Startups

South African agri-fintech HelloChoice secures investment from Standard Bank

South African agri-fintech startup HelloChoice has finalised a major investment from Standard Bank following several partnerships. The 25% equity deal with the bank will…

Edtech Ambani wins R1million prize at MTN Business App of the Year Awards

Local language edtech Ambani Africa has walked away with multiple top honours at the 2021 MTN Business App of the Year Awards. The app…

Payment company Zip to acquire Johannesburg fintech Payflex

Australian payment company Zip has announced it will acquire South African Buy-Now Pay-Later (BNPL) fintech service PayFlex. The acquisition will see Zip grow the…

Cape Town healthtech Aviro secures funding

Cape Town-based healthtech Aviro Health has secured an undisclosed amount of funding in a pre-series A funding round led by ASISA ESD Fund (managed by Edge…

Cape Town gears up for 2021 SA Innovation Summit

Cape Town is getting ready to host the 2021 annual SA Innovation Summit, a three-day event that brings tech startups and investors together. The…

Startup partners with Telkom to launch translation platform for SA languages

Telkom has partnered with South African startup Enlabeler to launch an AI platform that translates speech into text and provides transcription services for local…

EO Cape Town launches Bootcamp to Boardroom programme for entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneur’s Organisation (EO) in Cape Town has launched a nine-month ‘Bootcamp to Boardroom’ programme to assist local startups. The free programme will offer…

Your pitch deck is your business story, but don’t let it baffle investors [Opinion]

As an entrepreneur with a new startup, besides your sparkling personality and brilliant knowledge, one of the most important weapons you have in your…

The ins and outs of taking your startup offshore

In the vast majority of cases, the real reason why clients hope to build their business offshore is to improve the future prospects of…

What Skinny Sbu saga tells us about backing black entrepreneurs [Opinion]

Late last month, SA social media was briefly consumed with a TV interview in which entrepreneur Sibusiso Ngwenya asked for R5-million in funding. In…

Pick a sector, add internet and your firm could be worth millions [Opinion]

Given all the press, you would be forgiven for thinking that startups were have only become a thing in the last 20 years. The…

10 fintech apps to help you better manage your startup’s finances

Your startup’s on fire! Now get the best fintech apps to help manage your company’s finance. Navigating the complexities of startup finances can be…

Five agritech startups that aim to take Africa into greener pastures

If Africa is to foster more efficient growth, agriculture technology (or agritech) is likely to have an increasing role to play. Already a number of startups across the…

Time for startups to get over myth of the ‘one big idea’ and just get going [Opinion]

One of the biggest excuses people give for not starting a business is that they don’t have that “big original idea” yet. There are…

Tech platforms can help us stay connected to our humanity [Opinion]

One of the biggest fears around technology is that it robs us of human interactions. While that might not always feel like the worst…

Why we invested in Augmentors game – Llew Claasen, Vinny Lingham [Updated]

Assembling a team with the right skills has been a key challenge in the development of the Augmentors game, which claims to be the world’s first augmented…

Springleap case shows how unrelenting growth has poisoned tech [Opinion]

In late August, it emerged that the New York Attorney General had charged SA entrepreneur Eran Eyal with fraud. While CEO of design crowdsourcing site…

Meet Smart Lab, Tanzania’s latest accelerator and innovation lab

Earlier this year, Smart Codes CEO and founder Edwin Bruno realised that there was something missing in Tanzania’s startup ecosystem — an accelerator that…

Will growth of property tech signal the death of the estate agent?

Property tech is hotting up. But does the rise of online real-estate platforms mean the death of the cornerstone of the sector — estate…

SA’s startup ecosystem offers a positive vision of country’s future [Opinion]

South Africa’s startup ecosystem is robust and growing, but our entrepreneurs and investors need to develop a truly global mindset to take advantage of…

Here’s what you need to know about Kenya’s tech startup ecosystem

Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other…

It’s time for tech female founders to embrace the African century [Opinion]

We have transitioned from the African Renaissance narrative a few years ago to believing Africa is rising out of the ass heap of despair,…

What liability do company, startup directors face in cyberspace?

Cyber risks are evolving on a near daily basis posing countless threats to companies, and accordingly, directors need to stay abreast of legal developments…

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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