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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…

How SBC is helping drive Innovation 3.0 to advance the UN’s SDG [Sponsored]

Given Africa’s inherited inequalities from the past, it has become more urgent now than ever, for governments to collaborate with institutions of education, corporates, accelerators…

Ventureburn announces media partnership agreement with Seedstars

Ventureburn today announced a media partnership with Seedstars, one of the world’s leading organisations that supports startups in emerging markets. The partnership will see…

Western Cape government launches campaign to woo foreign investors

South Africa’s Western Cape provincial government, through its Department of Economic Development and Tourism, has launched a campaign to attract foreign investors to the…

CiTi adds three new board members to back move to expand support initiatives

The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) has announced the appointment of three additional directors to its board to support the organisation as it expands its…

City of Ekhuruleni, Sabtia to set up forum to support township economies

Township entrepreneurs may be in for added support. The City of Ekurhuleni and the Southern Africa Business and Technology Incubation Association (Sabtia) plan to work…

Here are the 40 finalists that were nominated for 2018 AWIEF Awards

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (Awief) has announced the finalists of its 2018 Awief Awards. In all, 40 women founders and entrepreneurs from 12…

Kenya to host 2020 Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering in Nairobi

The Kenyan government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) to host the 2020 edition of the NEF…

Here are this year’s MTN Women in ICT Partnership for Change Awards finalists

Telco giant MTN has announced the nominees of this year’s MTN Women in ICT – Partnership for Change Awards. The awards aim to recognise, honour…

ADB, FAO commit to raise $100m to boost agricultural sector in Africa

The African Development Bank (ADB) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have pledged to raise $100-million over five years to support joint activities…

Meet the 2018 #InspiringFiftySA winners

After months of collecting the stories of South African women at the forefront of some of the biggest impacts in the science, technology, engineering…

MTN Women in ICT awards to help close gender gap, recognise top achievers

Telco giant MTN is looking to help close the gender gap and recognise top achievers with the third edition of its MTN Women in ICT…

Deputy minister to launch domain name registration platform today

Those who register South African companies can now register domain names at cost price through the Companies and Intellectual Properties Commission (CIPC), with the…

Is DPO PayGate now Southern Africa’s biggest payment services provider?

Kenyan online payment services provider Direct Pay Online Group (DPO Group) has consolidated the six Southern African payments services startups it has acquired into one brand, DPO PayGate — potentially…

Tsiba college makes 30 more scholarships available for business degree students

Cape Town based Tsiba Education college has made 30 additional scholarships available to help what it says is the “critical” national shortage for funded spaces…

‘Entrepreneur prize not bankrolled by Angolan sovereign wealth fund’

Swiss Angolan entrepreneur Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais says his Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) has not received any donation from Angola’s sovereign wealth fund which his company manages….

Lenovo Legion Go S: A Game-Changer in Handheld Gaming

LG Unveils World’s First Bendable 5K2K Gaming Monitor, Winner of Three Awards at CES 2025

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