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What3Words
May 28, 2020

Vodacom grants free access to what3words tech

The telco says the life-saving technology plays a vital role in society and must be accessible to all South Africans.

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TradeXpad
May 27, 2020

Online platform to assist COVID-19-stressed importers

The tradeXpad trade-finance platform provides direct access to funding opportunities from multiple private funders and traditional banks.

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MyFanPark
May 26, 2020

MyFanPark app sees massive growth, expands to Europe

The local start-up that connects people with celebrities experiences a 283% upsurge in revenue during the coronavirus crisis.

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Plug and Play
May 21, 2020

Silicon Valley VC firm looks to invest in African start-ups

Plug and Play prepares to open its Johannesburg office this year, and wants to help talented African start-ups become global enterprises.

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MasterCard
May 20, 2020

Mastercard aims to bring 1bn people into digital economy by 2025

The payments tech firm expands its financial inclusion efforts beyond the 500 million of the past five years, looking to bring a billion people into the digital economy.

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Facebook Shops
May 20, 2020

Facebook takes big leap into e-commerce with ‘Shops’

Facebook Shops allows businesses to sell products to customers through the chat features of WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram Direct.

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Aerobotics
May 20, 2020

Naspers invests R100m in agritech start-up Aerobotics

Early stage business funding initiative Naspers Foundry invests in Aerobotics, founded by James Paterson and Benji Meltzer in 2014, specialising in the application of artificial intelligence in agriculture.

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CompariSure
May 19, 2020

Fintech start-up CompariSure lands multimillion-rand funding

Venture capital firm UW Ventures and Allan Gray invest millions in the Cape Town-based fintech company’s scaling ambitions.

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Western Cape
May 15, 2020

WCape offers free digital, tech support to SMEs

The provincial Department of Economic Development invites small businesses to register for its digital advisory and support programme.

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Tshimologong
May 14, 2020

Last calls for Tshimologong-IBM TechAccel programme

The TechAccelerator Programme is aimed at supporting black entrepreneurs through incubation and development.

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Ingress Healthcare
May 14, 2020

Airbnb-like platform for doctors eyes Gauteng, KZN expansion

Health-tech start-up Ingress Healthcare plans Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal launches before going national.

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Fetola
May 14, 2020

Business incubators, accelerators invited to virtual bootcamps

Fetola introduces what it claims is SA’s first online accelerator for incubation professionals and business development practitioners.