South Africa
SA startup Adbot raises $500K from Enygma Ventures
Adbot, an SA-based online advertising startup has completed a $500K funding round by Engyma Ventures. The funding will be channeled to expand the ...
South Africa
South Africa: Fidelity, Visa and Kingsway Back South African Fintech Jumo in $120m Round
JUMO, a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets, has raised $120 million in ...
News
SA: MTN in bid to buy Telkom
MTN Group recently expressed an interest in acquiring Telkom, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources “familiar with the matter”. Telkom has so ...
South Africa
SA financial education startup FinMeUp raises seed funding
South African startup FinMeUp has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding to help it add a host of new features to its ...
Innovation
South Africa: MUSTEK Partners ACRONIS, Expands Cyber Protection in SA
MUSTEK, one of South Africa’s largest assemblers and distributors of personal computers and complementary technology products, has announced a partnership with Acronis, a ...
South Africa
SA: Ocean-minded African startups to pitch at the Ocean Innovation Africa 2021
African startups will have an opportunity to pitch their ocean-minded businesses to an international audience of corporate leaders and investors. From 5 – ...
South Africa
South Africa-based fintech firm Stitch expands to Nigeria after raising $2m funding
South Africa-based application programming interface (API) fintech company, Stitch announced plans to expand to Nigeria after raising a $2 million seed extension. The ...
South Africa
Candidate for Absa chairman role sues regulator over rejection
Sipho Pityana, lead director at Absa Group, is suing part of South Africa’s central bank for stymieing his appointment as the chairman of ...
South Africa
SA startup SweepSouth to expand further across Africa
SweepSouth expanded into Kenya in 2020, and began operation in Nigeria this month South Africa startup SweepSouth has announced its intent to expand further across ...
South Africa
SA digital payments provider mojaPay launches super App
MojaPay delivers affordable financial inclusion for products and services while saving clients money in the process as it empowers livelihoods. mojaPay, a digital ...