South African-based Point of Sale payments provider, Yoco, has raised $16million in a Series B funding round led by Partech, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley...
7 Sep 2018
The current economic state definitely plays a major role in the challenges that SMEs experience in securing funding when they need it...
20 Aug 2018
When state capture and corporate wrong doing started oozing out in the media, Magda Wierzycka was a lone voice brave enough to speak out against corruption...
Nicci Botha 20 Aug 2018
The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association have released the shortlist of nominees for the inaugural SAVCA Industry Awards...
10 Aug 2018
For but a sliver of land in the Middle East, with a population below 9 million, you'd never guess that Israel has the second largest number of companies on the Nasdaq, after China...
Lauren Hartzenberg 8 Aug 2018
"There's never been a better time than now to start a business as a female founder, there is a lot of support there and a lot of women that serve as good examples."
Tom Jackson 2 Jul 2018
African startups have been invited to apply for the $50,000 MBA Impact Investing Network and Training (MIINT) challenge...
Tom Jackson 28 Jun 2018
According to Silicon Valley venture capitalists, the Algerian tech sector has untapped potential and the digital revolution is poised to have positive knock-on effects on the Algerian ecosystem...
27 Jun 2018
Investments in African startups are on the up year-on-year, with funding flooding into a variety of countries and a large selection of sectors...
Tom Jackson 20 Jun 2018
The Make-IT in Africa initiative has launched guides for entrepreneurs raising funding in Kenya and Nigeria, aimed at helping startups overcome one of the key challenges faced on the continent.
Tom Jackson 7 Jun 2018
A major concern for many African tech startups is fundraising, but should investors bring more than just cash to the table?
Tom Jackson 25 May 2018
The Orange Group's new investment fund for Africa, Orange Digital Ventures Africa, has invested in API platform Africa's Talking by helping raise $8.6m alongside the IFC World Bank and Social Capital...
3 May 2018
Tech startup, CoinAfrique, which claims to be the most downloaded classifieds app in francophone Africa, has garnered €2.5m from several investors in its first round of venture capital financing...
19 Apr 2018
Ghanaian startup, AgroCenta, was crowned the 2018 Seedstars Global Winner at the fifth edition of the Seedstars Summit which took place on Thursday, 12 April 2018...
16 Apr 2018
