Acquisition

Peach Payments’ African fintech power play

The African fintech landscape witnessed a significant shift on 22 July 2024, as digital payments service provider Peach Payments announced its acquisition of custom…

Cisco Buys Splunk for $28 Billion, Betting Big on Data and Security

Cisco completed its $28 billion acquisition of the data analytics company Splunk on Monday, making a major push into the rapidly growing markets for…

Nona Digital acquired by South Africa’s Yoco

African payments and software company, Yoco, has acquired the leading fintech and Web3 software development agency in Africa, Nona Digital. The acquisition significantly accelerates…

Virgin Active acquires Real Foods Group

Virgin Active has announced that Dean Kowarski, founder of The Real Foods Group, has been appointed as its Group CEO. Dean started the Real…

Acumen Software acquires part of Kinektek to supercharge service delivery

Acumen Software, creators of the service delivery management platform My Smart City, has acquired a 25 percent share of commerce PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) provider Kinektek….

Fintech group, Capital Appreciation Limited, acquires Responsive Technology

South African fintech group, Capital Appreciation Limited has acquired the Responsive Technology group for the purchase price of R48,68 million. The acquisition includes 100% of…

Docklands Ventures acquires SA parking startup, ParkUpp

South African parking startup, ParkUpp, has been acquired by real estate investment company Docklands Ventures, owned by ex-JLL Chairman for Sub-saharan Africa, Mark Bradford….

Digital Realty to acquire majority stake in Teraco

Teraco Data Environments has announced that San Francisco based Digital Realty has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Teraco from a…

Skillsoft acquires edtech rival, Codecademy, for US$525 million

Skillsoft, the American educational technology company that provides enterprise learning solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Codecademy, a leading online learning…

AI startup Cortex Logic’s holding company to acquire Tesla Water solution [Updated]

Cortex Group, the holding company of Cape Town based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cortex Logic, announced earlier this week that it will acquire Tesla Water’s…

Here’s why Kenyan startup BitPesa bought Spanish remittance platform

Nairobi-based fintech startup BitPesa has acquired a Spanish international money transfer service TransferZero. The blockchain payments platform made the announcement on its Twitter account last week…

6 things to do before selling your startup

Selling your business is a big step and one many business owners consider from time to time. Cashing in on the labours of your…

Ornico snaps up Fuseware to fuel African expansion

Fuseware, the digital analytics agency tracking South Africa’s social media landscape, has been acquired by local media and analytics company Ornico for an undisclosed…

Aqua snatches up SA software company Applogix

South African digital agency, Aqua Group, has just confirmed the acquisition of nine-year-old software company, Applogix. The deal will help Aqua strengthen its role…

Confirmed: Caxton strikes acquisition deal with Habari Media [update]

A while back we reported that South African publishing giant Caxton was in talks with digital sales house Habari, possibly around an acquisition. We…

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