F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
SA crowdfunding site The People’s Fund in first payout of R43k to 42 investors
Ten months after launching, Johannesburg based crowdfunding platform The People’s Fund has made its first payout of R43 800 to 42 investors who earlier this year…
Exclusive: Startupbootcamp Cape Town, EasyEquities to crowdfund first cohort
Startupbootcamp Cape Town has partnered with investment platform EasyEquities to crowdfund the 10 startups that last week graduated from the initiative’s inaugural programme. The announcement…
SA equity crowdfunding site Uprise.Africa launches after response from FSB
South Africa’s first equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa has officially launched after being told by the Financial Services Board (FSB) that the platform does not fall…
SA lending platform Prodigy Finance chose London for ‘pro-business regulation’
Cape Town founder of multi-million dollar lending platform Prodigy Finance Cameron Stevens says the “pro-business” regulation of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority was key in his decision…
