Imperial and Parcelninja plan a foray into Africa, which will see the companies digitising the informal merchant sector across the continent.
On 10 March, e-commerce retailers, entrepreneurs and businesses invite South Africans to celebrate online shopping.
Despite the obvious challenges, a Mastercard Index points to opportunities for women in the COVID-19 era, particularly in the digital economy.
The company will use the funds to expand access to electronic payment solutions, especially for underserved small and medium businesses.
The VodaTrade digital platform enables SMEs to transact with large organisations, receive orders and issue invoices, without worrying about backend challenges.
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.
Telcos play a key supporting role in enabling SMEs to shift to a digital business model.
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.
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative readies to crown the best township tech solution after selecting the finalists in its hackathon challenge.