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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,…

Sanlam plans to raise further capital for impact funds

Sanlam Investments, one of the country’s largest black-owned asset managers, plans to raise an additional R35-billion for its range of impact funds. Impact Funds aim to…

E-residency enables SA entrepreneurs and SMME business owners to take their business global

The Estonian government’s e-Residency programme, pioneer of the world’s first digital residency initiative, has today announced the launch of four new international ‘pick-up points’ across three…

Drosos Foundation and Startup Guide publish Egypt guidebook

The Drosos Foundation has partnered with publishing company Startup Guide to release an entrepreneurship guidebook for Egypt. The partners announced the book, titled Startup Guide…

SA eCommerce platform Faithful to Nature opens store at V&A Waterfront

Cape Town-based eCommerce platform Faithful to Nature has displayed notable business-model resilience during the pandemic by launching its first official flagship store at the…

UCT’s E-Track Programme announces 10 startups selected to participate

The UCT GSB Solution Space, in partnership with ayoba, has entered phase two of their annual E-Track Programme and has announced the 10 selected startups…

South Africa ranks first in African Tech Ecosystems of the Future report

According to the latest inaugural African Tech Ecosystems of the Future, 2021/22 report by fDi, a division of the Financial Times, South Africa has…

MTN SA partners with IFC to expand MoMo network

MTN SA has entered into a $2-million partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to expand the company’s Mobile Money (MoMo) business. The company…

Cape Town partners with Productivity SA to boost small businesses

The City of Cape Town (COCT) has partnered with Productivity South Africa to implement the Productivity Efficiency Programme to assist small businesses in Cape…

Kenyan tech startup launches flagship electric motorcycle fleet

Nairobi-based electric vehicle (EV) mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) startup Mazi Mobility has officially launched its electric motorcycle service as a clean, affordable and efficient form of…

Future of Work Africa 2021 accelerator participants announced

Village Capital, with support from Moody’s Foundation and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced the 23 early-stage startups that have…

Engen Pitch & Polish returns after year-long hiatus

The Engen Pitch & Polish competition, in which entrepreneurs battle it out for prizes up to R1-million is back after a year-long hiatus. The …

Cape Town’s Township economy vital contributor to city’s economy

The City of Cape Town is running three incubator programmes in tonwship communities to assist individuals in accessing new employment opportunities and growing their…

AlphaCode awards R2-million and support to fintech startups

SA’s best up and coming fintech startups sweated it out at a virtual demo day yesterday where they had just five minutes each to…

Local SMEs stand the chance of winning R100 000 each

Old Mutual has launched a competition to help local SMEs get back on their feet. Ten SMEs stand the chance of winning R100 000…

Catapult: Inclusion Africa 2021 reveals selected startups

The 2021 edition of Catapult: Inclusion Africa has announced the 14 fintech startups that will take part in the bi-annual programme. The startups were…

Food Waste Innovation Challenge launches in SA

The Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship South Africa has partnered with the UNDP Accelerator Labs to launch the Food Waste Innovation Challenge. Ten entrepreneurs will…

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