Global impact investment firm Omidyar Network has spun out Flourish, a new venture firm focused on fintech, with US$200 million…
Month: March 2019
South African startup Vizibiliti Insight, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to pre-screen borrowers and predict the chances of them defaulting,…
Twenty South African fintech entrepreneurs have been selected to take part in the Explore initiative, which aims to plug the…
Funsho Awoniyi, founder of recently-launched property crowdfunding platform Coreum, is extremely optimistic about the potential of prop-tech in Africa. “People,…
Five startups from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Ivory Coast have been named finalists of the MEST Africa Challenge,…
Microsoft has partnered Johannesburg-based accelerator Sw7 to launch a new programme designed to create, grow and scale technology businesses. The…
Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app Gokada is planning a big year of expansion after celebrating its first birthday by moving…
South African startup VALR is set to launch its digital asset trading platform after securing US$1.5 million in a funding…
Applications are open to the Secure Tenure in African Cities: Micro Funds for Community Innovation initiative, offering up to US$50,000…
South African insurtech startup InvestSure has raised ZAR9.6 million (US$685,000) in funding to broaden its offering and expand into new…