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Bitcoin payments startup MoneyBadger raises R7m

Bitcoin payments startup MoneyBadger raises R7m

Thinkroom and The Oracle Group launch Oracle Innovate Lab to support Eswatini entrepreneurs

Thinkroom and The Oracle Group launch Oracle Innovate Lab to support Eswatini entrepreneurs

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Spotting opportunity in the backyard: Aubrey Maluleke’s Youth Entrepreneurship journey

Spotting opportunity in the backyard: Aubrey Maluleke’s Youth Entrepreneurship journey

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Seedstars launches new investment platform to develop VC managers

Seedstars launches new investment platform to develop VC managers

30 Nov 2022

4Di Capital announces second close to new $25m seed fund

4Di Capital announces second close to new $25m seed fund

29 Nov 2022

Tanzania's Ramani announces $32m Series A funding

Tanzania's Ramani announces $32m Series A funding

24 Nov 2022

MultiChoice Africa Accelerator Programme expands to 8 more African countries

MultiChoice Africa Accelerator Programme expands to 8 more African countries

24 Nov 2022

SE Ventures launches a €500m fund to accelerate industrial tech startups

SE Ventures launches a €500m fund to accelerate industrial tech startups

21 Nov 2022

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Adumo's R190m capital-raise signals major expansion plans

17 Nov 2022

African super app Yassir to launch its on-demand grocery delivery services in SA

African super app Yassir to launch its on-demand grocery delivery services in SA

15 Nov 2022

Source: Blnk

Egyptian startup Blnk raises $32m in funding round

Mahmoud Salama 10 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. Heather Lowe, head of SME development at FNB.

FNB injects R200m into SME development

8 Nov 2022

Source: Shoprite Group

Shoprite invests in Cape Town-based tech startup Omnisient

27 Oct 2022

Equity crowdfunding: a game changer for investors and African business

Equity crowdfunding: a game changer for investors and African business

Jeff Miller 24 Oct 2022

Learn how you can double your profits in 6 months with Startwise

Learn how you can double your profits in 6 months with Startwise

SME South Africa 18 Oct 2022

SA calling app Talk360 secures additional $3m in seed funding

SA calling app Talk360 secures additional $3m in seed funding

14 Oct 2022

Strove closes big funding round led by Japanese VC fund

Strove closes big funding round led by Japanese VC fund

12 Oct 2022

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FNB announces world-first digital banking solutions

Katja Hamilton 7 Oct 2022

Biometrics tech firm Iidentifi raises record R270m

Biometrics tech firm Iidentifi raises record R270m

7 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. A staff member works at the reception of the paystack online payment company in the government reserved area in Ikeja, in Lagos, Nigeria, June 21, 2018.

Africa sees record venture capital investment, bucking global decline

Joe Bavier 5 Oct 2022

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The fundraising market in Africa is growing, but it's hard out there for startups

30 Sep 2022

Home services startup SweepSouth secures R198m in funding

Home services startup SweepSouth secures R198m in funding

26 Sep 2022

Join the next cohort of accounting entrepreneurs on a growth trajectory!

Join the next cohort of accounting entrepreneurs on a growth trajectory!

Edge Growth 21 Sep 2022

Seedstars Africa Ventures names Bruce Nsereko-Lule as a general partner

Seedstars Africa Ventures names Bruce Nsereko-Lule as a general partner

12 Sep 2022

Second cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund revealed

Second cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund revealed

7 Sep 2022

Raising venture capital - is it the right path for your startup?

Raising venture capital - is it the right path for your startup?

Christopher Ball 2 Sep 2022

For SA's SMEs to thrive, government's 'own-goal' mentality must go

For SA's SMEs to thrive, government's 'own-goal' mentality must go

Gary Palmer 25 Aug 2022

Interior construction and fitout company gets investment boost

Interior construction and fitout company gets investment boost

Edge Growth 25 Aug 2022

African startups wow in local accelerator programme

African startups wow in local accelerator programme

UCT Graduate School of Business 23 Aug 2022

Telkom Lend launches to offer small businesses funding up to R5m

Telkom Lend launches to offer small businesses funding up to R5m

19 Aug 2022

Will you be Access Bank's 2022 Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton South Africa winner?

Will you be Access Bank's 2022 Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton South Africa winner?

The Publicity Workshop 4 Aug 2022

TymeBank to acquire fintech SME funder Retail Capital

TymeBank to acquire fintech SME funder Retail Capital

3 Aug 2022

Emerging KwaDukuza entrepreneur receives a boost thanks to private public partnership

Emerging KwaDukuza entrepreneur receives a boost thanks to private public partnership

Sappi 26 Jul 2022

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