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Onde launches Virtual Ride.Right.Now conference for the ride-hailing business [Sponsored]

Onde, a tech company powering over 200 ride-hailing companies in 70 countries, announces an online edition of Ride.Right.Now – a conference for ride-hailing entrepreneurs. This…

Pitch your business idea #AcerInstaPitch campaign and win

To celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of South Africans, Acer has launched the #AcerInstaPitch campaign, where entrepreneurs can pitch their business idea and possibly win…

Fem-In-Tech Development programme launches in SA

The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) has partnered with the SA Innovation Summit (Sais) to establish the Fem-In-Tech Development Programme. The programme aims to…

How an ambitious African start-up grew into a global fintech powerhouse

Founded in 2004, the Cape Town-based startup, Mukuru has grown to become a global fintech powerhouse. Mukuru is a remittances-led financial service company. The…

PayGas plans to install 52 Pay-as-you-gas stations in SA

Cape Town-based energy tech startup PayGas is partnering with Afrox, South Africa’s leading Liquified Petroleum Gas company, to roll-out 52 Pay-as-you-gas™ stations in townships across the…

Black tech company sets sail in SA tech sector

A true rarity in South Africa, Beyond VR, is a black youth-owned tech company that provides state-of-the-art immersive technology to create content for personal…

SA SME, Michanic defies odds during covid-19

A South African SME has utilised smart technology and a customer-centric business model to disrupt the auto repair industry. Similiar to that of Uber,…

Egyptian trucking marketplace Trella joins YC’s S19 batch

Cairo-based trucking marketplace Trella has been accepted into YCombinator’s (YC) S19 (summer 2019) batch. Trella was founded last year by CEO and former Uber…

Fintech startup Growth Factor wins Seedstars Accra

Fintech startup Growth Factor was yesterday announced as the winner of Seedstars Accra, beating eight other startup hopefuls. The Ghana leg of the pitching competition took place…

Competition Commission approves Vodacom acquisition of SA startup IoT.nxt

SA’s Competition Commission yesterday said it had approved the proposed merger whereby Vodacom intends to acquire IoT.nxt. The acquisition has been approved subject to…

Could Nigeria’s Playfre have figured out a music streaming model that works in Africa?

Leading streaming services around the world generate revenue by selling premium streaming subscriptions to their users. These platforms in turn pay artists royalties according to…

CiTi opens applications for Top Tech Tools for Women In Business programme

The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) is calling on women founders and company heads to apply for its 10-week Top Tech Tools for Women in…

Women initiative to help female founders apply for YCombinator

Are you a female founder from Africa looking to get your tech startup into US accelerator YCombinator? Future Africa Venture Entrepreneur Women (Fave Women),…

UCT’s Solution Space calls on high-impact scale-ups to apply for new programme

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Solution Space has launched its a programme to support UCT students and alumni looking to start or scale up…

Applications for Thailand’s AGrowth Accelerator close soon

Early-stage agritech startups from around the world have until this Sunday (11 August) to submit their applications for the AGrowth Accelerator Programme. The 12-week…

SA machine learning startup Invoke Analytics looking to expand to Europe

Barely three years ago Herman Carstens and Dawie Diamond were forced to rely on their spouses’ incomes and left over bursary money from their days…

Meet Next Einstein Forum’s 2019-2021 Fellows cohort

The Next Einstein Forum (Nef) has announced its third cohort of fellows comprised of 25 scientists whose research and innovations are contributing to solve…

SA fintech startup JUMO appoints Africa and India CEOs [Updated]

SA founded fintech startup JUMO announced today that it has appointed Buhle Goslar and Ashish Desai as Africa CEO and India CEO respectively. The startup which…

We’ve grown fourfold since First Rand deal reveals co-founder of fintech Selpal

SA fintech Selpal has grown its revenue and customer footprint “fourfold” since First Rand announced that it had acquired an undisclosed minority stake in…

Here are the 2019 FemBioBiz Accelerator Programme SA national finalists

Sporatec‘s Karin Jacobs, Nematech’s Tiisetso Lephoto and Vida Pharmaceuticals’ Patricia Mathivha will represent South Africa at the 2019 FemBioBiz Accelerator Programme regional finals set for next…

Women’s health startup FemConnect wins Apps for Africa competition

SA women’s health startup FemConnect has come out tops as the winner of the Apps for Africa competition. The competition is run by Joburg based business…

Kenyan taskforce calls for state to regulate AI and blockchain

A Kenyan task team has called for the country’s government to invest in blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and skills — and to regulate…

‘Future Females online course gave my business strategic direction’

Entrepreneur Elisja van Niekerk says she’s now better prepared to grow her platform that helps moms to code, after graduating from a three-month online…

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