Lenovo Southern Africa’s flagship event, Accelerate 2025, has just wrapped up in Johannesburg — and if the conversations are anything to go by, the…
VC is growing in Africa, but sector still hobbled by lack of follow-on and seed funding
Ten years ago when Cape Town venture capitalist Justin Stanford and entrepreneur Vinny Lingham launched Cape Town’s startup initiative Silicon Cape there was hardly an angel…
Five SA fintechs that service the growing market of SME lending [Updated]
An increasing number of fintech startups are looking to fund small businesses in South Africa using online platforms and apps to service the massive…
SA fintech uKheshe nets over R7m from investors on R100m valuation
Joburg-based fintech startup uKheshe has raised $500 000 (over R7.6-million at the current exchange rate) in seed funding on a valuation of R100-million, from FiTech Ventures…
Savant Venture Fund invests in security device startup Jonga [Updated]
Cape Town hardware tech incubator Savant‘s venture capital (VC) arm, the Savant Venture Fund, has announced that it has invested in Cape Town based…
