TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Planet42 , a South Africa-based car subscription company that buys used cars from dealerships and rents to customers via a subscription model, has raised $30 million in equity and debt. Planet42, though based in South Africa, has Estonian roots due to the founders’ heritage: Oja and CFO Marten Orgna founded the company in 2017.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Serunjogi founded Chipper Cash with Maijid Moujaled in 2018 to offer a no-fee peer-to-peer cross-border payment service in Africa via its app. Its services are used across seven African countries — Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. In May, it expanded to the U.K., by next year, said Serunjogi.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

With a focus on Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Mexico and India, selected startups receive £80,000 (~$100,000) in grant capital, six months of support and connections with follow-on investors. However, the selected six startups this year are from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

“The establishments of digital banks in South Africa is in its infancy. With already existing shareholders like African Rainbow Capital (founded by South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe), TymeBank says these new investors will grow the company into a top-tier retail bank in South Africa.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

For instance, a South African investor who wants to diversify their portfolio outside the Johannesburg Stock Exchange may find investing in the Nigerian Stock Exchange difficult. Per reports , major regional exchanges in Africa have raised over $80 billion in equity capital markets and $240 billion in debt capital markets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Realizing emerging opportunities, Xetova , a Kenyan startup, is deploying technologies that make information on market opportunities accessible to traders. We are building a trust network that, for example, allows a company in Kenya to know who to work with in a country like Nigeria, South Africa.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2009

This looks like a fascinating event to take place in South Africa this October: The International Conference on Knowledge Economy. It takes a lot of planning and follow-through to change an organization's way of doing business. The other topic that strikes me is 'Developing Knowledge Management Expertise in Third World Countries.'

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

South African-founded startup WhereIsMyTransport is one such company filling that gap for now. million Series A extension to continue its expansion across emerging markets; the company already has a presence in South Africa and Mexico. Today, i t is announcing a $14.5 According to Naspers, the size of its check was $3 million.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2021

In the US, the data accessed included business contact information for franchises, the seating capacity of stores, and the square footage of play areas. The Wall Street Journal writes these other markets include South Africa and Russia, which were both flagged in the security consultants’ initial investigation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

with print disabilities, with more than 70,000 copyrighted works in our library, the majority of which have been created under the US copyright exception by volunteers, mainly people with disabilities themselves, helping each other. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Part of the investment will be used to hire more staff in South Africa and support the commercial expansion to the U.S. CEO Greg Chen founded the company in 2014 came from his 15-year span in the mobile industry, noticing how enterprises in South Africa struggled to target and engage their customers via SMS efficiently.

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The Verge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Access will be revoked in September for users in New Zealand and South Africa and for users in all other regions in October. Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge. Today, Google shared a detailed timeline for Google Play Music’s shutdown.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

His firm, Seven Seas Technologies , has previously worked with governments too — having been involved in the initial implementation of the decentralized service delivery hubs – Huduma Centres , which grant citizens access to nearly all government services through a single portal. To date, Ponea has attracted $4.3

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

According to a 2019 report by Deloitte , about 80% of South Africans have a bank account but only 24% of them make more than three transactions monthly. Unlike other African countries, South Africa also has a functioning credit system with the prevalent use of credit cards. for every successful transaction made via Ozow.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Open finance players in Africa like Mono — mirroring Plaid’s success in the U.S. market to theirs — thrives on the notion that access to a financial ecosystem via open APIs will improve access to financial information and lower entry costs for the underbanked. .

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

For the early detection and treatment of health conditions, easy access to primary healthcare is crucial. However , ubiquitous access to such care is scant across Sub-Saharan Africa. There is a real opportunity for digital healthcare platforms to scale access to team-based care across the region.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

According to a statement, the funding presents Naked with an opportunity to improve its AI and use it to grow Africa’s insurance market which is worth over $68 billion in annual gross written premiums. South Africa makes up 70% of this market, with an annual gross written premiums market of over $47 billion.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The plan was to give startups access to networks , money and expansion opportunities. “We We want to help South African and African companies internationalize,” said co-managing partner Andrea Bohmert at the time. The fund ( KNF Ventures ) which invests primarily in Series A stage has eight startups in its portfolio.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

