Kalon Venture Partners and VC Compass invest in financial services chatbot provider, FinChatBot.
The Western Cape is seen as an attractive place to run a successful tech start-up, with 36% of survey respondents generating significant revenue in the past year.
After returning from a three-month programme in Nigeria, local start-ups Preeva and Pineapple begin to further develop their business models.
The online support programme provides local start-ups with coaching and mentoring as well as technology, business and legal tools to help them grow.
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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.
Startupbootcamp AfriTech participants bag funding and commercial agreements to further develop their tech start-ups.
UDrive, a mobile solution that delivers turn-by-turn public transport directions via SMS or WhatsApp, wins the ETC Hackathon.
Knife Capital's investment in the health tech firm will accelerate product roll-out to pharmacies and medical practitioners.
The private equity investment firm has set up a fund to invest in South African companies involved in artificial intelligence.
AirAdvance provides Airbnb hosts with access to capital, using confirmed Airbnb bookings as collateral for a cash advance.
Airbus seeks African tech start-ups that are working on solutions related to unmanned logistics to enter its six-month accelerator programme.
The centre will provide 30 tech SMMEs with Cisco technologies, and training and development programmes annually.