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GIZ & Seedstars launch financial inclusion drive in Palestine

GIZ GmbH and Seedstars announced today the launch of the Enhancing Financial Inclusion in Palestine (EFIP) initiative. This joint endeavour aims to foster innovation…

Kasha lands $21m for pan-African scale-up

East Africa’s leading digital health access platform, Kasha, has announced a successful Series B fundraising round of $21 million, led by Knife Capital, a…

Verto simplifies cross-border payments for SA enterprises

South African enterprises seeking expansion beyond the African continent into Europe and the United States often face a labyrinth of complexities. According to the…

Tech-driven innovation: SA start-ups draw investor attention

In a world driven by technological advancements, investors are eyeing technology-enabled businesses in South Africa as promising opportunities for growth and innovation. According to…

WWBA announces open call for women founders, investors

Women Who Build Africa (WWBA), a vibrant community that caters to the needs and growth of women in technology across the African continent, has…

African ingenuity in focus: GIIG Africa teams up with Gigaton

The Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG) Africa has announced its collaboration with the Gigaton Opportunity Initiative, launched by Social Alpha and RISE, as part…

Early-bird tickets on sale for AfricArena’s Nairobi summit

Super early-bird tickets for AfricArena’s much-anticipated summit in Nairobi, Kenya is now on sale. Scheduled to take place on 6 and 7 September, the…

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…

Embedded finance: Fintech innovation to reach turning point

The “grandfather of South African fintech”, Christo Davel, believes that 2023 is a key year for fintech innovation in the country as businesses and…

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Wiinta: The AI Therapist Aiming to Revolutionise Mental Health in Africa

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Altron FinTech Index signals modest household recovery, but affordability gap persists

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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