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Standard Bank scoops award at SME Bank Of the Year Awards 2020

South African financial service provider Standard Bank has been accoladed with a silver award in the global and prestigious SME Bank Awards category of…

How gender bias compromises the tech sector [Opinion]

Linda Zwane, Head of Data Management at Standard Bank Eswatini, unpacks her experience in the tech space and how the gender bias compromises the sector. It…

Standard Bank announces Top Woman Entrepreneur 2020

South African female entrepreneur, Celeste Margo Le Roux has won the prestigious title of Standard Bank Top Woman Entrepreneur for 2020. As the CEO…

Standard Bank acquires 35% stake in fintech, TradeSafe

Standard Bank has acquired a 35% equity stake in digital escrow company TradeSafe Escrow. The partnership will allow for TradeSafe to target commodity and M&A transactions…

Standard Bank acquires 35% stake in fintech, TradeSafe

Standard Bank has acquired a 35% equity stake in digital escrow company TradeSafe Escrow. The partnership will allow for TradeSafe to target commodity and M&A transactions…

Here’s how businesses can apply for new loan guarantee, says Standard Bank

Standard Bank announced today that it is ready to receive applications for loans under the Covid-19 Loan Scheme for Small and Medium Enterprises, which…

Standard Bank acquires 40% stake of SA fuel management platform Payment24

Standard Bank has acquired a 40% stake in Cape Town based digital fuel management solutions and telematics company Payment24 Group. Payment24, founded in 2014,…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [24/03/2020]

With the coronavirus (Covid-19) headlining news all over the world, Ventureburn has launched the first edition of a daily roundup on the virus and…

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…

Ukheshe, Mindbridge named winners of SA Reserve Bank’s global fintech hackcelerator

The SA Reserve Bank (Sarb) has named SA’s uKheshe and Canada’s MindBridge Analytics the winners of its 2019 Global Fintech Hackcelerator @ Southern Africa…

Here are eight SA fintechs that local banks are working with [Updated]

SA fintech startups are offering banks new ways to accept and make payments, lend out loans and offer financial services to the previously under…

It’s like Standard Bank has almost outsourced SME credit book to us – Merchant Capital founder [Updated]

UPDATE (5 September 2019): For accuracy’s sake, following a call from Merchant Capital CEO and founder Dov Girnun, we have updated the headline of this…

Standard Bank leads $4m investment round in SA fintech Nomanini [Updated]

UPDATE (27 August 2019): We neglected to mention in the initial version of this story that Dutch impact investor Goodwell Investments also participated in the…

Green machine closes VC deal after pivot from vending solution to tech platform

After a year of running their vending machine business Gideon Greaves and Chad Knezovich were at a loss at what to do. Greaves had sold…

Founders Factory Africa, Netcare to help 35 healthtech startups scale across Africa

Venture builder and accelerator Founders Factory Africa and SA healthcare provider Netcare have partnered to provide a platform for entrepreneurs to build and scale 35 healthcare…

Standard Bank’s SimplyBlu platform to make it easier for small firms in SA to trade online

Standard Bank earlier this week launched SimplyBlu, a platform that makes it easier for small businesses to trade online. The bank claims that the solution,…

We’re no Rocket Internet says Founders Factory Africa head

The head of UK-based Founders Factory‘s new Africa unit, Roo Rodgers, says his venture builder and accelerator is no Rocket Internet — as it’s…

Founders Factory to build 100 tech startups across Africa in next five years

Corporate-backed tech startup accelerator and incubator Founders Factory has announced that it will, through its Founders Factory Africa initiative, build and scale 100 tech startups…

Four winners of Standard Bank’s Girlcode Hackathon jet off to San Francisco

Standard Bank continues to inspire women who love technology, with four winners of the recent Girlcode Hackathon jetting off to the globally popular Tech…

Standard Bank partners with INV Fintech accelerator, here’s how you can apply

With the deadline for the next cohort just a week away, global fintech accelerator INV Fintech has announced that Standard Bank has joined its programme as a partner….

8 corporate managers that SA tech startups should meet [Digital All Stars]

Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn,…

Startups misjudge complexity of dealing with corporate says Standard Bank head

Startups should understand the complexity of dealing with large corporations. Failing to do so could put a strain on their resources, cautions Jayshree Naidoo, the head…

EMGuidance is set to represent South Africa at the Seedstars World finals

The South African leg of the Seedstars World competition came to a close this week with EMGuidance being chosen to represent SA in the…

Singularity University’s international summit heading to Africa for first time

Singularity University (SU) is finally coming to Johannesburg. The Silicon Valley think tank is expected to host its first international conference, SingularityU Summit, in the city on 23…

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Women in Tech to observe International Women’s Day

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Credit focused fintech company secures R10-million investment

Valheim moves 5 million copies in first month

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standard bank

Standard Bank scoops award at SME Bank Of the Year Awards 2020

How gender bias compromises the tech sector [Opinion]

Standard Bank announces Top Woman Entrepreneur 2020

Standard Bank acquires 35% stake in fintech, TradeSafe

Standard Bank acquires 35% stake in fintech, TradeSafe

Here’s how businesses can apply for new loan guarantee, says Standard Bank

Standard Bank acquires 40% stake of SA fuel management platform Payment24

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [24/03/2020]

10 ways Africa’s fintech sector boomed in 2019

Ukheshe, Mindbridge named winners of SA Reserve Bank’s global fintech hackcelerator

Here are eight SA fintechs that local banks are working with [Updated]

It’s like Standard Bank has almost outsourced SME credit book to us – Merchant Capital founder [Updated]

Standard Bank leads $4m investment round in SA fintech Nomanini [Updated]

Green machine closes VC deal after pivot from vending solution to tech platform

Founders Factory Africa, Netcare to help 35 healthtech startups scale across Africa

Standard Bank’s SimplyBlu platform to make it easier for small firms in SA to trade online

We’re no Rocket Internet says Founders Factory Africa head

Founders Factory to build 100 tech startups across Africa in next five years

Four winners of Standard Bank’s Girlcode Hackathon jet off to San Francisco

Standard Bank partners with INV Fintech accelerator, here’s how you can apply

8 corporate managers that SA tech startups should meet [Digital All Stars]

Startups misjudge complexity of dealing with corporate says Standard Bank head

EMGuidance is set to represent South Africa at the Seedstars World finals

Singularity University’s international summit heading to Africa for first time

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