Venture capital

Fledge Capital backs top online watch retailer Luxury Time

A premium online watch retailer in South Africa, Luxury Time, has caught the eye of Fledge Capital, a renowned independent investment company. Celebrating its…

SOUK Farms, Goodwell join forces in Rwanda

In a move to foster inclusive growth and sustainable agriculture in Africa, Goodwell Investments has announced an investment in SOUK Farms, Rwanda’s leading horticultural…

Why is no one talking about venture building in Africa?

In his thought-provoking article, Daniel Novitzkas, co-founder at Specno, explores the underappreciated potential of venture building in Africa and its role in nurturing the…

Remedial Health’s $12m win: Boosting Africa’s pharma chain

Remedial Health, a leading African healthtech start-up, has secured $12 million in an equity and debt funding round. The company specialises in developing solutions…

REdimension’s tech-sustainability fund hits first close

Investment firm REdimension Capital has announced the initial close of its first fund, the REdimension Real Estate Technology and Sustainability Fund I. The fund,…

Danny’s Auto gears up with Sanlam’s power investment

Sanlam Private Equity (SPE), the private equity arm of Sanlam Investments, has purchased a majority stake in Danny’s Auto Body Parts. The company is…

Gender lens investing: Unleashing billions for greater equity

Value for Women, a catalyst for equity, guided 25 fund managers, impacting more than $100 billion of assets towards gender lens investing between 2020…

Sanari Capital announces first close for its new fund at R475m

Private equity firm Sanari Capital has announced a first close of R475 million (about $28 million) on its Sanari 3S Growth Fund known as…

Africa’s top venture capital fund managers unite at Oxford

Forty leading fund managers from select African investment funds will gather at the Oxford University’s Saïd Business School next week. Together, they will discuss…

Is raising venture capital the right path for your start-up?

There are four vital questions that will guide your decision on whether raising venture capital is the right path, writes Finch Technologies co-founder Christopher…

AfricArena summit builds Africa’s start-up ecosystem

Tunisia has set itself the task of getting 1 000 labelled startups into its national ecosystem by 2024, and it is more than three-quarters…

Grey raises $2m to simplify cross-border payments

Nigerian fintech start-up Grey has raised $2 million in seed funding. This allows the business to further simplify sending and receiving foreign payments in…

Investment readiness: 5 tips for start-up founders

It’s a hard fact that all founders learn in their start-up journey: although securing funding is like finding the Holy Grail for entrepreneurs, that…

New report: Here’s why African fintech is fast-expanding

Despite talk of an overcrowded market and funding retreat, fintech is proving its mettle in the African markets, serving as a lever to financial…

HAVAÍC invests $500k in Kenyan fintech start-up FinAccess

Cape Town-based venture capital firm HAVAÍC invested $500 000 in FinAccess, an East African software solutions provider that digitises community banks, and savings, credit…

What investors look for before funding tech start-ups

As media and ecosystem lead at AfricArena, Nathaniel Witbooi has peaked beyond the veil of investment, boasting high-level interaction with investors, start-ups and the…

Africa’s only Metaverse venue bags Swiss VC funding

Billed as Africa’s first and only Metaverse venue, SodaWorld has secured initial global investment form a prestigious Swiss venture capital firm. The technology start-up enables…

SAVCA to honour businesses who thrived with investment

Portfolio companies, private equity and venture capital funds have until Monday, 15 August to enter the 2022 SAVCA Industry Awards hosted by the Southern…

Venture builder Aions reveals its first 3 incubator start-ups

Venture builder and business incubator Aions Creative Technology has unveiled the first three start-ups that it will be funding through its unique funding model, which will…

Grow African business via domestic capital, foreign funds

Access to capital is probably the most significant factor in the success of growth-stage businesses. While investment funding is well within reach in many…

BII announces $20m investment in mobility fintech Moove

British International Investment (BII), the UK government’s development finance institution, has made a $20 million, four-year structured credit investment in Moove – a mobility…

Futuregrowth announces high-growth development equity fund

Early-stage businesses with a strong developmental impact are set to benefit from the soon-to-be launched high-growth development equity fund by Futuregrowth, a leading South…

Omame to grow TLcom deal flow generation into pre-seed

Africa-focused venture capital firm TLcom has announced the appointment of Eloho Omame as a partner, bolstering its capabilities as it ramps up deployment of…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

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SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

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