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A map of social investors in South Africa

Social investment fund manager Tshikululu, has initiated a project to map the interventions of social investors throughout South Africa. The project aims to develop an integrated picture of interventions from a multitude of funders and reflect a multi-sector response to...

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3 years ago

VALR raises $3.4m to advance cryptocurrency adoption

VALR, one of South Africa’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, announced that it has raised R57 million (US$3.4 million) to advance the adoption of cryptocurrencies.

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3 years ago

Job matching platform, Giraffe secures grant from UNICEF Innovation Fund

Giraffe, a South African mobile job matching platform that aims to reduce unemployment in emerging markets by enabling job seekers to easily create CV via cellphone for free, has received grant funding from the UNICEF Innovation Fund.

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3 years ago

How an ambitious African startup grew into a global fintech powerhouse

How an ambitious African startup grew into a global fintech powerhouse

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3 years ago

SA Fintech startup, Franc secures $300,000 in seed funding

SA fintech startup, Franc, has raised $300,000 in funding within the first half of 2020 which forms part of a wider round of seed investment. The founders, Sebastian Patel and Thomas Brennan provide some insight into their aims

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3 years ago

Fintech company, ProfitShare Partners secures $5m to support South African SMEs

Fintech SME capital provider, ProfitShare Partners has secured $5m from the SA SME Fund. With this funding, ProfitShare Partners looks to partner with small and medium businesses to help accelerate growth for South African SMEs.

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3 years ago

SA fintech startup, Mama Money partners Western Union for global expansion

Mama Money, a South African founded digital money transfer operator, has announced a recent partnership with Western Union. The new partnership will enable Mama Money to enter the international money transfer business sphere, riding on Western Union’s Global Network

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3 years ago

LifeQ announces working with B-Secur to develop ECG and optical-based tech solution

SA-based biotech startup LifeQ, has announced that it is working with Belfast based B-Secur to offer an advanced, integrated Electrocardiogram (ECG) and optical (PPG) based technology solution.

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3 years ago

Egyptian edtech OTO Courses nets investment

Egyptian edtech OTO Courses, which offers online English language courses to individuals and businesses, has raised a six-figure dollar investment.

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3 years ago

Nigeria's Wellahealth, Flex Finance & SA's Paymenow join global accelerator backed by UK aid, JP Morgan Chase

Three African tech startups have been selected to take part in global inclusive fintech accelerator the Catalyst Fund‘s latest cohort. The three African firms are Nigeria’s WellaHealth and Flex Finance, as well as South Africa’s Paymenow.

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3 years ago

Nigeria's Wellahealth, Flex Finance & SA's Paymenow join global accelerator backed by UK aid, JP Morgan Chase

Three African tech startups have been selected to take part in global inclusive fintech accelerator the Catalyst Fund‘s latest cohort. The three African firms are Nigeria’s WellaHealth and Flex Finance, as well as South Africa’s Paymenow.

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3 years ago

Former Springbok, Bryan Habana’s Paymenow nets $231,000 seed funding

Stellenbosch, SA based fintech startup, Paymenow has landed a R4-million ($231k) investment from ViaMedia, which is part of the Digital Ecosystems Group (formerly Blue Label Mobile).

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3 years ago

Egypt’s MoneyFellows lands $4m Series A deal

Egyptian fintech platform MoneyFellows has secured $4 million in a Series A investment from venture capital (VC) firms Partech and Sawari Ventures, as it works towards helping millions of new users reach their financial goals.

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3 years ago

SA government signs agreement to co-invest with black-owned VC WZ Capital

South Africa's Department of Science and Innovations’ Technology Innovation Agency has agreed to work with and offer matching funds, of up to R1 million per startup, with WZ Capital, a black-owned venture capital (VC) fund set up in 2015.

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3 years ago

This SA entrepreneur wants to help companies to lend staff to other firms

SA’s Teambix is helping companies make extra revenue by "lending" their staff to companies that need them, rather than laying them off. In this Q&A, founder Remmone Modisakeng shares where he got the idea to start the business.

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3 years ago

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