F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
SumUp secures funding to take mobile payments to South America
Mobile point-of-sale company, SumUp, recently raised a rumoured ‘double-digit million Euro’ round in Series B funding from Groupon and American Express. Today it announced…
Crowdfunding platform Thundafund rolls in over SA startup landscape
South Africa’s crowdfunding space expanded earlier this month with the launch of Thundafund, the Cape Town-based crowd-powered startup funder. While crowdfunding in Africa has…
OnFarm Systems gains funding from Invested Development
Invested Development recently invested in OnFarm Systems, an agriculture technology startup that aims to combine software and hardware to provide a platform of information…
Fab receives $150 million in Series D funding, led by China giant Tencent
Fab, the gay social network turned ecommerce-design service with 14-million registered members, is now worth over US$1-billion after it received US$150 million in Series…