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Legaltech start-up on fast-track to global success

Having raised nearly €500 000 (R9 million) in a tight capital market, a Norwegian legaltech start-up, TheLawyerGuide.com, is on the fast-track to becoming the world’s…

Brand resilience: The key to business suvival in 2023?

Resilience is increasingly recognised as a key skill for thriving in the future workplace. By extension, brand resilience is equally important in crowded marketplaces,…

Need funding in 2023 for your SME? Check out this list

Raising capital for a small South African business is quite a daunting experience, writes Dr Thommie Burger from JTB, a leading business plan company….

Coworking vs. traditional office space: how to choose

For generations, professionals worldwide have commuted to offices for work. As the business world evolves, workplaces change. Isolated office cubicles have transformed into open-plan…

Cyber threats, data privacy laws demand business resilience

Building cyber resilience has become a business imperative for businesses across industries that hold sensitive information, warns Craig Allen, principal security engineer at iOCO,…

XaaS trends: Business in era of everything-as-a-service

The “as-a-service” model, whereby businesses can subscribe to a service or offering without the need to pay upfront, has revolutionised B2B operations forever. This…

5 deep tech trends to watch from SA entrepreneurs

A South African technology investment group, Alphawave, is backing at least five deep tech applications in its innovation units. The group has been investing…

Luno adds Chainlink and Uniswap to crypto portfolio

Luno users can from today buy, sell and store Chainlink (LINK) and Uniswap (UNI) alongside their existing crypto holdings on the global cryptocurrency platform’s…

Virgin Active acquires Real Foods Group

Virgin Active has announced that Dean Kowarski, founder of The Real Foods Group, has been appointed as its Group CEO. Dean started the Real…

Moove raises $105M in Series A2 round to power global expansion

Nigeria’s pioneering mobility fintech Moove attracted four new investors in a successful $105 million Series A2 funding round. AfricInvest, MUFG Innovation Partners, Latitude, and…

IFC participates in $13.5M Antler East Africa Fund

Early-stage investor Antler closed its oversubscribed East Africa investment fund at USD 13.5 Mn to continue to support early-stage tech start-ups in the region. The bumper…

Google.org announces $1M grant to funding support women entrepreneurs

Google has announced that its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is committing R15.3 million in charitable funding to support programs helping women entrepreneurs to grow their…

Black and Brilliant & Codecademy launch Africa based AI Accelerator

Codecademy, the online learning platform for technical skills is partnering with The Black and Brilliant Advocacy Network to launch an Applied Artificial Intelligence accelerator and…

Acumen Software acquires part of Kinektek to supercharge service delivery

Acumen Software, creators of the service delivery management platform My Smart City, has acquired a 25 percent share of commerce PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) provider Kinektek….

Cisco supports Eastern Cape skills development with EDGE centre

Global networking giant Cisco has announced South Africa’s fourth EDGE Centre in partnership with the Eastern Cape Provincial Government to develop digital skills in…

CDC Group makes first BBBEE investment in South Africa

Norway’s investment fund for developing countries, Norfund and the UK’s development finance institution (DFI), CDC Group, have commitment to invest R600 million in H1…

Microsoft Founders Hub to support 10K African start-ups

The seeds Microsoft planted with the Africa Transformation Office announcement in 2021 are beginning to sprout. That commitment to growth in Africa is further…

FastConnect on Teraco to supercharge local Oracle Cloud customers

African colocation data centre and interconnection provider Teraco Data Environments will offer direct connectivity through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect at its Isando Campus…

Broadscale Group and Generation Investment Management take M-Kopa to $100M

Innovative Kenyan lender M-Kopa has raised $75 million in an equity funding round, bringing its total equity funding to $100 million. The Generation Investment…

Payflex and Merchant Capital partner to help small retailers unlock BNPL

South African fintechs alternative lender Merchant Capital and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) specialist Payflex, have launched a cash advance solution that will address some of the issues…

iiDENTIFii cracks nod for JSE Enterprise Acceleration Programme

Remote biometric digital facial authentication and automated onboarding technology start-up iiDENTIFii has secured a coveted spot in the JSE Enterprise Acceleration Programme. The company…

Newly formed PAGG wants to empower a billion African gamers

Ten African game studios have come together at Africa Games Week 2022 in Cape Town to announce a new initiative to grow the continent’s…

Clickatell secures $91M in oversubscribed Series C funding round

Chat commerce company Clickatell has secured $91 million in a Series C funding round led by Arrowroot Capital, with participation from Kennedy Lewis Investment…

Acer’s New Nitro AI Gaming Gear Is Here—But Is It Worth It for South Africans?

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

Tech Stocks Tank – Can SA Survive a Global Meltdown?

SA Business Confidence: Fintech Lula Sounds Alarm on SME Reality

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

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

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV

L2 charging and the power of dwell time

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