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Tech startups share their lockdown experiences

Several of South Africa’s startups, associated with AlphaCode, share how the country’s extended lockdown has provided some with growth opportunities as some individuals adapt…

ProfitShare Partners secures R100-million for SA SME’s

The FinTech SME capital provider, ProfitShare Partners has secured a whopping R100-million from the SA SME Fund. With this funding, ProfitShare Partners will be…

Six ocean-minded startups in SA

Ocean Voyages Institute’s marine plastic recovery vessel broke a world record on 2 July of the most waste collected out of our oceans, measuring…

Kudoti crowned SA’s startup champion for 2020

Kudoti, a waste tech startup has won the prestigious Aim Virtual Startup Pitch Competition for 2020 and will head to Dubai to compete at…

Graduates of Africa’s first drone accelerator programme announced

An accelerator programme has equipped 13 startups with the tools and skills needed to adopt the use of drone technology in South Africa along…

SA Fintech Mama Money expands globally

Mama Money, a South African founded digital money transfer operator that is taking the world by storm has announced their recent partnership with Western…

LifeQ announces it’s working with B-Secur to develop tech solution

Biotech startup LifeQ has announced that it is working with Belfast based B-Secur to offer an advanced, integrated Electrocardiogram (ECG) and optical (PPG) based…

We’ve invested R2.3m in ride-hailing app – former security guard, prison warden

A former security guard and former prison warden have teamed up to launch Taxi Live Africa — South Africa’s latest in long string of e-hailing…

EY, Open Banking Nigeria to develop standard API for country’s fintech sector

Global professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY) has partnered with Open Banking Nigeria to develop a standard Application Programming Interface (API) for the…

Share of R1.5m in prizes up for grabs in DBSA Youth Challenge

Are you between the ages of 18 and 35 and have an innovative development idea that addresses South Africa’s infrastructural needs across various sectors?…

Oui Capital, IBM to provide 10 startups each with $120k in cloud credits

Africa-focused early stage venture capital (VC) fund Oui Capital has signed a two-year partnership with IT giant IBM to provide up 10 companies affiliated with the…

UK’s DFID to provide £38m to fund GSMA’s Mobile for Development initiative

The GSMA has inked a partnership with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) which will provide £38-million in funding for the association’s work around…

Ivory Coast has $210m edtech market but investment badly needed, finds Seedstars report

Ivory Coast’s edtech market could be worth at least $210-million, but the sector’s startups are in dire need of investment if they are to…

wiGroup grows 25% in year after financial management almost shut SA company

A year after having uncovered financial management which almost forced SA fintech wiGroup to shut down, the company has turned things around, having grown at…

SA finals of Southern Africa Startup Awards to be held at SA Innovation Summit

The SA Innovation Summit has announced that it will host the SA finals of the Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAwards) at its summit in Cape Town…

Ntshavheni announces string of new initiatives to boost small business support

The Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has announced a string of new initiatives, in what could be a major step to improving…

Small business department to partner with Vodacom to roll out four digital hubs

The Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has announced a partnership with Vodacom to roll out four digital hubs. This, as Ntshavheni also revealed that…

Sefa’s Small Business and Innovation Fund to finance 100,000 startups, SMEs [Updated]

SA small businesses will soon have access to a mixture of grants and loans from the state’s Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) — through…

Westerwelle Young Foundation calls for applications for Young Founders Programme

The Westerwelle Foundation for International Understanding has called on young African entrepreneurs to apply for its Autumn 2019 Westerwelle Young Founders Programme. The programme…

Here are the 11 startups selected for the third cohort of SBC AfriTech

Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech has announced that 11 tech startups have been selected for its third cohort which kicks off in Cape Town next month….

Nigeria’s GreenHouse Lab calls on female-led startups to apply to accelerator [Updated]

Early stage female-led tech startups have just over three weeks left to submit their applications for Lagos-based accelerator GreenHouse Lab. Applications close on 11 August. The…

Pretoria duo in quest to sell Singapore based gold bullion through app

Dane and Bastiat Viljoen are looking to tap the growing retail gold bullion investment market by setting up an entity in Singapore that will…

500 Startups announces call for second cohort of Misk 500 Accelerator Program

North African startups looking for assistance from an acceleration programme are in for a treat, with the announcement of a second accelerator call in…

ASUS and AMD Launch AI-Driven Expert P Series PCs for South African SMBs

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