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Edtech Ambani wins R1million prize at MTN Business App of the Year Awards

Local language edtech Ambani Africa has walked away with multiple top honours at the 2021 MTN Business App of the Year Awards. The app…

Payment company Zip to acquire Johannesburg fintech Payflex

Australian payment company Zip has announced it will acquire South African Buy-Now Pay-Later (BNPL) fintech service PayFlex. The acquisition will see Zip grow the…

Cape Town healthtech Aviro secures funding

Cape Town-based healthtech Aviro Health has secured an undisclosed amount of funding in a pre-series A funding round led by ASISA ESD Fund (managed by Edge…

Cape Town gears up for 2021 SA Innovation Summit

Cape Town is getting ready to host the 2021 annual SA Innovation Summit, a three-day event that brings tech startups and investors together. The…

SA fintech launches new virtual card offering

Johannesburg-based fintech startup SOLmate has launched a new virtual card offering and the startup has undergone new branding with a fresh new name. SA…

Plans and findings of proposed SA startup act to be revealed

The plans and latest findings towards the creation and implementation of the proposed South African Startup Act will be revealed at an event hosted on 16…

Applications open for prestigious hackathon in SA

TADHack a globally-renowned hackathon event, which is being hosted in South Africa by MTN, has announced that applications are officially open. Applications are open for…

Behind the numbers – meet the people who need our job creation efforts [Opinion]

This week the country marked Youth Day. We must continue to bear in mind the work that needs to be done to restore dignity…

Cape Skills Accelerator creates employment opportunities for young Africans

The Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator Project has been launched by the City of Cape Town in partnership with the National Skills Fund (NSF)…

Egypt’s MoneyHash acquires pre-seed capital to create payment super API

Cairo-based fintech MoneyHash announced its acquisition of an undisclosed pre-seed investment led by Amir Farha’s COTU Ventures in a statement released on 7 June. …

Crypto fintech Centbee selected for regulatory sandbox

Joburg-based BitcoinSV Centbee has been selected as part of the first cohort for SA’s Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) regulatory sandbox. The sandbox allows innovators the…

Wayja releases SA’s first peer-to-peer betting app

Joburg-based startup Wayja launched its cashless peer-to-peer betting platform earlier this month. The application allows users to connect with friends and make cashless wagers…

Contour Enviro Group doubles annual turnover in first year

Cape Town-based startup, Contour Enviro Group, has doubled their annual turnover from R700 000 to R1,4 million within their first year. The company was established…

EXPLORE Insights offers 24-hour data analytics services for SMEs

SA-based EXPLORE Group, home of world-leading data science training institution Explore Data Science Academy (EDSA) is launching a data analytics services division called EXPLORE…

Virtual Tech Mission calls for young SA entrepreneurs

On 22-25 June 2021 the Netherlands Enterprise Agency will launch the Virtual Tech Mission in participation with several South African tech organisations. The event…

Revised Covid-19 Direction on Health and Safety in the Workplace published

The Minister of Employment and Labour has issued a revised Covid-19 Direction on Health and Safety in the Workplace. The Direction was signed by…

UCT Shark Tank opens 2021 applications to young entrepreneurs

Cape Town-based venture capital fundraiser Akro has joined the University of Cape Town’s Investsoc and Entrepreneur’s Society to launch 2021’s UCT Shark Tank. Applications…

Spot Money app launches stokvel feature

South Africa’s newest digital banking platform, Spot Money has launched a shared wallet feature on their fintech app, Spot. The feature is a digital…

Initiative provides SMEs with free logo design and business support

Founded by local organisation Over The Rainbow, the 67 Logos Designathon is an initiative that provides 67 small businesses with free professionally designed logos…

New digital primary care platform to launch in South Africa

Webrock, venture capital and private equity company headquartered in Stockholm, has partnered with Healthforce, a digital health company majority-owned by South Africa’s leading retail pharmacy…

1K1V and Crossfin acquire multinational enterprise software company Sybrin

One Thousand & One Voices (1K1V), a private equity fund, in partnership with diversified FinTech investment holding company Crossfin Technology Holdings (Crossfin) and investor Isaac Mophatlane,…

Educational initiative launches to upskill unemployed locals

The National Electronic Media Institute in South Africa (NEMISA), a not-for-profit organisation focused on education, has partnered with the global online learning platform Coursera….

Forge Academy invites African tech startups to enter SMME Showcase

Joburg-based Forge Academy will host an SMME Showcase for tech startups and small and medium-sized enterprises on 30 June 2021. The event will be…

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