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Africa Tech Festival 2021 shortlist awards announced

The Africa Tech Festival, a prestigious awards ceremony that recognises and awards innovations and innovators who are encouraging transformation, inclusivity and digital democracy across…

Social Entrepreneurship Impact Lab Programme applications open

Financial service provider First National Bank (FNB) has partnered with Fetola, an SME growth specialist company, to launch the Social Entrepreneurship Impact Lab programme. …

Nigerian tech startup launches country’s first digital address verification service

Nairobi-based OkHi, a smart addressing tech startup has partnered with Interswitch Group to launch its smart address verification product. OkHi launches Nigeria’s first digital address…

Ghanaian health start-up mPharma enters Uganda through Vine acquisition

Accra-based mPharma has disclosed its acquisition of a controlling stake in major Ugandan pharmacy chain Vine Pharmacy. The 55% share was previously held by…

RecoMed raises $1.5m to scale online healthcare bookings in SA

Online healthcare bookings platform RecoMed is having a great October. Fresh from building a customized bookings platform for the Discovery Health Covid-19 vaccine roll-out,…

Free cybersecurity awareness online training for businesses launches

Global eCommerce platform Amazon has launched an online platform that offers free cybersecurity awareness training to business owners and individuals across the world. Amazon…

Homegrown SA digital payments service rebrands as mojaPay

A year after launching its online digital payments service digiToken, AfriNova Digital has rebranded it as a reimagined product called mojaPay. With payments services…

SAIS project puts out call for startups for investment programme

The ‘Scaling Digital Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups’ (SAIS) project has called for startups to apply for its Investment Readiness Programme. Applications for the programme…

Greenhouse Lab Founders-backed fintech accelerator cohort 2021 announced

Nigeria-based venture capital firm GreenHouse Capital’s flagship accelerator programme GreenHouse Lab has announced its cohort for 2021. Eight innovative African startups have been selected…

Cape Town startup turns fantasy football local with FantasyGo

What started as a discussion on a couch turned into an idea to launch a South African fantasy football platform by the founders of…

HiiL announces four South African legal startups set to join Justice Accelerator

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) has announced four South African legal startups that will join the institute’s Justice Accelerator programme. The…

Local lithium-ion battery manufacturer I-G3N secures R20m investment

South African battery manufacturer I-G3N has secured R20 million in investment to help the company grow and promote renewable energy on the continent. The…

Moove raises $23 million in Series A funding round

Sub-Saharan mobility and vehicle finance company Moove has announced it has raised $23 million (R341 million) in a Series A funding round. The latest…

Joburg startup investment platform Merge partners with 100 VCs

Johannesburg-based startup investment platform Merge has announced that it has partnered with 100 Venture Capital (VC) investors since early 2021. The company’s number of…

Naspers invests R120 million in Joburg-based insurtech startup Naked

Naspers has announced it has invested R120 million in Johannesburg-based insurtech startup Naked in a Series A funding round. Announced on 4 August, the…

Bespoke furniture startup Mable takes décor digital

Cape Town-based bespoke furniture startup Mable was founded out of frustration. The name comes from mebel, meaning furniture in Polish Polish-born founder and CEO,…

Catalyst Fund names Inclusive Fintech startups, three from Africa

Catalyst Fund has revealed the six startups, three of whom operate in Africa, who make up the ninth collection of its Inclusive Fintech programme….

JASIRI brings on mental healthtech Vimbo to support entrepreneurs

The JASIRI Talent Investor programme, supported by Allan and Gill Gray Philanthropy, has brought on mental health offering Vimbo Health to support August’s new…

Media Measure introduces Amazon’s Arm to accelerate compliance platform

Joburg-based media compliance startup Media Measure was founded by Allan Gray fellow Naeem Ganey in 2016. The company aims to simplify compliance in the…

SA payments platform Yoco raises $83m in funding

South African payments platform Yoco has announced that its Series C round of funding has raised $83 million — or R1.2 billion — for…

Johannesburg insurtech startup Pineapple secures R80m in funding

Johannesburg-based car insurance startup Pineapple has announced it has closed its Series A funding round with R80 million secured from investors. The company announced…

Venture capital continues to grow in South Africa – survey

A survey of the venture capital industry in South Africa has shown 122 local startups received a record R1.39 billion from investors during 2020….

Naspers invests R34m in local insurance advice app Ctrl

Naspers has announced it will invest R34 million in startup Ctrl, a short-term insurance marketplace digital platform that connects clients, brokers, and insurers. The…

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