Led by ICT-focused start-ups, Southern Africa’s venture capital sector attracted R13.35 billion in active investments during 2024.
The industry players say the reviewed deal gives Vodacom extensive influence over SA’s largest open-access fibre infrastructure through Maziv.
The emergency response platform partners with an original equipment manufacturer, with its service embedded on some Samsung devices.
Since its inception in 2017, the VC firm has deployed over R1.02 billion into 177 ventures across the continent.
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The ICT SMME Chamber “strongly opposes” the draft policy allowing equity equivalent investments, warning it undermines SA’s 30% HDI ownership law.
In partnership with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, Proudly South African readies two e-commerce platforms.
Tech that can be scaled to help SMEs grow will create jobs, say business leaders at the 2025 Old Mutual SMEgo Pitchathon launch.
The Technology Innovation Agency and MICT SETA partner to strengthen digital skills and advance economic growth across SA.
The capital will be utilised to fund solar and battery systems, enabling the start-up to add over 16MW of solar capacity.
South African startup Open Access Energy lands $1.8 million in seed funding to scale its AI-powered digital infrastructure for electricity trading.
Amazon Web Services aims to support start-ups building foundational artificial intelligence technologies.