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MasterCard
Nov 18, 2021

Online masterclass on offer to help SMEs grow e-business

Mastercard and PayFast partner to host a free virtual masterclass for SA SMEs, with entrepreneur Vusi Thembekwayo among the headline speakers.

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Swiss Crypto Valley boost for SA’s blockchain start-ups

The University of Johannesburg collaborates with the organisation to create a R170 million blockchain ecosystem, to disperse working capital to African start-ups.

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Freshworks
Nov 17, 2021

From start-up to a $10bn IPO: Masterclass with Freshworks CEO

Freshworks CEO will share his experience with founders and entrepreneurs during a `Scale-up Masterclass’ next week.

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Aura
Nov 16, 2021

R62m boost for AURA as it charts global expansion

The local security and medical response marketplace secures R62 million in a Series A funding round, led by MultiChoice Group and two others.

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AWS claims pivotal role in creation of African unicorns

The Amazon subsidiary says it played an instrumental role in helping to create some of the African tech start-ups currently valued at over $1 billion.

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Telkom
Nov 12, 2021

Future problem-solvers hack their way to solutions

Telkom FutureMakers hosts a hackathon in commemoration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, seeking edtech, fintech and smart home solutions.

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BCX reveals Digital Innovation Awards 2021 winners

Emergency response app Response24 and logistics firm RTT Logistics emerge as the top winners of the 2021 BCX Digital Innovation Awards.

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City of Cape Town
Nov 10, 2021

Digital community to supercharge local start-ups, scale-ups

Innovation City Cape Town is set to hit South Africa in the first quarter of 2022, in partnership with Stockholm’s Epicenter.

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Grindstone raises R100m to support SA tech start-ups

The female-led African venture capital fund will focus on post-seed investments, where there is a major gap in the South African funding landscape.

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TymeBank
Nov 9, 2021

TymeBank, Adumo extend buy-now-pay-later to SMEs

The deal will see the benefits of buy-now-pay-later offered to small and medium enterprises, which the companies say will help them to increase revenue.

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Google
Nov 9, 2021

Google awards $25m to organisations supporting girls, women

SA tech start-ups Q Network and Dream Factory Foundation are among 34 global recipients of the Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls award.

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Algorand Foundation, UCT set up fintech innovation hub

The centre will accelerate research on blockchain, central bank digital currencies, cyber security and digital inclusion.