Dominique Collett

Agritech disruptor AgriKool vows to increase farmer profits

Amid ever-rising food prices, interest rate hikes, fuel increases and changed weather patterns, a South African agritech start-up, AgriKool, hopes to bring down the…

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…

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 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…

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…

SA fintech Akiba Digital launches fun savings app for SA millennials

Financial literacy remains a barrier for the youth. There is currently no platform that offers financial insights and proactively empowers or educates millennials about…

AlphaCode awards R16m in support, funding to eight promising fintechs

Last night (18 October), Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI), through AlphaCode, awarded entrepreneurial packages valued at R16-million to eight of South Africa’s most promising…

School payments app Karri expands offering to organisations needing to collect funds

The Karri app, launched in April last year, has grown to just under 300 South African schools driven by parent and teacher demand for…

Explore Data Science Academy, Alphacode seeks aspiring SA fintech entrepreneurs

Do you have an idea that could make you South Africa’s most successful fintech entrepreneur? Are you looking to acquire the skills to launch…

Explore Data Science Academy, Alphacode seeks aspiring SA fintech entrepreneurs

Do you have an idea that could make you South Africa’s most successful fintech entrepreneur? Are you looking to acquire the skills to launch…

Five South African fintech dealmakers your startup should meet

Fintech is one of the fastest growing startup sectors in the world. A number of SA startups have secured multi-million rand investments of late,…

Four fintech companies selected for R2.5m AlphaCode Accelerate programme

Fintech accelerator AlphaCode has announced the names of four companies selected to join its recently launched R2.5-million accelerator programme AlphaCode Accelerate. The four companies are Entersekt, Livestock…

AlphaCode seeks next OUTsurance or Discovery, offering R16m in support

AlphaCode, an initiative of Rand Merchant Investments (RMI), has set aside R16-million to identify a new generation of financial services entrepreneurs through its AlphaCode…

‘AlphaCode in drive to create pipeline of fintechs to invest in’ [Q&A]

Joburg based fintech accelerator AlphaCode aims to create a pipeline of fintech firms in which Rand Merchant Bank — which runs the programme — can…

AlphaCode calls on black-owned fintech startups to apply to programme

Fintech incubator AlphaCode is on the hunt for black-owned fintech startups, as well as innovators with ideas that could change the face of financial services…

Regtech, the new fintech, driven by complex financial regulations

“There are three elements driving interest in regulatory technology (regtech) in South Africa and abroad,” explains Dominique Collett, senior investment executive at Rand Merchant…

Here are the SA fintech startups to watch in 2018 [Opinion]

Fintech continues to surprise with little to touch the rise of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in 2017. This will continue in 2018 and I make…

South African fintech in 2018 – what can we expect? [Opinion]

Fintech continues to surprise with little to touch the rise of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in 2017. This will continue in 2018 and I make…

Mama Money makes FICA simple: take a photo and a selfie

The South African-based fintech startup that offers the cheapest cross border money transfer rates into key African countries and now into India, has introduced…

SA bitcoin platform Luno closes R120m round led by Balderton Capital

South African founded bitcoin platform Luno today announced its expansion into 35 new markets across Europe, and a R120-million Series B funding round, led by…

SA startup ThisIsMe claims can process FICA filing in record three minutes

South African fintech startup, ThisIsMe claimed today to have set a new record for making a Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (FICA) filing on behalf of accounting institutions. It says it…

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Dominique Collett

Agritech disruptor AgriKool vows to increase farmer profits

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

SA tech entrepreneurship: what’s working and what inhibits

RMI’s AlphaCode takes 25.1% stake in healthtech Guidepost

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

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

SA fintech Akiba Digital launches fun savings app for SA millennials

AlphaCode awards R16m in support, funding to eight promising fintechs

School payments app Karri expands offering to organisations needing to collect funds

Explore Data Science Academy, Alphacode seeks aspiring SA fintech entrepreneurs

Explore Data Science Academy, Alphacode seeks aspiring SA fintech entrepreneurs

Five South African fintech dealmakers your startup should meet

Four fintech companies selected for R2.5m AlphaCode Accelerate programme

AlphaCode seeks next OUTsurance or Discovery, offering R16m in support

‘AlphaCode in drive to create pipeline of fintechs to invest in’ [Q&A]

AlphaCode calls on black-owned fintech startups to apply to programme

Regtech, the new fintech, driven by complex financial regulations

Here are the SA fintech startups to watch in 2018 [Opinion]

South African fintech in 2018 – what can we expect? [Opinion]

Mama Money makes FICA simple: take a photo and a selfie

SA bitcoin platform Luno closes R120m round led by Balderton Capital

SA startup ThisIsMe claims can process FICA filing in record three minutes

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