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Easy Taxi to help drive Ebola Awareness Campaign with Dettol partnership

The Ebola virus has been responsible for over a thousand deaths since it started spreading across West Africa early this year. Some of the…

Startup Weekend EDU comes to Cape Town, aims to encourage edtech innovation

A first in Africa, Startup Weekend Education (EDU) will be taking place from 5 – 7 September in Cape Town, South Africa to help…

Want to sell stuff online? Here are 7 SA services that can help

The South African ecommerce landscape is at an exciting stage where both big players like Takealot and niche ones like League of Beers are…

Online booking startup ClickBus gets $10-million in funding

Online booking startup ClickBus has announced that it’s just received US$10-million from Latin America Internet Group, Tengelmann Ventures, Holtzbrinck Ventures and Rocket Internet. The…

Tech4Africa speaker Andy Hadfield: ‘Like it or not, failure is a part of startup culture’

Tech4Africa is coming to Cape Town, South Africa for the first time since it started as an annual fixture four years ago. The event…

5 handy collaboration tools your startup team can use to be more efficient

Any startup using email as their primary mode of communication when it comes to managing projects should understand that it takes an unnecessary amount…

Praekelt, SA Department of Health officially launch MomConnect service

The Praekelt Foundation, alongside Jembi Health Systems and the South African Department of Health has today launched a pioneering initiative providing mothers with pre-…

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

South Africa’s hedge fund industry closed out 2024 with its strongest performance to date, according to the latest Novare Hedge Fund Survey. Assets under…

REdimension Capital closes R250m property tech and sustainability fund

REdimension Capital has announced the final close of its Real Estate Technology & Sustainability Fund I, with aggregate commitments surpassing R250 million. The fund,…

Why the ‘Ego Tax’ is Costing Your Business

In boardrooms around the world, a silent cost is eating into business performance. It’s not market disruption, tech upheaval, or economic uncertainty. It’s ego….

South African Women Entrepreneurs Get It Right

Forget the pivot-happy, VC-addicted startup circus. Forget the “we’re Uber but for dogs” mentality that’s infected entrepreneurship like a particularly virulent strain of intellectual…

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

A South African fintech startup is headed to the global stage. Fintura, an AI-powered accounting platform for professionals, has won the South African chapter…

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

South Africa’s largest digital retail bank, Capitec, has partnered with remittance fintech Mama Money to radically lower the cost of sending money across borders…

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

In what could be the biggest disruption to audience targeting since cookies began to crumble, South African commerce media startup Flow has officially launched…

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

HAVAÍC, a leading venture capital firm headquartered in Cape Town, has announced the second close of its $50 million African Innovation Fund 3, bringing…

AfriLabs’ 2024 Impact Report Charts Path to $1 Trillion Digital Economy

In a tough funding climate, Africa’s largest network of innovation hubs has bucked the trend. AfriLabs, now spanning 514 hubs in 53 countries, directly…

Why 3 Out of 4 South African SMEs Still Can’t Raise Capital

World SME Day on 27 June is supposed to be a celebration of entrepreneurial grit. But for most small businesses in South Africa, it…

Huawei Cloud and Elenjical Solutions Partner to Accelerate Financial Digital Transformation in Africa

As Africa’s financial sector races toward digital transformation, one thing remains clear: legacy infrastructure is still a massive drag on progress. Now, Huawei Cloud…

Five Ways to Back South Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs

Youth unemployment in South Africa remains one of the country’s most urgent socio-economic challenges. Yet, the solution many continue to champion is also one…

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