How SA’s MatchKit is helping athletes make money in era of COVID-19
South African startup MatchKit, co-founded by a Rugby World Cup winner, has developed a platform…
Browsing: Southern Africa
SA startup Nile launches to connect farmers with produce buyers
South African startup Nile has launched a tech-enabled sourcing platform that facilitates the wholesale trade…
** LISTEN ** – Episode 16 of Disrupt Podcast
Disrupt Podcast offers listeners a fortnightly wrap-up of all the developments in the African tech…
Why funding matters at early-stage, and why more funds are active in this area
Early-stage funding has proven a problematic gap within Africa’s startup space, but developments in 2020…
12 African startups to watch in 2021
It has been a tough past year in many respects, but the African startup space…
Applications open for 7th Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme
Applications have opened for the seventh edition of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP), which…
An ode to Africa’s startup ecosystem – thriving in spite of a challenging year
When the COVID-19 crisis hit Africa earlier this year, and countries went into varying degrees…
Our 12 startups to watch in 2020 – how did we do?
Back at the start of the year, Disrupt Africa unveiled its 12 African startups to…
The top 5 pan-African startup sector developments of 2020
Individual startup ecosystems across the continent, be they in South Africa, Nigeria or Kenya, may…
Zambian micro-lending startup PremierCredit raises $650k funding
Zambian startup PremierCredit, a micro-lending platform that also has operations in Zimbabwe, has raised US$650,000…