The e-commerce industry in South Africa has experienced a boom since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — and Black Friday was no exception….
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [26/06/2020]
Telkom Business has launched Yep!, a digital marketplace app where customers can search and purchase from small businesses. This, while new statistics from fintech…
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…
LulaLend looking to access R500m in debt funding following latest raise [Q&A]
SA fintech startup Lulalend has had access to over R150-million in debt funding since launching in 2014 and is on track to access another R500-million off…