This makes it the largest round raised by any API fintech startup in Africa at the moment. Founded by Kiaan Pillay , Natalie Cuthbert , and Priyen Pillay , Stitch wants to provide full API access to financial accounts across Africa starting from its first market, South Africa.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

It’s an identical problem for more than 51% of 44 million formal SMBs in sub-Saharan Africa who say they need more finance than they can access to grow their businesses, per research. For Float, it prides itself on giving businesses access to financial and software services simultaneously.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Bento , Nigeria’s digital payroll and human resource management platform is expanding to Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda with plans to set up operations in six other markets in Africa over the next one year. In its next phase of expansion, Bento is eyeing Egypt, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola and Ethiopia by the end of next year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Instead, its wallet allows users to access a plethora of services they can’t find on their traditional provider. The funding will help the Techstars-backed company expand to new markets such as Tanzania and South Africa, get the licenses needed to operate there, build out its team, invest in technology and launch new features.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

And the South Africa-based crowd-solving startup has done that over the last three years they have been in existence. Among other notable private and public organizations that have tapped Zindi include Microsoft, IBM and Liquid Telecom UNICEF and the government of South Africa. Photo Credits : Zindi.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

We’re just not able to continue keeping up with that growth because drivers are not able to access vehicles at an affordable rate,” said Partridge. “We Paddy Partridge, Africa regional director, Bolt Ride Hailing. Paddy Partridge, Africa regional director, Bolt Ride Hailing. Image Credits: Bolt.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

JUMO , a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets, has raised $120 million in a new round of funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company. So far, JUMO has served loans worth over $3.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Open finance continues to be a significant theme in the world of fintech as businesses tap APIs to access customers’ financial accounts and provide a gamut of integrated and embedded financial services. We will look at adding data and identity this year, as well as deepening the payments set similarly to how we have it in South Africa.”.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

The group stage is settled, with India, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa securing their spots in the knockout rounds. The free streaming platforms are geo-restricted to Pakistan, but anyone can access these free live streams with a VPN. The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is reaching its dramatic conclusion.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The startup also has a network of agents, including PesaPoint in Kenya and Flash in South Africa, which enable users to purchase airtime vouchers from more than 750,000 physical points of sale. The app has active users in more than 170 countries, including South Africa, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. “We seed funding.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

“We want to encourage a high percentage of capital into regions outside the four main markets (South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria) as much as we can. On Impact Rooms, startups also get access to a diverse range of services, including legal and marketing support, from the platform’s other partners.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Churpy , a fintech startup based in Kenya, is looking to expand across Africa by setting up hubs in Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa for a planned continent-wide growth, driven by the $1 million in seed funding it has just raised. origination fee.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

These countries include Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Mauritius and Burkina Faso. “What we do multiplies the valuation of almost every startup because then they can access more markets from the get-go,” said the founder of the partners using its platform.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Africa’s insurance sector is worth more than $68 billion in annual gross written premiums. South Africa makes up 70% of this market, with an annual gross written premiums market of over $47 billion. The company says it employs artificial intelligence to create new processes and experiences for its customers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

But in Africa, Visa and Mastercard dominate the market share; for example, in South Africa, the distribution of cardholders with Visa is 51% compared to Mastercard’s 48%. There are very few markets where domestic card schemes edge out the pair in Africa.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Micro and small businesses in emerging markets still struggle to access digital payments for several reasons. The plan for the company is to provide merchants with access to accounts, cards, local payment networks and lending. Australia and Asia. “Our thesis is that card acceptance is a fairly homogenous action.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

We've got an important question for all the cricket fans out there: How would you like to see Bangladesh, India , New Zealand , Pakistan, Afghanistan, Australia , England, and South Africa compete in a ODI tournament? The free streaming platforms are geo-restricted to Pakistan, but anyone can access these free live streams with a VPN.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Though BNPL has taken off in most parts of the world, it’s yet to pick up steam in Africa. But in countries such as South Africa and Egypt, there is a newfound surge in demand for such services. But there’s a little twist to Sympl’s offerings which the founders made in a bid to localize its product for the Egyptian market.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Here’s how it will work: Say a company is using SeamlessHR for its 5,000 employees; any one of them can tap into the platform’s earned wage access where they can get their salaries up until the point they’ve worked. In Africa, the innovation that allows people to access credit from their jobs doesn’t happen.

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