southern africa

1 min read 2022-05-16 14:00:27

6 African startups named among WEF Technology Pioneers of 2022

Six African tech startups have been named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) among its selection of the 100 most promising Technology Pioneers of 2022

4 min read 2022-05-16 13:00:24

African startup founders becoming investors in their counterparts even while they are still building their own businesses is “fantastic” for the

2 min read 2022-05-13 13:03:25

Mobile point-of-sale solutions (mPOS) are no longer ‘alternative’ payment solutions – even small vendors who aren’t using this technology,

2 min read 2022-05-12 15:03:24

Independent mobile payments, insights, loyalty and rewards platform, Zapper, has announced that their merchants will now be able to accept

2 min read 2022-05-12 13:03:22

Cape Town-based fintech Mama Money is growing fast as it expands globally. This year, its cross-border money transfer volumes have more than doubled

2 min read 2022-05-11 13:03:19

Namibian consumers and merchants are increasingly turning to cashless payment methods as their preferred method of transacting. Since launching in

1 min read 2022-05-10 16:00:33

The newly-rebranded VC firm Rali_cap has reached a first close of US$20 million of a US$30 million fund that will invests in B2B and API-first

3 min read 2022-05-10 12:44:58

The competitive advantage in modern business relies more and more on the customer experience. With the availability of technologies such as AI, data

1 min read 2022-05-09 13:00:28

South African HR and payroll startup Radar has been acquired by mobile payments provider SnapScan as founders Kobus Ehlers and Gerrit Greeff exit

1 min read 2022-05-09 13:00:28

South African HR and payroll startup Radar has been acquired by mobile payments provider SnapScan as founders Kobus Ehlers and Gerrit Greeff exit

2 min read 2022-05-09 12:36:42

By Barry Williams, Sales & Marketing Head and Clinton Leask, Business Development Lead at Pay@ In 2017, only 35 percent of the African population

1 min read 2022-05-04 14:00:06

The Baobab Network, a Nairobi-based accelerator that invests in early-stage tech companies across Africa, has announced its latest cohort of five

2 min read 2022-05-04 13:00:05

South Africa-based VC firm HAVAÍC has announced the third and final close of the HAVAÍC Universum Core African Fund, a US$20 million fund that will

1 min read 2022-05-03 14:14:03

BankservAfrica’s Integrated Cash Management System (ICMS) Team introduced an automated transactions monitoring system in March 2022 that will take

2 min read 2022-05-03 13:00:16

Not all venture capital firms are 100 per cent driven by the need to secure the largest possible returns, instead also placing emphasis on societal