Innovation City Cape Town is set to hit South Africa in the first quarter of 2022, in partnership with Stockholm’s Epicenter.
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.
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.
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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Innovation Hub CEO Bangani Mpangalasane discusses Gauteng's budding start-up ecosystem, why SA has yet to produce a unicorn company, and innovation that can be a catalyst for economic development and resolve societal challenges.
The centre will accelerate research on blockchain, central bank digital currencies, cyber security and digital inclusion.
The networking firm collaborates with Fourth Industrial Revolution Incubation, to introduce an innovation hub in the Western Cape.
The Hatchery opens a Cape Town office to extend its work in finding and supporting innovative entrepreneurs on the African continent.
A new research report paints a disappointing picture of fintech’s move towards gender equality, showing less than 6% of women globally occupy CEO roles.
SA’s Consumption Information Real Time is seen as a potential unicorn by Gary Fowler and Derek Distenfield of GSD Venture Studios.
The local security and medical response start-up announces the appointment of David Myers as its new chief operations officer.
Cape Town-based BixBio targets next year for commercial rollout of its software platform that addresses shortcomings of current genetics testing.