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Cape Town fintech Stitch secures R1bn in funding

Funding

Cape Town fintech Stitch secures R1bn in funding

15 Apr 2025

Flow48 secures $69m to boost SME lending operations in SA

Funding

Flow48 secures $69m to boost SME lending operations in SA

27 Feb 2025

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Social Media

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Jean Burgess 27 Nov 2024

GoMetro secures R3m grant for EV transition in UK freight

Transport

GoMetro secures R3m grant for EV transition in UK freight

18 Oct 2024

Funding

South African calling app Talk360 raises R27m in funding

11 Sep 2024

Buhle Goslar takes the helm as Lula's new board chairperson

Funding

Buhle Goslar takes the helm as Lula's new board chairperson

22 Mar 2024

Image source: Denis Ismagilov –

Corporate & Commercial Law

Africa: Drivers of venture capital growth in Q3 2023

Ashlin Perumall, Janine Howard and Tanya Seitz 17 Jan 2024

GoMetro completes R214m funding round

Funding

GoMetro completes R214m funding round

30 Nov 2023

Fostering African unicorns: The crucial role of the enterprise-startup alliance

SMEs

Fostering African unicorns: The crucial role of the enterprise-startup alliance

8 Nov 2023

Research

Report: Significant increase in journalist response rates to pitches

19 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Financial Services

Stitch's WigWag is here: no-code payment solutions for SMEs

12 Sep 2023

Fintech solutions. Source: Supplied

Funding

SA's unbanked attracts funding for fintech startups

Michael Bowren 12 Jul 2023

South African healthtech startup Kena Health secures $2.1m funding

Funding

South African healthtech startup Kena Health secures $2.1m funding

2 Jun 2023

Challengers to Watch 2023: Ellevest

Research

Challengers to Watch 2023: Ellevest

Zoe Zambakides, Issued by eatbigfish 30 May 2023

Africa venture capital investments dipped slightly in 2022

Funding

Africa venture capital investments dipped slightly in 2022

20 Apr 2023

PR & Communications

Report: Tuesday still the best day to pitch to journalists

14 Apr 2023

Naked Insurance raises R290m in funding

Funding

Naked Insurance raises R290m in funding

15 Feb 2023

SA tech startup Sendmarc secures $7m in funding

Funding

SA tech startup Sendmarc secures $7m in funding

13 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Lulalend founders Neil Welman, co-founder and chief technology officer and Trevor Gosling, co-
founder and chief executive officer.

Financial Services

Lulalend secures $35m in Series B funding

1 Feb 2023

SA's Centbee raises R17m pre-Series A funding from Ayre Ventures

Funding

SA's Centbee raises R17m pre-Series A funding from Ayre Ventures

23 Dec 2022

Grocery delivery service Yassir Express launches in Gauteng

E-commerce

Grocery delivery service Yassir Express launches in Gauteng

13 Dec 2022

SA data integration business Synatic secures R43m in seed extension funding

Data & Analytics

SA data integration business Synatic secures R43m in seed extension funding

5 Dec 2022

Tanzania's Ramani announces $32m Series A funding

Funding

Tanzania's Ramani announces $32m Series A funding

24 Nov 2022

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

Funding

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

15 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied.

Fintech

Peach Payments partners with Stitch to bring instant EFT checkouts for merchants

24 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied.

Medtech

Launch of female-founded tech platform drives access to quality healthcare at home

20 Sep 2022

MakeReign: The most awarded specialist UX/UI agency at the Bookmarks

Design

MakeReign: The most awarded specialist UX/UI agency at the Bookmarks

Issued by MakeReign 10 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Oneal Bhambani, Flutterwave's new chief financial officer.

Financial Services

Flutterwave appoints former American Express executive, Oneal Bhambani as CFO

15 Jun 2022

#StartupStory: TallOrder Solutions

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: TallOrder Solutions

Johannes Masiteng 3 May 2022

SA-born Clickatell secures R1.4bn investment

Services

SA-born Clickatell secures R1.4bn investment

23 Feb 2022

Flutterwave closes $250m in Series D funding

Funding

Flutterwave closes $250m in Series D funding

16 Feb 2022

Stitch announces $21m Series A funding

Funding

Stitch announces $21m Series A funding

14 Feb 2022

TallOrder raises an additional R47m in Series A funding

Cloud

TallOrder raises an additional R47m in Series A funding

27 Jan 2022

Floatpays secures $4m seed funding round

Funding

Floatpays secures $4m seed funding round

25 Jan 2022

Source: Copia Global

Informal Retailing

Kenyan retail distributor Copia secures $50m for Africa expansion

George Obulutsa 21 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: The year of the African storyteller

Trends

#BizTrends2022: The year of the African storyteller

Garreth van Vuuren 13 Jan 2022

SA fintech Ozow raises R760m in a Series B funding round

Technology

SA fintech Ozow raises R760m in a Series B funding round

24 Nov 2021

Grindstone Ventures launches $6.5m VC fund for SA tech SME development

Funding

Grindstone Ventures launches $6.5m VC fund for SA tech SME development

9 Nov 2021

Moove launches in Cape Town, eyeing pan-African growth

Technology

Moove launches in Cape Town, eyeing pan-African growth

27 Sep 2021

African fintech company Moove secures R337m in Series A funding

Funding

African fintech company Moove secures R337m in Series A funding

12 Aug 2021

Pineapple closes Series A round at R80m

Funding

Pineapple closes Series A round at R80m

27 Jul 2021

Go1 raises $200m in Series D funding

Funding

Go1 raises $200m in Series D funding

20 Jul 2021

Credit: Eat Just

FMCG

Singapore approves cell-cultured chicken bites - who will be the first to try them?

Chris Bryant 7 Dec 2020

Yebo Fresh secures series A funding for further expansion

E-commerce

Yebo Fresh secures series A funding for further expansion

18 Nov 2020