SA art marketplace Wezart gets acquired by African Fashion International
South African online art marketplace Wezart has been acquired by Johannesburg-based event organiser African Fashion…
Monthly Archives: January, 2020
It’s getting easier for SMEs to do business in Africa – and technology is playing a key role
The annual World Bank Doing Business report was released last week, and shows the overall…
Kenyan logistics startup Sendy raises $20m funding round
Kenyan on-demand deliveries startup Sendy has raised a US$20 million funding round to help it…
Mauritius-based transport startup Vite raises pre-seed funding round
Mauritius-based mobility startup Vite has raised a pre-seed funding round from Oui Capital to launch…
SA’s FlexClub launches service allowing fractional investment in ride-hailing fleets
South African startup FlexClub has partnered with Sunstone Capital and Easy Equities to make it…
African startups invited to apply for UK government’s Go Global Africa programme
African startups have been invited to apply for the second edition of the United Kingdom…
SA social media content startup Over gets acquired by GoDaddy
South Africa-based startup Over, which developed an app that allows businesses to easily create content…
14 African startups to go to scale in German Investment Readiness Programme
The project “Scaling digital agriculture innovations through startups” (SAIS), implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für…
Knife Capital opens its KNF Ventures fund to new investors
South African VC firm Knife Capital has announced it is extending its Section 12J fund…
Kenyan recruitment startup Jobsikaz rebrands to Emploi
Kenyan startup Jobsikaz, which matches employers with job candidates through predictive analytics and machine learning,…