Lenovo Southern Africa’s flagship event, Accelerate 2025, has just wrapped up in Johannesburg — and if the conversations are anything to go by, the…
Africa gets its first billion dollar equity fund, courtesy of Helios
London-based investment group Helios Investment Partners has created the first billion dollar plus Africa-focused private equity fund. The group, founded by Nigerian expats in…
Just how badly does your startup need that investment?
Quora raises millions (both dollars and questions). Facebook buys WhatsApp for billions. Uber gets another trillion in investment and is now “worth” a quintillion….
U-Start launches investment vehicle, will be worth €30-million in 2015
Global Venture Capital initiative U-Start has recently rounded-off its 2014 conference series in Cape Town, South Africa, and announced further penetration to the Central and…
Amendments to Section 12J under the Income Tax Act welcomed by VCs
Complex legal or financial regulations are all too often cited as South Africa’s main obstacles for flourishing entrepreneurial activity. First introoduced in 2009, Section…
