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Here are the eight startups pitching today at Seedstars Port Louis

Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has named the eight startups that will pitch today at Seedstars Port Louis in Mauritius. It is not…

GreenHouse Capital announces the names of the 10 startups in its 2019 Tech Accelerator

Lagos-based venture capital (VC) firm GreenHouse Capital has accepted 10 startups from Botswana, Ghana and Nigeria into its 2019 Tech Accelerator programme. The cohort,…

PayGate and Retail Capital join forces to launch new short-term finance offering [Sponsored]

Local Payment Service Provider, PayGate has partnered with Retail Capital to provide businesses with short-term working capital. The co-created Easy Advance will allow merchants…

Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative announces 10 finalists in running for share of $1m

Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has announced the top 10 finalists for its grand finale event which takes place in…

Dakar Network Angels calls on entrepreneurs to apply for new cohort

Dakar Network Angels (DNA) has called on tech entrepreneurs in Francophone Africa to apply for its DNA Cohort #3 programme — which aims to…

SA digital consultancy Enlight Strategic signs deal with Israeli startup Oribi

Enlight Strategic, the digital transformation consultancy founded by former Primedia Digital and Creative Spark (which previously owned Ventureburn) CEO Tanja Lategan, has announced that…

Up to $25k in funding up for grabs in global accounting, finance accelerator

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA) and CPA.com are seeking applicants for their joint startup accelerator programme which focuses on accounting, finance…

Here’s a breakdown of top 130 applicants for 2018 Startupbootcamp Cape Town

Startupbootcamp (SBC) Africa has narrowed down the list of the over 1000 applications it received for its upcoming Startupbootcamp Cape Town accelerator to 130…

Paper Video founder could teach mom Helen Zille thing or two on disruption

Like mother, like son. Western Cape premier Helen Zille once served as an education minister in the province. Now years later her son, former…

Is new Jozi artist investment platform Sunkambe set to be the JSE of music?

Recording, launching and distributing an album can typically cost an artist tens of thousands of rands — money many new and upcoming musicians often…

Seedstars opens call for Zimbabwean startups to pitch at Harare event

One of the world’s largest emerging market competitions for tech startups Seedstars World has opened a call for startups from Zimbabwe to apply to take part…

CDI Capital launches new application round for R12.8m Growth Fund

The Craft and Design Institute (CDI) has opened a new round of applications for its R12.8-million Growth Fund which aims to help 60 small businesses scale…

SA fintech Bettr launches alpha version of ‘financial ecosystem’ at MoneyConf event [Updated]

SA fintech startup Bettr has launched the alpha version of its community-built financial ecosystem today at the annual MoneyConf tech event in Dublin. Bettr — which…

AfriLabs extends network into North Africa, West Africa, Somaliland, Angola

Afrilabs, a pan-African network of tech innovation hubs, has announced that it is adding 40 new hubs to its network and extending its reach…

Google opens applications for its second class of Launchpad Africa accelerator

Google has opened applications for the second class of its Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme. The programme will now take applications from an additional 12 African countries…

Seedstars announces launch of hub in Cape Town to take place this month

Seedstars, the Swiss-based organisation that supports startups in emerging markets, has announced that it will this month open a Seedspace hub in Cape Town….

Online lender Rainfin sells majority stake in business to bankroll new R1bn fund

SA online lending platform RainFin has effectively sold its business to its current BEE shareholders, the LeBashe Investment Group. The deal, announced last week on the lender’s blog, will enable Rainfin to…

How Michael Jordaan inspired Investsure, the ‘world’s first cover for investors’

Sometimes in the SA tech ecosystem all it takes is two words to get someone’s attention. Sometimes those words are someone’s name — someone…

Less than month to apply for Solution Space programme valued at R300k

The UCT Graduate School of Business’s Solution Space is offering 15 lucky startups incubation to the value of R300 000 in advisory services, mentorship, and…

It was ‘now or never’ says Digest RSA founder on leaving corporate finance job

For Dhanyal Davidson leaving a successful career in finance and accounting to start a financial literacy platform was a no brainer — but it…

AppsAfrica opens entries for 2018 Innovation Awards

Tech portal and advisory service AppsAfrica.com has opened entries for the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards set to be held on 12 November in Cape…

All you need to know about AfricArena’s current open innovation challenges

AfricArena, the international African startup and investor conference, currently has six challenges that entrepreneurs from across the continent can apply to. Two close this…

SA’s ThisIsMe best regtech at 2018 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards

South African identity verification and due diligence platform ThisIsMe has won the Best RegTech Solution category at the fourth edition of the recently held…

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