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Five start-ups from Africa compete for $500 000

The regional finalists for the Online Seedstars World Competition have been announced

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AWS opens applications for Equity Equivalent Investment Programme

Amazon Web Services SA invites black-owned small IT firms to apply for its acceleration programme, which seeks to empower entrepreneurs with digital tools.

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Averly
Apr 6, 2021

Behavioural-based rental app sparks interest after debut

Locally-developed Web app Averly attracts the right players in the rental space, with some 4 000 tenants already signed up, says CEO and co-founder Zabeth Venter.

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Fujitsu
Mar 31, 2021

Fujitsu accelerates investment in promising tech start-ups

The company has established a 10 billion yen corporate venture capital fund and management subsidiary.

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Justice accelerator seeks ‘innovative’ start-ups

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law invites Southern Africa start-ups to participate in this year’s justice accelerator programme.

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Endeavor
Mar 29, 2021

Endeavor, SA SME Fund intro entrepreneur scale-up programme

The initiative targets primarily tech-enabled businesses, which scale quickly and outperform their peers, driving revenue growth and creating jobs.

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Telecel Group
Mar 25, 2021

Funding up for grabs in Startupbootcamp accelerator

Africa’s corporate-start-up collaboration accelerator invites applications from the most disruptive start-ups on the continent.

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Mobile-money
Mar 24, 2021

Monthly mobile money remittances breach $1bn mark

For the first time, more than $1 billion was sent and received in the form of remittances globally every month via mobile money, says the GSM Association.

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FNB takes 100% stake in fintech firm Selpal

The big-four bank acquires local fintech company Selpal, as it looks to accelerate financial inclusion in SA.

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Tech start-up scores multimillion-rand funding from E Squared

Consumption Information Real Time seals its first seed funding agreement with impact investor E Squared, with the funds to be used to scale up operations.

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Township Tech hackathon stars revealed

Cape Town entrepreneurs shine, with team Tech Khaltsha crowned as the big winner of the innovative solutions competition.

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FlexClub
Mar 15, 2021

Online marketplace for cars FlexClub secures R75m

The start-up raises $5 million in funding, significantly bolstering the $1.2 million it had already obtained in 2019.