatGPT democratise investing?

South African-born mechatronics engineer Heloise Greeff is using AI and machine learning (ML) to democratise investing as the only women elite pro-popular investor on…

SA to implement stricter regulations for payments industry

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has announced plans to tighten regulations in the country’s payment ecosystem, citing the need for financial stability in…

Cellulant appoints new GM for Nigeria to oversee Tingg

Cellulant, a leading digital payments platform in Africa, has announced the appointment of Ibrahim Gbolahan Aminu as the new general manager for its Nigeria…

Stitch launches CashPay for cash payments in Mzansi

South African payments infrastructure company, Stitch, has announced the launch of its latest payment method, CashPay. This allows businesses in the country to accept…

MultiChoice Africa selects 11 start-ups to pitch to investors

MultiChoice Africa has launched its accelerator programme to provide training and growth opportunities to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMMEs) across the African continent. The…

Standard Bank brings Tapscotts to boost African blockchain

Internationally acclaimed Blockchain leaders, Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott, have arrived in South Africa to provide insights and guidance to leaders and regulators on…

Egypt’s Copal and Mastercard launch family payment app

Cairo-based fintech start-up, Copal, has teamed up with global payments technology company, Mastercard, to launch Egypt’s first family payment and expenses management application. The…

AI start-up raises $1.65m to democratise healthcare access

South African health-tech start-up, Envisionit Deep AI, has raised S$1.65 million from New GX Ventures SA with an additional undisclosed amount from the GIIG…

PAM Africa launches net-zero villages in Nigeria

PAM Africa, a Nigerian-based renewable energy start-up, has launched Net-Zero Villages (NZVs) that consist of a community designed to offset more greenhouse gases than…

Pitch your start-up at AfricArena’s Johannesburg summit

AfricArena, the continent’s premier tech ecosystem accelerator, is back with a two-day summit in Johannesburg on 29 and 30 March. This event’s focus is…

Parket digital parking platform attracts high-profile clients

Parket, a Cape Town-based smart parking start-up, continues to make waves in the parking management industry. The company signed a trial agreement with Growthpoint…

Tax breaks for renewable energy investment, rooftop solar

South Africa’s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, announced two tax measures aimed at boosting investment in renewable energy and increasing electricity generation amidst the ongoing…

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