As South Africans saw the news that Port Elizabeth has a new name, local Google searches for how to pronounce Gqeberha surged. Minister of…
Black Friday 2020 breaks eCommerce record
According to online payment processing service, PayFast, Black Friday accelerated online transactions by 50% compared to 2019. PayFast announced a 283% increase in total…
Are these the biggest SA tech acquisitions of 2019?
This year saw some pretty big acquisitions in the tech sector. Most notable were Kenyan company DPO’s acquisition of Cape Town based fintech PayFast and Vodacom’s…
PayFast launches Split Payments option, designed for platform commerce [Sponsored]
Online payment gateway, PayFast, has launched Split Payments, a SA-first that instantly splits a portion of an online payment with a third party. The…
DPO acquires SA’s PayFast in reported multi-million rand deal
Nairobi-based payment services provider the DPO Group has acquired SA payments processing service PayFast in a reported multi-million rand deal. DPO Group announced the acquisition, the…