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Stitch launches CashPay for cash payments in Mzansi

South African payments infrastructure company, Stitch, has announced the launch of its latest payment method, CashPay. This allows businesses in the country to accept…

MultiChoice Africa selects 11 start-ups to pitch to investors

MultiChoice Africa has launched its accelerator programme to provide training and growth opportunities to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMMEs) across the African continent. The…

Standard Bank brings Tapscotts to boost African blockchain

Internationally acclaimed Blockchain leaders, Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott, have arrived in South Africa to provide insights and guidance to leaders and regulators on…

Egypt’s Copal and Mastercard launch family payment app

Cairo-based fintech start-up, Copal, has teamed up with global payments technology company, Mastercard, to launch Egypt’s first family payment and expenses management application. The…

AI start-up raises $1.65m to democratise healthcare access

South African health-tech start-up, Envisionit Deep AI, has raised S$1.65 million from New GX Ventures SA with an additional undisclosed amount from the GIIG…

PAM Africa launches net-zero villages in Nigeria

PAM Africa, a Nigerian-based renewable energy start-up, has launched Net-Zero Villages (NZVs) that consist of a community designed to offset more greenhouse gases than…

Pitch your start-up at AfricArena’s Johannesburg summit

AfricArena, the continent’s premier tech ecosystem accelerator, is back with a two-day summit in Johannesburg on 29 and 30 March. This event’s focus is…

‘Prioritise top entrepreneurs to boost SMEs in West Africa’

The entrepreneurial ecosystem in West Africa is robust and innovative. This is according to high-profile delegates attending this region’s conference aimed at accelerating small…

Kenyan web 3 start-up gets nod for Draper VeChain accelerator

A Kenyan digital assets capacity building and management forum is among the first African start-ups to qualify for the Draper VeChain Web 3 accelerator,…

Equity-based crowdfunding: GoGetta kickstarts start-ups

Quality African businesses with growth prospects that seek funding can now raise capital via an innovative crowdfunding platform, GoGetta. South African and international angel…

60 entrepreneurs to benefit from SAB Foundation funding

The SAB Foundation has put out a call for growth-orientated entrepreneurs committed to achieving new levels of success to apply to its popular Tholoana…

Pervasive ‘bro culture’ in fintech a hurdle for women

The fintech industry is notorious for its “bro’ culture,” an environment characterised by sexism and demeaning habits such as mansplaining. This is according to…

[Opinion] Mobile-led risk approach key to financial inclusion

The world of mobile access has unlocked an ecosystem where mobile channels can sit alongside a predominantly cash economy. This is the view of…

Women in IT celebrates ‘the nerd, the girly girl and the future’

For many young women, a career in information technology, the sciences and engineering can be intimidating: all that maths, all that studying, all those…

From farmers to students, Zim fintech vows to include all

A Zimbabwean fintech start-up, Cashlinq, is set on empowering entrepreneurs across Africa through its “easily accessible” banking platform. Cashlinq, says founder Tendai Mugovi, is…

13 000 Egyptians to participate in mobile sports tournament

Football-loving Egyptians can now also look forward to Free Fire, the country’s first sports tournament happening entirely on mobile phones. More than 13 000 gamers…

AfricArena announces speaker A-list for North Africa summit

The chief executive of Open Start-up Tunisia, Dr Houda Ghozzi, and Breega founder Ben Marrel are among the A-list speakers confirmed for AfricArena’s upcoming…

3 start-ups can win big in AfricArena, Saint-Gobain challenge

Three African tech start-ups with procurement, logistics and circular economy solutions can each wine $10 000 worth of Amazon Web Services credit in AfricArena…

Business Partners to up-skill entrepreneurs in new contest

South Africa has been established as one of the continent’s “big four” start-up ecosystems, alongside Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria, according to the 2022 South…

First-year varsity students win CV Labs hackathon

CV Labs Africa has announced its partnership with the University of Johannesburg for an inaugural three-day innovation bootcamp and hackathon event. Competing teams will…

Online shopping: Click-and-collect demand grows

With Covid-19 almost a thing of the past, customers are increasingly choosing online shopping. Over the past two and a half years, Africa has…

Gender gap: Tech start-ups in SA still ruled by men

Did you know that less than 25% of tech jobs in South Africa are held by women? Technology start-ups are scrambling for women to…

Build a robust workplace culture amid Great Resignation

Skills development and company culture has become a competitive differentiator, particularly when it comes to attracting and retaining the right talent, and particularly now….

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