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Newtown Partners
Oct 1, 2021

Corporate SA urged to create venture capital programmes

Investments in start-ups will help corporates remain innovative and agile, says Llew Claasen, managing partner at venture capital firm Newtown Partners.

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Start-up Act
Oct 1, 2021

Start-up Act position paper reveals existing legislation cracks

The Start-up Act Steering Committee releases a draft position paper, highlighting that such legislation will spur innovation in SA’s start-up ecosystem.

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Word is Bond
Sept 30, 2021

SA start-up in ambitious drive to digitise SADC municipalities

Word Is Bond Group says it is creating an all-African digital solutions ecosystem that will assist local governments to function better and improve services.

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Synthesis
Sept 29, 2021

Lean start-up cycle: Modern measuring with monitoring, metrics

To strive towards perfection, we must first measure and validate, but it’s easy to get lost in the noise of potential metrics competing for our attention.

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Naspers
Sept 28, 2021

Naspers hunts for tech start-ups with remaining R1bn war chest

This financial year, the company wants to pump about R300 million into burgeoning businesses, with its investment vehicle set to announce a new investment deal before December.

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Tech start-ups initiative zones in on female empowerment

The Cape Town / Stockholm Connect initiative prepares a solution-oriented webinar to address gender inequality in the local tech start-up space.

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Start-ups find winning formula in Cape Town, Joburg

A new report shows the African start-up ecosystem is valued at $6.6 billion, concentrated in Cape Town, Lagos, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Accra.

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ELearnAfrica
Sept 27, 2021

eLearnAfrica provides conduit to university e-learning

The edtech start-up, in partnership with the Association of African Universities, connects over 40 universities to its learning management system.

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Unicorn Group
Sept 23, 2021

Incubation hub for entrepreneurs, start-ups opens in Joburg

Pan-African investment company Unicorn Group picks Johannesburg as the location of its fourth incubation and innovation campus.

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Chipper Cash
Sept 23, 2021

Chipper Cash app makes South African debut

The African cross-border fintech start-up introduces its services to the local market, beginning with its freemium peer-to-peer money transfer service.

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AlphaCode
Sept 22, 2021

AlphaCode gives start-ups chance to bag R1.5m

The AlphaCode Incubate programme opens applications for the 2022 cohort, giving financial services start-ups a chance to be awarded R1.5 million in funding.

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SAP Africa’s Cathy Smith urges corporates to support start-ups

Tech is the enabler for development and it’s clear that traditional models for building economies are no longer valid, says the ICT executive.