Startups

Talk360 launches Africa-wide payment platform

It seems like a lifetime ago when Africa’s first mobile money system, M-Pesa, was launched back in 2007. Today, M-Pesa has more than 50…

Stellantis investment gives birth to used vehicle start-up

Stellantis, a leading global automaker and mobility provider, has invested in Africar Group to create Auto24, an African used-vehicle start-up. Auto24 is billed as…

MEST Africa announces top 5 start-ups for grand challenge

An Africa-wide technology entrepreneur training programme has announced the five start-ups from five countries who will be going through to the grand finale of…

Nigerian fintech Touch and Pay wins $50k in challenge

A Nigeria-based fintech, Touch and Pay, has won a $50 000 cash prize in this year’s edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. This announcement was…

Climatetech VC firm Satgana announces first closing of $30m fund

Mazi Mobility, a Kenyan start-up building a network of electric motorbikes, is among the first three planet-positive start-ups who received investment from climatetech venture…

Stitch, Peach Payments launch instant EFT checkouts

South Africa-based digital payments gateway Peach Payments and API fintech Stitch have partnered to enable online merchants across the country to accept secure, low-cost…

17 funds that could power your net-zero start-up

The world is running out of time to meet its net-zero sustainability targets, and business as usual will not help us reach the…

Tech-driven tutoring start-up stays ahead of the curve

“We want to have a South African start-up going into the world, as opposed to the other way around. Through us growing and going…

The Hatchery salutes clean-tech start-ups ‘solving problems’

A year after the launch of its new Africa office, global clean-tech start-up incubator The Hatchery is basking in the success of HatchTWO. This…

Retail-tech start-up WafR closes $1 million seed round

WafR, a Moroccan retail-tech application that allows brands to broadcast smart promotions to grocers to increase their market share, announced that it has raised…

Snapplify advances digital education in East Africa

Launched in Kenya in 2016, global edtech company Snapplify has seen exponential growth in East Africa, with hundreds of schools registered. Now, as part…

AlphaCode awards pandemic-founded tech start-ups

South Africa’s finest tech start-ups which were founded during the pandemic went head to head at a virtual demo day yesterday where they had…

South African calling app start-up Talk360 raises $4m

Talk360, a South African international calling app start-up, has secured $4 million in funding as it prepares to launch a new pan-African payment platform…

Dynamic DNA ‘helps close the skills and digital divide’

While South Africa’s youth unemployment rate rampantly soars, the country’s digital skills shortage is expanding at its seams. ICT skills are the rarest ever…

Nagging Panda: New start-up gets your invoices settled

If anyone understands the constrictions and damage late payments have on small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and corporates alike, it’s serial entrepreneur and TechZoo…

SA employee wellness start-up Strove branches out to UK

Less than a year after the South African health tech start-up Strove closed a $277 000 seed funding round, the activity-based mobile rewards application…

AfricArena announces first start-ups through to Paris event

Excitement is building as 25 of Africa’s finest tech start-ups begin finalising their pitches for the Major Viva AfricArena showcase hosted at Station F,…

50 entrepreneurs pitch at WomHub Founder Showcase

Following ten months of business development support, 50 women entrepreneurs in technology, engineering and manufacturing businesses pitched for additional prize money at the inaugural…

Funding for start-ups that support preschool teachers in SA

An impact-first investor, Innovation Edge, has launched a call for bold solutions that aim to improve preschool teachers’ support of early literacy development for…

From buses to taxis, Yobante Express shakes up shipping

What’s the biggest difference between Elon Musk and Oumar Basse? Unlike the richest man in the world, the co-founder and chief executive of Yobante…

Healthcare start-up helps SA with stress management

Health technology company Happitech has partnered with Momentum Multiply to help its medical aid members better manage their stress through remote health monitoring technology….

Survey54 founder wants to be ‘top of mind on a global scale’

When Survey54 chief executive Stephan Eyeson first contemplated whether to quit his high-flying job with Uber, he could not foresee the incredible growth his…

Car subscription start-up triples business size in a year

Planet42, a South African founded car subscriptions start-up, has tripled its vehicle acquisitions over the last 12 months. This, after it recently raised $30…

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