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YuLife Launches in South Africa

YuLife, the London-based tech-driven financial services provider, has expanded its group risk protection offering to South Africa, offering its flagship product, group life insurance….

Amstel Lager celebrates 12 Mzansi entrepreneurs

Amstel Lager has launched the “I Amstel” campaign, aimed at celebrating the everyday hustle and individual progress journeys of South Africans. As part of…

Telkom FutureMakers, Aions to supercharge SA start-ups

Telkom’s FutureMakers programme has joined forces with venture builder firm Aions Creative Technology to boost local start-ups in South Africa. Following a competitive pitching…

EBANX Appoints Wiza Jalakasi as Director of Africa Market Development

EBANX, the payments fintech company that helps global companies expand in Latin America and Africa, has announced the appointment of Wiza Jalakasi as its…

FarmTrace: Investors bet on agritech solution

Investors have shown confidence in a South Africa-developed agritechfarm solution, FarmTrace, which provides farmers with cloud software to complement their operational requirements. The company…

ETAP launches ‘ethical car insurance’

ETAP, an African insurtech company, has launched ETAP Takaful, a new ethical car insurance product based on Islamic principles. Unlike conventional insurance, ETAP Takaful…

Fintech leaders to gather in Jhb for Backbase tour

Backbase, the world’s leading engagement banking platform provider, has announced its first Backbase Tour in Africa, with a focus on fintech. The one-day conference,…

MaxAB raises $40m to fuel growth, regional expansion

MaxAB, a food and grocery B2B e-commerce and distribution platform serving a network of traditional retailers across Egypt and Morocco, has announced the close of…

Africa’s tech start-ups bodes well for global competitiveness

Parket chief executive Joshua Raphael explains that technology, and the innovative solving of complex problems, will catapult the continent into global competitiveness. This is…

Big boost for AI solutions as Spatialedge acquires Cape AI

AI solutions provider Spatialedge has acquired Cape AI, a South Africa-founded tech start-up on a mission to help businesses grow by enabling them to…

SBC AfriTech scouting for start-ups disrupting key verticals

Technology start-ups from critical industry verticals can now apply to join the third cohort of the Telecel Group’s Africa-wide accelerator programme. Startupbootcamp Africtech says…

Cameroon gears up for biggest tech start-up summit

The start-up community in Cameroon is gearing up this year’s Silicon Mountain Conference. Billed as the country’s biggest tech event, the focus this year…

AfricArena to showcase global partnerships at Grand Summit

More than 75 start-ups from across the world are set to touch down in Cape Town for the AfricArena Grand Summit, a week-long event…

50 tech founders join forces through Pando DAO

The founders of more than 50 tech start-ups across Africa have joined forces through Pando DAO, an autonomous organisation with a mandate to develop…

Africa’s top businesswomen attend Top Women conference

Despite a global pandemic and recent economic downturns, progress has been made towards advancing the role and standing of South African women in business….

6 African start-ups shine in Ecobank fintech challenge

Ecobank Group, a leading private pan-African banking group, has announced the six finalists for the fifth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The finalists…

Impact investing market tops $1 trillion mark

The size of the global impact investing market has now officially surpassed the $1 trillion mark, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)….

Roboost closes six-figure round to automate deliveries

Previously known as Tayar, the Egyptian technology start-up Roboost has secured a six-figure figure seed round from Falak Startups and AUC Angels. Additionally, it…

From SA to the world: Strove closes major funding round

South African healthtech start-up Strove is set to transform employee wellbeing around the world after closing its latest funding round led by a Japanese…

Egypt’s FlapKap closes $3.6 million seed round

E-commerce enterprises in Egypt are set to benefit from expansion plans by FlapKap after the Cairo-based revenue-based start-up closed a $3.6 million seed round….

Digitisation: Understand processes to derive value

Start-ups need to develop a deep understanding of their processes to derive meaningful value from digitisation. This is the view of Norma-Jean Samuriwo, a…

5 new cybersecurity safety trends to take note of

Leading cybersecurity provider, Trend Micro has recently released its mid-year report detailing the latest developments and trends in the cybersecurity space. One key finding is the…

Kazi start-up brings work, hope to jobless Kenyans

For thousands of Kenyans, finding a job that puts food on the table is a major challenge. However, for those who live in the…

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Smart Tech: Turning the Tide on South Africa’s Water Crisis

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs