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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…

Bureaux Black: take a look at Cape Town’s new high-end co-working space

Cape Town has its fair share of co-working spaces, catering to the city’s startups, freelancers, and anyone else who needs a bit of flexibility…

3 of Africa’s top fintech startups heading to Switzerland for global showcase

Three African fintech startups will be winging their way to Geneva in September after they were named the winners of the 2016 Innotribe Startup…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [16/05/2016] [update]

Update, 2016-05-17: addition of Launchlab event Looking to get into the South African startup scene or scratch up on some of your skills? Well,…

SA agency organising contingent for Paris startup show

This June will see the debut launch of VIVA Technology Paris, a conference co-hosted by advertising giant Publicis which aims to provide a “real-time…

BBC teams up with Nigerian innovators to broaden African appeal

The BBC, as part of its Connected Studio initiative, has announced collaborations with two teams of Nigerian innovators as it looks to increase the…

Startups from around the globe can apply for this Korean accelerator

When most people think tech business in South Korea, they picture a handful of tightly controlled companies. But as we discovered a couple of…

10 things we just learned about the Berlin startup scene

Berlin is one of Europe’s startup hot-spots and is often held up as an example of the cool and at-ease-with-itself contemporary Germany likes to…

Flickswitch inks partnership with Airtel

Mobile SIM card management startup Flickswitch on Wednesday announced a partnership with mobile operating giant Airtel to launch an enterprise SIM management service in…

Mark Zuckerberg gives a shout-out to Nigerian startup Jobberman

Earlier this week, Facebook announced the launch of its Free Basics internet service in Nigeria. It was big news for Africa’s largest economy, where…

Alphacode announces partnership with NYSE-listed fintech giant

Alphacode, the Johannesburg-based Fintech accelerator, has inked a deal with the fintech giant Envestnet | Yodlee which will see the New York Stock Exchange-listed…

Here’s what you need to know about SA’s new R1.5bn startup fund

This week, some of South Africa’s biggest corporates announced a new R1.5-billion fund aimed at boosting entrepreneurship in the country. The fund, set up…

ThisIsMe gets $2.5m funding round, is set for international expansion

ThisIsMe, the online verification startup, has landed US$2.5-million in funding to fuel its international expansion efforts. According to a press release sent to Ventureburn,…

Investec backs SA tech entrepreneurs with Seattle trip

This one should be right up our audience’s alley. Investec, along with global entrepreneurial networking organisation E-nnovate, is set to take a group of…

Turns out private equity is a pretty good bet in South Africa

If you’re at a place in your life where you’ve got a little money to invest, you’ll likely have realised how many options there…

NMMU announces inaugural Mandela Bay Entrepreneur Fellowship winner

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) on Thursday announced the first winner of its Mandela Bay Entrepreneur Fellowship. The winner, Martin Smuts, is a computer…

#Hack.Jozi: 10 projects looking to bring innovative change to SA’s biggest city

#Hack.Jozi, the startup bootcamp aimed at rewarding innovative Joburg-based technology entrepreneurs, has announced its 10 finalists. Whittled down from a field of 100 shortlisted…

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