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Innovation City Cape Town announces 11 start-up finalists

Innovation City Cape Town, a leading South African hub for technological innovation and entrepreneurship, has announced the finalists for its highly anticipated Tech Startup…

AfricArena’s Cairo summit ignites North African start-ups

With North Africa quietly transforming into a hotbed for tech start-ups, it comes as no surprise that the upcoming AfricArena Cairo Growth Stage Summit…

14 KZN SMEs generate over R163m, create 150 jobs

Two leading property companies, Fortress Real Estate Investments and Growthpoint Properties, have celebrated the graduation of 14 small and growing businesses in KwaZulu-Natal through…

PWC report: ‘No, AI won’t steal your job’

Artificial intelligence is often associated with job loss, but the reality is that it won’t steal your job, it will transform it. This is…

Fintech innovation: Mukuru launches drive-thru service

The leading Southern African fintech Mukuru has launched a first-of-its-kind drive-thru service in Chisipite, Harare, to make financial services more accessible to people in…

AfricArena crowns top start-ups at Jo’burg summit

AfricArena, Africa’s leading start-up accelerator, has announced the winners of its Johannesburg summit. The event showcased innovative start-ups from the region, with winners in…

Apis Growth Fund II to invest €29M in digital payment provider Peach Payments for African expansion

UK-based asset manager Apis Partners LLP’s private equity fund, Apis Growth Fund II, has proposed a €29m ($31m) investment in Peach Payments, a rapidly…

MIC invests R10m in crowd-farming fintech Livestock Wealth

A crowd-farming start-up in South Africa, Livestock Wealth, has been described as the “perfect example” of the kind of business the Mineworkers Investment Company’s…

Digital identity startup iiDENTIFii raises record $15m

The South African biometrics start-up iiDENTIFii has raised $15 million growth capital. The round was led by African investment company Arise whose cornerstone investors…

Kenya, Nigeria see big increase in financial phishing attacks

Attacks in the financial sector are becoming increasingly corporate-oriented and shifting away from consumers, according to Kaspersky’s latest financial cyberthreats report. New data shows…

Sustainable energy start-ups can apply for $68k each

Women-led start-ups with sustainable energy solutions in Ghana, Malawi, Morocco, and South Africa are invited to apply for funding of up to R1.2 million…

Launch of all-women accelerator GrindstoneX celebrated

With its vision to develop the top 30 women-founded start-ups in South Africa over the next three years, Grindstone and Naspers Labs have lifted…

How Yellow increased revenue by 1 500% during pandemic

With its mission to supply solar home systems in Malawi and Uganda, the African fintech start-up Yellow grew its revenue by 1 500%, and…

#SAIS2022: Innovation Fund pays out R469m in 18 months

“Every deal makes a difference to small business because those business owners contribute more to local economies than anyone else.” This is the view…

Grindstone gives Singapore tech start-ups a leg-up in SA

Tech start-ups based in Singapore can look forward to greater access to innovation and business partnership opportunities in South Africa following the launch of…

$50m Knife Fund III to drive innovation in Africa

Standard Bank and the SA SME Fund have joined other investors in backing venture capital firm Knife Capital’s new $50 million African Series B…

i3 picks 30 African healthcare start-ups for new $7m fund

Investing in Innovation (i3), a pan-African support initiative for African health supply chain start-ups, has announced its first cohort of 30 companies. Selected start-ups…

Baobab invests $200k in 4 new African start-ups

The Baobab Network, a Nairobi-based accelerator that invests in early-stage tech companies across Africa, has announced its latest cohort of four investees, each of…

Women-only hackathon to solve ‘financial services woes’

African women have the potential to be at the leading edge of technology if they are given the opportunity, says WeThinkCode chief executive Nyari…

SA data science start-up Zindi shines at UN summit

Proudly South African start-up Zindi, a network for professional data scientists in Africa, will today lead a session at the eight edition of the…

Polygon announces first African bootcamp, hackathon

Global crypto bank Xend Finance together with Polygon, a Web3 infrastructure used by some of the world’s biggest companies, just announced Polygon Fellowship, an…

SA’s top start-ups invited to enter MyAHi Awards

Business chambers, business owners, up-and-coming farmers and hospitality businesses from across South Africa have until Monday, 10 October to enter the MyAHi Awards, a…

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…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

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

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

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