South Africa
South Africa PR and Marketing startup Mobiz raises $4M to expand offering
Mobiz, a South African industry-leading SaaS mobile marketing platform has raised a $4 million pre-series A round. The investment was led by HAVAÍC ...
Opinions
SA: POPI compliance remains a challenge for many SA businesses
South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) officially came into effect in July and many businesses are still facing compliance challenges in how personal ...
South Africa
NFT-Collateralizing South African Startup Raises $5 Million in Latest Seed Round
A South African startup, NFTfi, is reported to have recently raised $5 million which the company intends to use for boosting its business ...
News
SA: Government pension fund freezes R70 billion mandate with PIC
The South African Government Employees Pension Fund, Africa’s biggest pension fund, said it may take as long as a year to negotiate a ...
South Africa
Tencent leads R750m investment in SA fintech Ozow
Tencent has invested in a South African financial-technology provider helping the Chinese internet giant expand in the continent’s most developed economy. The Hong-Kong ...
South Africa
SA insurtech startup Root closes a $3M seed funding round
Cape Town-based startup Root has closed a $3 million seed funding round. The startup is a cloud-based end-to-end insurance platform building infrastructure for the digital ...
News
IFC partners with Absa Bank to boost trade finance in Sub-Saharan Africa
IFC has welcomed Absa Bank to its Global Trade Liquidity Program (GTLP). The partnership is aimed at boosting access to trade finance in sub-Saharan Africa, especially ...
News
SA: IHS Towers acquires MTN’s over 5000 telecom towers at $412 million in South Africa
In a deal that will see the MTN group forfeit some of its towers to one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure providers in ...
News
SA: Mobile operators withdraw spectrum lawsuits against ICASA
Telkom, Vodacom and MTN have withdrawn their legal action against communications regulator Icasa over the planned withdrawal of temporarily assigned spectrum at the end ...
South Africa
South Africa startup AI-BO on a mission to disrupt the market research space
AI-BO, a research platform that allows businesses to survey their targeted audience through WhatsApp, aims to democratize research by delivering insights and survey ...