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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…

Côte d’Ivoire unveils Startup Act to boost tech sector

The Ivorian government is ramping up its efforts to support tech start-ups with the launch of the Startup Act, a new framework designed to…

Yellow powers Africa expansion with Series B equity round

Yellow, a company that provides affordable and reliable energy and internet connectivity in Africa, has announced the successful first close of its Series B…

Eagle Towers secures R100M senior secured loan facility to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Infrastructure investment is critical for ensuring equitable access to resources and opportunities, reducing poverty and inequality, and promoting sustainable development. That’s why Infra Impact…

African blockchain revolution empowers unbanked

The Blockchain Africa Conference 2023, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, brought together key figures in the blockchain, crypto, and regulation sectors from around the…

TEX 2022 set to ‘shape future of African entrepreneurship’

“This is the opportunity that technology presents. We don’t need the world to tell us how to solve our problems. We have the potential…

Cape Town healthtech start-up offers home-based services

People in need of healthcare services no longer need to visit hospitals and GP practices where they will be made to wait until a…

Locumbase celebrates Grindstone Ventures funding deal

Locumbase, an independent online medical booking platform, secured an undisclosed funding round from Grindstone Ventures as they ready for exponential growth. Founded in 2016…

Informal economy drives digital, niche banking spike

Traditional banking models have been disrupted long before the Covid-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the way we live, work and shop. “We are seeing a…

BRICS partnership boosts women-led businesses in Africa

SmartDigital Solutions, a private company specialising in digital transformation services and products, has partnered with BRICS Women’s Business Alliance and various state-owned entities to…

SADA also unveils digital academy in Côte d’Ivoire

Smart Africa’s capacity building arm, the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA), continues to expand its footprint in Africa, with Côte d’Ivoire being the latest…

New real-time AI platform announced at AI Africa Expo

With a Cape Town-based founder, Jay van Zyl, a United States start-up known as ecosystem.ai today launches its real-time, behavioural SaaS platform at the…

Load shedding changed ‘how we work, live and play’

While South Africans are fearing a “total blackout” amid one the worst power cuts since December 2019, load shedding has dramatically changed the way…

Savvy to train 1 000 start-up founders in Kenya

An additional 1 000 young Kenyans will be empowered to start their own start-ups following a partnership agreement between Savvy and the Kenya Private Sector…

Paradigm shift needed to teach software development

Technology is evolving rapidly. It seems only fair to expect that the skills being taught to software developers entering the workplace also need to…

What SMEs should be looking for in a start-up accelerator

Starting and running a business is challenging, especially in today’s economic climate. More than ever, the right support network for SMEs can significantly improve…

Cape Town start-ups urged to join Bootcamp to Boardroom

Start-ups wanting to scale, gain access to mentors and investors, and a well-connected peer-to-peer network that will take their business to the next level…

Teach technology skills at all education levels, plead experts

Technology literacy and digital literacy are crucial for Africa’s future. And while we are making progress with the introduction of coding in primary schools…

Invest in metaverse marketing? Rather sit back and wait

If you’re wondering whether your brand should be buying some metaverse advertising real estate, the answer is that you can probably take a sit-back-and-see-what-unfolds…

East African start-ups can apply to pitch at AfricArena event

With its East African summit now just three weeks away, AfricArena has announced the names of the first high-profile speakers who will travel to…

6 youth-led start-ups win big at Pitch AgriHack

African agritech innovators from all four corners of the continent claimed victory in the eight edition of Pitch AgriHack. The 2022 competition saw a…

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