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What SA fintech disruption really looks like

We spend a lot of time thinking about the concept of “disruption” in personal finance. It’s more than just business, we want everyone to…

Fintech covers car insurance excess, reduces premiums, and you stay with your insurer

SelfSure, a new SA fintech, has come up with a smart way to solve the problem faced by many car owners when they put…

Fintech helps control medical costs for you and your staff with a medical savings card

Between 70% and 80% of employed South Africans cannot afford medical aid and do not always have cash readily available to pay for unexpected…

South African fintech in 2020 – what can we expect?

Fintech is rapidly transforming the very essence of global financial services. Here at AlphaCode, we spend a lot of time researching and thinking about…

10 ways Africa’s fintech sector boomed in 2019

Fintech remains one of the hottest tech verticals in Africa. This year saw African fintech startups based on the continent raise over $53-million in…

SA’s best, simple and cheap ways to save your December bonus

If you are lucky enough to get a December bonus, that you haven’t already spent on Black Friday specials and you’re not deep in…

SA insurtech Solvency to launch ‘disruptive product’ in January after netting investment [Updated]

UPDATE (21 January 2020): Solvency this week launched its new insurance product. Founder Mutoda Mahamba said in a statement that while the product is…

SA tech entrepreneurship: what’s working and what inhibits

Despite the ongoing hype around entrepreneurship and trendy startup tech businesses in South Africa, there are prevailing myths that muddy the thinking around the…

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….

Alphacode provides R23m in loans to three black-owned fintech startups

Fintech accelerator AlphaCode announced today that it has provided R23-million in funding under the BEE code of good conduct’s supplier development element, to three SA fintech startups,…

AlphaCode awards R16m in grants, support services to eight black-owned SA fintechs

Eight black-owned fintech startups have won business support and funding totalling R16-million from Rand Merchant Investment Holdings’ (RMI) fintech incubator AlphaCode. The AlphaCode Incubate initiative, in partnership…

SA fintech Fundrr finally lands funding after being turned down by 50 angels

Try and try again. That’s what the founders of Joburg based fintech startup Fundrr, which lends to small businesses, have had to do to…

AlphaCode extends application deadline for incubator initiative for black startups to 24 June

AlphaCode has extended the deadline for Alphacode Incubate — an incubation programme aimed at black fintech startups — to next Monday (24 June). The initial deadline…

Twenty candidates on Explore initiative prepare to pitch for AlphaCode Incubate

Twenty candidates from seven SA startups and developer teams are getting ready to pitch next week for the chance to get into top Joburg…

New SA fintech aims to disrupt traditional, alternative SME financing [Sponsored]

There are 2.4 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa that employ around 60% to 70% of the working population. But this…

What SA fintech startups should know about dealing with regulations

You’ve started a fintech startup — now it’s time to navigate the muddy waters of SA fintech regulation. More that hassling with funding or trying…

AlphaCode Incubate launches call for black fintech startups to tap R16m in support, funding

Are you a black-owned fintech startup looking for business support and funding? AlphaCode, Rand Merchant Investment Holdings’ (RMI) fintech accelerator, today launched a call for…

Fintech Zande closes gap in SA’s R40bn cash market for spaza shops

It is estimated that the SA spaza shop market is valued at about R40-billion a year and that 90% or more of the transactions…

20 fintech ideas selected for initiative to boost scarce data science skills in SA

South African businesses and startups are aware of the increasing importance of using data effectively, but the demand for data science skills exceeds supply….

How to take your business global

Many South African businesses have ambitions far greater than the domestic market. This is particularly true of financial services as our system is the…

Fintech business pays hosts in advance for Airbnb bookings

Further disruption in South Africa’s accommodation and property letting sector is on the cards as AirAdvance, a fintech startup, provides those offering private accommodation…

Eight black-owned fintechs win R16m worth of funding, support from AlphaCode

Eight black-owned fintech startups have won business support and funding totalling R16-million from Rand Merchant Investment Holdings’ (RMI) fintech incubator AlphaCode. The eight — which…

SA insurance platform Click2Sure secures investment from Greenlight Re

Cape Town based digital insurance platform Click2Sure has secured an undisclosed investment from Greenlight Capital Re, a Cayman Islands based reinsurance company. In a statement today (17 October),…

MTN delays launch of 5G network to end of June

SA’s Pineapple, Tautona.AI make Sønr and Insurance Post’s Insurtech 100 list

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [05/06/2020]

UNOPS Global Innovation Challenge seeking solutions to address SDGs

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