The University of Pretoria expands its partnership with French-based Institut Mines-Télécom, to incubate technology start-ups.
African venture capital firm HAVAÍC enters a joint-venture with Universum Wealth, to establish a new Pan-African start-up investment fund.
The digital payment service allows local businesses to accept contactless payments on any NFC-enabled Android device with no need for additional hardware.
The start-up company says this is the largest investment to date in a pure-play African fintech infrastructure firm.
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The Investment Readiness Programme and digital marketplace will be launched via a webinar on 4 March.
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative readies to crown the best township tech solution after selecting the finalists in its hackathon challenge.
Appliance giant Defy will be hosting an online hackathon from 5 to 7 March.
South Africa’s e-commerce industry players set up E-commerce Day, an initiative to support and help grow the local online shopping sector.
The global financial services company calls on Sub-Saharan Africa fintech start-ups to enter the regional leg of its Everywhere Initiative.
The global Internet titan says it has a gripping business case, and potential for the sector is compounded by Africa and Asia placing a premium on education.
The investment and growth prospects for African technology start-ups look promising, says venture capital firm HAVAÍC’s Ian Lessem.