E-health startup EMGuidance wins Seedstars SA
E-health startup EMGuidance has been named winner of the South African leg of the global…
Monthly Archives: June, 2017
Ventures Platform picks 6 startups for Abuja accelerator
The Abuja-based Ventures Platform, a seed-stage fund and accelerator that actively finds, funds and supports…
Senegal merchant solution Weebi expands across Africa
Senegalese startup Weebi, which operates a digital solution helping shopkeepers with bookkeeping, has expanded to…
6 African entrepreneurs get Microsoft grant funding
Microsoft’s Affordable Access Initiative grant programme has for the second year in a row made…
Banking on the app business
Banking apps on mobile phones, which use sophisticated security and authentication technology, are starting to…
Kenya’s Koncart launches to help build fintech solutions
Kenyan startup Koncart has launched a platform that empowers developers and techpreneurs to easily build…
MIT, Mastercard seek out African entrepreneurs
The Legatum Centre for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has partnered…
Peach Payments partners ACI Worldwide to bring Alipay to SA
South African startup Peach Payments has partnered global electronic payment and banking solutions provider ACI…
5 African startups make global CB Insights Fintech 250
African startups BitPesa, Paga, Paystack, Yoco and Zoona have made it onto the Fintech 250…
SA’s Drive Revenue secures overseas investment
South African fintech startup Drive Revenue, which has developed a cloud-enabled financial management system, has…