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Africa’s top student housing site bags The Delta investment

An award-winning student accommodation marketplace, DigsConnect.com, has just scored investment from Africa’s leading venture builder, The Delta, as part of a new funding round….

Free learning app to reach 26 million young Africans by 2026

Trace Academia, a free-to-use learning app set to reach 26 million young Africans, represents an important contribution to the youth employment agenda on the…

Businesses can benefit from leveraging cash management strategies

Most chief financial officers are prioritising cash management solutions to earn meaningful returns and optimise cash. In fact, new research shows they now rank…

Move over tech bros: Women entrepreneurs join Africa’s fintech boom

Female techpreneurs are taking their place in Africa’s male-dominated fintech boom, but gender bias makes it harder for them to access finance and grow…

Big boost for cross-border payments from UK to SA, Zim

A partnership between an African technology company, Sasai Remit, and a women’s network has led to a faster and more secure cross border payment…

Africa rejoices as subsea cable network lands in Genoa

The highly anticipated 2Africa subsea cable system has landed in Genoa, Italy. This, vows the 2Africa consortium, sets the tone for more landings in…

Malawi banks on young tech innovators to trump cheap imports

Malawian engineers and entrepreneurs say competition from China and Japan and a lack of resources are hobbling the country’s tech industry. Innovators struggle to…

BitHub launches this week to help drive digital currency innovation in SA

Digital currency innovation is getting hot in Africa. As we saw at the first-ever Bitcoin Africa Conference earlier this year, innovation is being seeing…

GetBucks app pushes innovation in online micro-lending

GetBucks, a South African micro-lending company, has recently released its new lending app. Its aim is to innovate the market with this new offering….

New UNICEF-backed platform looking to crowdsource innovation

A new platform has launched with the aim of crowdsourcing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Called CauseTech, the platform comes out…

Tanzanian water filter innovation claims prestigious prize

Transitioning from being an successful engineer to a successful entrepreneur takes some doing. In an attempt to recognise and promote both innovation and business…

Tshwane free WiFi project provides model for social impact bond

Model could help with municipal infrastructure challenges A free WiFi project that has successfully taken root in Tshwane could set the pattern for social…

Venture Bus opens for applications to build 40 impactful startups in Africa

Ampion is back. This year, five Venture Bus tours will travel across a total of 14 African countries on a mission to join participants…

Here’s all you need to know about WeChat’s new on-demand courier startup Picup

At the Picup launch last night, WeChat wanted the guest to walk home knowing three things: that Picup is going to revolutionarise the on-demand…

Loyalty payments on the rise for SA ecommerce, according to survey

PayU, a leading online payment provider in South Africa, has released some interesting data from a recent study about South African’s online payment habits….

Major startup event DEMO Africa 2015 extends applications

The deadline for one of the continent’s biggest startup events applications to DEMO Africa 2015 has been extended. The application window which was scheduled…

WeChat to launch on-demand delivery service Picup this week

It was 16 April 2015 that Picup — WeChat Africa’s on-demand goods collection and delivery service — was meant to be launched. It wasn’t…

Nigerian accommodation booking site Hotels.ng just raised $1.2m

Nigerian accommodation booking site Hotels.ng has just raised US$1.2-million in funding from global firms Omidyar Group and EchoVC, TechCabal reports. Founded by Mark Essien…

Today’s your last chance to enter the Ventureburn Startup Survey and win guaranteed prizes

If you haven’t completed the Ventureburn Startup Survey 2015, then you’d better get a move on. The survey, which comes with a guaranteed startup…

MEST incubator looks to Kenyan talent in regional expansion

On a crusade to create a pan-African business incubator, Ghanian-based initiative Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has announced that it’s entering Kenya —…

WordPress founder company Automattic acquires WooThemes, WooCommerce

One of the world’s most popular website theme builders WooThemes and popular ecommerce builder WooCommerce have just been acquired by Automattic, the company behind…

PwC Vision to Reality 2015 is looking for SA’s top up-and-coming companies

PwC Vision to Reality competition is gearing up for its second programme to help find and promote South Africa’s top 10 up-and-coming companies that…

Is the office out of fashion? New survey suggests it might be

Whether it’s to save on costs, or just to avoid the pain of having to go into an office, it seems that South African…

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