E-hailing app service Bolt has over the past year introduced several proactive safety measures to ensure every commuter gets to their destination in one…
Nano credit startup MoDe wins Africa stage of IBM Global Entrepreneur
If you were at Tech4Africa this year, you might already have heard the news. MoDe (Mobile-Decisioning), the Kenyan mobile nano credit startup, won IBM’s…
GoMetro and iROKING partner to bring free music to SA commuters
Man, mobi.lity is on a roll. First, the startup’s GoMetro service got picked up as the official traveller information system of commuter rail agency,…
Naspers snaps up online photography retailer SAcamera
Emerging markets internet and media giant Naspers has snapped up SAcamera, an independent online retailer that sells cameras and photographic equipment. According to Bandwidth…
Internet startups in South Africa: some home truths
Founders of South African startups are overwhelmingly white and male. And, for all the rumpus around the lack of access to VC in the…