AI is disrupting education. But despite what the headlines (and some ChatGPT horror stories) might suggest, South African teachers aren’t being replaced — they’re…
Sharks, sorcery and speculation: what lies beneath most startup valuations
In 1954 one of Hollywood’s greatest artistic geniuses, Walt Disney, had a fantasy. Disney dreamed of building a giant amusement park unlike anything that…
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…
Silvertree Capital has ecommerce sweet tooth, sub-Saharan African focus
Africa’s tech investment landscape has gained a new fund which looks set to boost the emerging sector. The recently launched Silvertree Capital is a…
Business Partners puts aside R1bn for SA’s tech, energy, agro-processing SMEs
Business Partners, the specialist funding and mentorship company, says that it will make R1-billion available for its 2013-14 financial year to spend on business…
