Injini and Mastercard Foundation select ten South African edtech startups for fourth fellowship cohort
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Six-month acceleration programme combines grant funding, pedagogical evaluation and mentorship for startups targeting educational access across the continent....
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Speedinvest expands into Middle East and Africa with growth-stage investment fund
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European venture firm structures new vehicle with sovereign and multilateral backing to support companies scaling beyond early stages...
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Botswana launches venture fund to finance tech startups across Southern Africa
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Initiative combines venture capital operators, family office capital and local innovation infrastructure to support companies from pre-seed to growth stage...
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MTN Group appoints former Deloitte Africa CEO Lwazi Bam as Group Chief Risk Officer
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em 26/04/2026
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Chartered accountant with two decades of senior leadership joins pan-African telco as it launches its Ambition 2030 strategy....
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inDrive brings card payments to South Africa through dLocal integration, expanding beyond its cash-first model
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em 23/04/2026
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Ride-hailing platform adds cashless option in a market where digital payments already account for the majority of e-commerce transactions....
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South African startups Loop and Vambo AI join Google's 10th Africa accelerator cohort
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em 22/04/2026
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The two companies , one focused on digital payments and mobility, the other on multilingual AI for African languages , were selected from nearly 2,600 applications and will receive up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits...
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South African grocery price comparison app Grocify expands to iPhone and adds two new retailers
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em 22/04/2026
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The Johannesburg-built tool now tracks pricing across seven retail chains and includes a fuel cost calculator to determine whether splitting a shop across multiple stores is worth the drive...
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South African energy startup Wetility publishes municipal-level power outage data and launches public lookup tool
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em 20/04/2026
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The dataset covers grid reliability across South African municipalities, showing average outage durations that range from under two hours to more than 24 hours depending on location...
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South Africa opens fourth industrial revolution lab at Mpumalanga vocational college
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em 17/04/2026
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The facility at Gert Sibande TVET College is part of a government effort to introduce AI and digital skills training into the country's vocational education system...
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SEIDOR joins SAP's top-tier reseller group, a circle of 11 companies worldwide
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em 17/04/2026
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The 30-year partnership between the Barcelona-based consultancy and SAP reaches its highest commercial level, with Platinum Reseller status granted under the SAP PartnerEdge program...
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NEC XON promotes unified security platforms to replace fragmented enterprise toolsets
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em 15/04/2026
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Company highlights integration, automation, and shared data as key to improving visibility and response in security operations...
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How multiple payment options improve online travel sales
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em 15/04/2026
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Our new travel research in partnership with PayJustNow and Phocuswright, reveals how flexible payment options can double BNPL market share and boost online travel conversions....
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Remote expands its global employment infrastructure with acquisition of Bravas
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em 15/04/2026
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Acquisition adds identity and device management to Remote, moving toward one system for every global team...
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Why Trust and ‘Tribes’ Still Matter in an Age of Metrics
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em 15/04/2026
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Through storytelling and practical examples, Du Plessis illustrated why connection matters more than metrics alone, and why shared experiences are valued over shortcuts. ...
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Refiant AI secures seed funding to scale model compression technology for enterprise AI deployment
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em 14/04/2026
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Startup develops methods to reduce the computational load of AI models, enabling them to run on less resource-intensive infrastructure...
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Verto launches USD business accounts for US-registered companies moving money to african markets
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em 13/04/2026
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The accounts allow businesses to receive funds in their own name, convert to local African currencies and manage cross-border payments across 48 currencies from a single dashboard...
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Duplo and Ozow integrate payment processing with back-office financial management for South African businesses
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em 13/04/2026
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The partnership connects Ozow's EFT payment infrastructure to Duplo's financial operations platform, automating invoice reconciliation at the point of payment and reducing manual data entry...
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Kastelo GIGS adds multi-SIM management to its mobile platform, letting parents set data and app controls for each user
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em 13/04/2026
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The feature allows a primary account holder to activate and manage multiple SIM cards from one profile, with individual-level settings for data allocation and application access...
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Kaspersky reports 2025 financial results, driving revenue to $836 mln
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em 11/04/2026
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Kaspersky posted positive sales results that grew by 4%* year-on-year (YoY) and approached USD 836** million in 2025. This expansion was principally driven by a 16% YoY sales growth of the company’s B2B product portfolio. In Africa the company repor...
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Vertiv to host virtual event on AI-ready data centre infrastructure in Africa
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em 09/04/2026
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Online session will address power, cooling and scalable architectures required to support AI workloads across the region...
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