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Nigeria’s Interswitch becomes Africa’s latest unicorn after Visa acquires minority stake

US payments technology corporation Visa has acquired a minority stake in Lagos-based digital payments firm Interswitch Group at a valuation of $1-billion, effectively making…

SA founders who’ve sold their startup to a Silicon Valley firm

Hitting it big in Silicon Valley is every South African tech entrepreneur’s dream. What better way than to sell your startup to a Valley-based…

Accion Venture Lab to invest at least $4.5m in African fintechs with new fund

Accion Venture Lab, the seed investment initiative of US-based non-profit Accion, has launched a new $23-million fund aimed at fintech startups that focus on…

Visa launches women’s global edition of its Visa Everywhere Initiative

Digital payments giant Visa has launched a women’s global edition of its Visa Everywhere Initiative. The global innovation programme tasks startups to solve payment…

Inclusive Fintech 50 initiative launched to identify top financial inclusion startups

The MetLife Foundation and digital payments giant Visa have partnered to launch the Inclusive Fintech 50 competition which aims to recognise the world’s top…

Nigerian payments startup Paystack raises $8m in Series A round led by Stripe

Nigerian payments startup Paystack has raised $8-million in a Series A funding round led by US payments company Stripe. US tech publication Tech Crunch…

Kenyan startup wins $50k grand prize in Visa Everywhere Initiative

Digital payments company Visa has selected Kenyan startup Mookh Africa as the overall winner of the inaugural edition of the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Everywhere Initiative. Visa’s…

‘Visa Everywhere Initiative opened us up to local innovation’ [Sponsored]

Access to local innovation — this has been a key driver of the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), where the global payments processor has spent the…

How fintechs can help tackle financial inclusion in Africa [Sponsored]

The year 2016 was a pivotal one for electronic payments as for the first time such payments surpassed the use of cash. The change has taken…

Fintech startups can win up to $50k with Visa Everywhere Initiative [Sponsored]

The fintech industry in the Sub-Sahara Africa region is on the brink of a transformative breakthrough and the time is now to tap into…

Ex-Visa man, Vio Digital founder plans US move if remittances app takes off

Johanneburg-based Praga Govender, the man behind a new blockchain app aimed at lowering the cost of remittance payments to Africa, says he plans to relocate…

Developing digital payments solutions? Here are the markets you should focus on

A recent report by Visa shows net benefits businesses, consumers and authorities would gain if they transitioned from cash-based economies to full digital payments. The Cashless…

Visa launches Everywhere Initiative in Africa, here’s how you can get involved

In a bid to foster regional payments innovation and fintech entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa, global payments company Visa today announced the launch of the…

Move to full digital payments could net Joburg over $3bn in benefits a year

Businesses, consumers and authorities in the city of Johannesburg could gain $3.4-billion in net benefits by moving 100% of financial transactions conducted in the city…

Visa sees major competition as cash, not fintech startups, says digital director

With cash making up 94% of financial transactions in Africa there is a plenty of opportunity for the fintech sector on the continent — says John Conlon,…

Solve real problems and never retire says Fundamo’s Hannes Van Rensburg

When it comes to running a tech startup Hannes van Rensburg has seen and done it all. He even wrote a book called Cash in,…

Cryptocurrencies won’t see adoption like credit cards did – Hannes Van Rensburg

It’s a been a torrid week for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, following China’s decision on Monday to ban all initial coin offerings. Now former South…

Visa launches its first African Innovation Bootcamp [update]

Payments technology giant Visa has partnered with global accelerator and early-stage tech investor, Nest to launch its first Innovation Bootcamp in Africa. The bootcamp aims to empower…

SA investors can apply for Tier 1 visa to live in UK

The British Home Office has created a programme in order to encourage foreign investment, opening the door for SA entrepreneurs to move to the UK….

3 ways to go about hiring foreign skills for your SA startup

Even before I was involved in the tech entrepreneur scene in SA and before I ran an immigration and visa services firm, I noticed…

Visa snaps up SA mobile financial services company Fundamo for $110m

Visa, the world’s largest credit and debit card network, has snapped up South African mobile financial services company Fundamo for $110-million in cash. The…

Facebook on iOS 13 has a pretty creepy camera bug right now

Meet Facebook Pay: the company’s new online payment system

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RMI’s AlphaCode takes 25.1% stake in healthtech Guidepost

Jack Ma meeting with Togolese president: here’s how to watch tomorrow’s live streamed event

Bank Zero’s Michael Jordaan puts launch delay down to decision to build own tech stack

Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro boasts insane specs and a ‘Magic Keyboard’

Hisense’s upcoming phone, the King Kong 6, will sport one huge battery

Google reveals Stadia game line-up ahead of launch

What other parts may need to be replaced with my windscreen? [Sponsored]

African car company Mureza to debut Prim8 mini-SUV at Automechanika Johannesburg

2020 Nissan GTR 50th Anniversary edition hits SA, starts at R2.4m