Startups

Futuregrowth invests in proptech start-up Flow Living

Estate agents have traditionally relied on outmoded forms of marketing, such as physical signs on lampposts and brochures, to capture the attention of potential…

7 start-ups get $385k to develop blue economy solutions

Climate resilience venture launcher Triggering Exponential Climate Action (TECA) has announced the selection of seven startups to each receive $55 000 in funding to…

Grey empowers African freelancers, digital nomads

Grey, a Nigeria-founded start-up that provides access to foreign accounts for African freelancers and digital nomads, has reaffirmed its dedication to providing cutting-edge and…

Africa’s top start-ups off to Copenhagen for GSA finale

Winners of last year’s African Startup Awards will be traveling to Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, in March to showcase their solutions to some of the…

Oikocredit invests $5m in Yellow to grow solar energy market

The African fintech start-up Yellow, a supplier of pay-as-you-go off-grid solar solutions and appliances, says a $5-million loan from social impact investor Oikocredit enables…

Lulalend secures $35m to scale its lending business

In an arid investment landscape, Lulalend, a South Africa-based digital lender catering to underserved small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has finalised a transformational $35…

Grindstone X announces top 10 women entrepreneurs

Grindstone, in partnership with Naspers Labs announced the first 10 women entrepreneurs to benefit from its entrepreneur accelerator programme, GrindstoneX. GrindstoneX was formally launched…

Cape Town start-ups urged to join Bootcamp to Boardroom

Start-ups wanting to scale, gain access to mentors and investors, and a well-connected peer-to-peer network that will take their business to the next level…

IoT start-up CATi uses tech to fight vandalism

While state-owned entities and businesses are forking out billions of Rands to fight the scourge of infrastructure vandalism that has plagued South Africa, a…

‘Lean start-up, economies of scale aren’t what you want’

The concept of lean start-ups has now become firmly embedded in popular business jargon and the preferred way to develop new projects for many…

Meet the 60 black-founded start-ups now funded by Google

Internet giant Google has released the names of the 60 black-founded start-ups across Africa who have been selected for the second cohort of its…

Egyptian food delivery start-up seeks $10m in seed funding

Billed as the first mobile app in the country’s food-tech industry to specialise in table and meal reservations, the Egyptian start-up Bonbell has closed…

SweepSouth grows from start-up to pan-African marketplace

In many respects, there’s never been a better time to launch and grow an African start-up. The continent is home to a growing labour…

Octiv closes eight-figure series A round with Knife Capital

The South African gym management software platform Octiv has reached a monumental milestone in closing their eight-figure series A funding round from a leading…

African mobility fintech Moove joins forces with Uber

Moove, an African-born start-up with a growing global customer base of mobility entrepreneurs, has launched in Europe with an electric vehicle rent-to-buy model that…

Egyptian start-up launches new mental health platform in SA

The Egyptian-founded healthtech start-up Shezlong has now also spread its wings to South Africa, bringing its popular psychotherapy platform to the country amid increasing…

Pezesha closes $11m funding round to scale fintech

Pan-African fintech Pezesha has raised pre-series A investment of $11 million – a mixture of $6 million in equity and $5 million in debt….

Grey raises $2m to simplify cross-border payments

Nigerian fintech start-up Grey has raised $2 million in seed funding. This allows the business to further simplify sending and receiving foreign payments in…

Investment readiness: 5 tips for start-up founders

It’s a hard fact that all founders learn in their start-up journey: although securing funding is like finding the Holy Grail for entrepreneurs, that…

15 African start-ups shine in UCT accelerator programme

Fifteen promising African start-ups are through to the next phase of e-Track, a three-phase venture acceleration programme known as Venture Exploitation. This is presented…

Cassava Technologies bags $50m investment to fund growth

Pan-African technology company Cassava Technologies has attracted $50 million investment from C5 Capital, a specialist venture capital firm that invests in cyber security, space…

[Opinion] How women-led start-ups can transform Africa

An African drive for gender equality and women’s empowerment has consequently given rise to women entrepreneurs and women-led start-ups on the continent, writes Aimée…

This start-up went from zero to app hero, and you can too!

When a South African tech start-up, iiDENTIFii, developed a biometric identity solution and entered it into the MTN Business App of the Year Awards,…

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Smart Tech: Turning the Tide on South Africa’s Water Crisis

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs