Four young scientists, accompanied by Eskom Expo’s Business Manager, Mmamoloko Rancia Riba, won their place to represent the country at the Indonesia competition, renowned…
Xecced Ventures to invest in African startups through $100m Industry 4.0 fund
Is your startup building solutions for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and looking for funding? London-based venture capital (VC) firm Xecced Ventures is looking to…
EIB to raise €1bn to invest in digital solutions, financial products for girls, women
The European Investment Bank’s (EIB) new SheInvest initiative aims to raise €1-billion to invest in innovative digital solutions and financial products in Africa for…
RMI’s AlphaCode takes 25.1% stake in healthtech Guidepost
Rand Merchant Investments (RMI), through its fintech investment arm, AlphaCode, announced today that it had taken a 25.1% stake in SA healthtech platform Guidepost….
Nigeria’s Interswitch becomes Africa’s latest unicorn after Visa acquires minority stake
US payments technology corporation Visa has acquired a minority stake in Lagos-based digital payments firm Interswitch Group at a valuation of $1-billion, effectively making…