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Africa’s VC industry growing slowly: $4.8b raised in 2022

Africa’s venture capital (VC) industry experienced a downturn in 2022, with only $4.8 billion raised in the continent, according to Oliver Dickson, an SAFM…

TROOP raises $11m for South Africa expansion

TROOP, the global developer of corporate meeting technology and services, announced that it has secured $11million (about R201 million) in Series B funding to…

Taxing mobile money hampers financial inclusion in Africa

Mobile money services have been instrumental in driving financial inclusion across Africa. However, taxation policies imposed by governments could have unintended consequences on the…

Start-up survival metrics: Butkow’s top tips

Kalon Ventures chief executive Clive Butkow urged start-up founders to fully understand six survival metrics: cash runway, customer acquisition cost, gross margin, net burn,…

Exit plan for start-ups: ‘Global thinking, local start’

“You have to think global from day one,” urged Zachariah George during AfricArena’s Johannesburg summit earlier this week. Participating in a panel discussion on…

Africa’s Kubik and Emata win Global Startup Awards

Two African start-ups have been recognised as global winners of the 2022 Global Startup Awards. The competition is the world’s largest independent start-up competition…

Akili Labs, BGI Genomics bring clinical sequencing to Africa

Akili Labs and BGI Genomics have signed a technology transfer agreement to provide southern Africa with clinical-grade sequencing solutions. This development will improve the…

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…

Africa Data Centres joins forces with Nigeria’s IXPN

Africa Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre facilities in Africa, and part of the Cassava Technologies group, has…

M-KOPA unlocks $600m in credit for underbanked customers

M-KOPA, a fast-growing African fintech platform, says it unlocked $600 million worth of credit for customers by the end of 2021. In its latest…

Women in Crypto to simultaneously gather in Accra, Nairobi

Women Who Build Africa, a community that brings together women and non-binary people working in or around the tech space, has officially launched. Its…

FMO backs SBC AfriTech to empower more African start-ups

Designed to scout skill and scale early-stage tech startups in Africa, the third installment of the Africa Startup Initiative is back with a bang….

SADA rolls out national digital academy in Benin

Smart Africa’s capacity building arm, the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) and the government of Benin have launched a national digital academy, demonstrating the…

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

Epson Partners with Global Icon Shakira to Inspire Youth Creativity Across Africa and Beyond

Why South Africa’s AI Moment Demands Bold Leadership, Not Just Tech Adoption

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open

Why 3 Out of 4 South African SMEs Still Can’t Raise Capital

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

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves

JLR channels its Camel Trophy history