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ATB launches tech-driven ECD solution for rural kids

Afrika Tikkun Bambanani (ATB) has launched the BambaLearn App, a cutting-edge edtech solution designed to revolutionise early childhood education in rural and underprivileged communities…

Tech start-up leads bid to save endangered rhinos

In a bid to safeguard rhinos from extinction, Platinum Rhino, the custodian of the world’s largest private rhino population, has partnered with South African…

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…

36 start-ups through to next MEST Africa round

MEST Africa this morning announced a shortlist of 36 qualified technology start-ups from five African countries who will be going into the regional pitch…

Scale Summit to focus on ‘optimising money movement’

Leaders from across South Africa’s payments and digital commerce ecosystem will on Friday, 14 October gather for the inaugural Scale Summit. Hosted by payments…

This start-up digitises SA’s notorious minibus taxi industry

A South African mobility tech start-up with a mission to digitise the country’s notorious minibus taxi industry has raised an undisclosed amount in pre-seed…

Rwanda healthtech start-up uses AI to improve lives

Drug stock-outs and shortage of medical equipment in health facilities in Rwanda are becoming a thing of the past, thanks to an innovation that…

Egyptian beauty start-up Glamera closes $1.3m seed round

A SaaS start-up that originated in Egypt and relocated to Saudi Arabia, Glamera, has raised seed funding of $1.3 million in a round that…

SA clean-energy start-up wins big at GEA Summit

South African clean-energy start-up Brayfoil Technologies has won the Energy Investment Village pitch competition held during the Green Energy Africa (GEA) Summit in Cape…

OceanHub Africa announces third ocean-minded cohort

Among the six ocean-minded entrepreneurs selected for the third cohort of OceanHub Africa count the founders of three Nigerian start-ups. They will now attend…

Gitex Global: Special focus on African tech start-ups

The global digital economy is in full velocity mode, embracing the return of the world’s largest tech and start-up event, Gitex Global 2022. Commencing…

Mother City beautified through art, blockchain tech

What do art, blockchain technology, and Cape Town have in common? Aside from the city’s love of tech innovation and the creative arts… not…

Countdown begins for Africa Fintech Summit in Cape Town

Fintech stakeholders from across Africa and the world will converge in Cape Town, South Africa, for the eight Africa Fintech Summit, from 2 to…

Fintech, edtech investment dominate SA venture capital

Growth in South Africa’s venture capital (VC) industry remains robust with early-stage fund managers investing R1.31 billion into 121 entities through 186 investment rounds….

Service SMMEs can fuel economic growth in SA

The importance of SMMEs to the African economy is well recognised. According to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, eight out of every…

HAVAÍC joins pre-series A round to expand Tanda

Cape Town-headquartered venture capital firm HAVAÍC has completed its third investment in Kenyan fintech Tanda. The investment from the firm’s $20 million HAVAÍC Universum…

Metaverse experience: What does it really look and feel like?

The metaverse is commonly hailed as the evolution of video conferencing. We’ve all heard that this ground-breaking technology will take hybrid working to a…

OpenIX: ‘Forget tenders. Turn to open innovation instead’

South Africa is a country brimming with ingenuity. Yet millions of high-potential innovations which could have a significant impact on employment, service delivery and…

Strong growth in SA extends Talk360 seed funding to $7m

International calling app Talk360, which enables people around the world to make reliable and affordable calls to any landline or mobile phone worldwide, has…

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

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

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