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 ...
Innovation
SA: GE ploughs $2.5 million in the next generation of South African engineers
General Electric (GE), has announced a five-year, $2.5 million investment in South Africa, to launch “Next Engineers”, a global initiative focused on increasing ...
Regulatory
Crypto Exchange Binance Terminates Some Services in South Africa After Warning by Regulator
Binance has announced that it is terminating some services in South Africa to comply with regulations. This move followed a warning issued by ...
Innovation
SA: Standard Bank launches EasyScan mobile payments for Pick n Pay shoppers in South Africa
South Africa-based Standard Bank and Pick n Pay have announced EasyScan, a new service that lets PnP customers pay for their shopping using the bank’s app. The ...
South Africa
iiDENTIFii wins Microsoft South Africa 2021 ISV Partner of the Year award
Biometric digital authentication and automated onboarding technology solution, iiDENTIFii, recently added another accolade to its growing list of awards by being named as ...
News
SA: ICASA sets timetable to auction spectrum by March 2022
South Africa Communications regulator ICASA has set out a timetable for the licensing of so-called “high-demand spectrum”, saying it plans to expedite the ...