Wired

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Meta's Waterworth Project will provide internet connectivity on five continents, with landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, and South Africa.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2018

BackaBuddy (South Africa). That said, this year’s Global Trends in Giving Survey includes questions about crowdfunding. If you are a donor, please volunteer 4-7 minutes of your time and take the survey. backabuddy.co.za. Donate-ng (Nigeria). donate-ng.com. M-Changa (Kenya). changa.co.ke. GIVE.asia (Multiple Countries).

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 5, 2021

Apple has altered App Store pricing across a number of markets utilizing the Euro as their primary currency.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Example 2: You are a media outlet in South Africa. In exchange for promoting the survey, you’ll receive the data for donors based in South Africa. In exchange for promoting the survey, you will receive the data for environmental donors based in Spain. Example 3: You are a crowdfunding website in Brazil.

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Digital Trends

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This week, researchers announced the discovery of an incredibly rare, two-million-year-old skull in South Africa. Here's how 3D scanning tech helped.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Mthimkhulu's CV claimed he had multiple mechanical engineering degrees, including a prestigious one from Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand and even a doctorate from a university in Germany. As it turned out, those qualifications were found to be completely fabricated. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

MAY 25, 2024

Seeking to expand its already significant presence in Africa, Google has announced it is building the first-ever fiber optic route to connect Africa with Australia. The "Umoja cable route" will anchor in Kenya, pass through Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, and then.

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Futurism

MARCH 17, 2025

As England's The Times reports , an unnamed climate researcher at the South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE IV), a scientific base on Norway's Queen Maud Land region of the frozen continent, allegedly threatened the life of one of his colleagues, physically attacking one coworker and sexually assaulted another.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This morning I had the pleasure (and some anxiety, to be honest) of presenting to the SANGONeT Conference taking place this week and next in South Africa.

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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

JANUARY 21, 2021

As the global agricultural industry stretches to meet expected population growth and food demand, and food security becomes more of a pressing issue with global warming, a startup out of South Africa is using artificial intelligence to help farmers manage their farms, trees and fruits.

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The Next Web

JULY 19, 2014

Joseph is based in San Francisco and has lived and worked in Singapore, India, England, Australia, and South Africa. Joseph Pigato is the Managing Director of Sparked. Recruiting, interviewing and hiring staff overseas can be an adventure.

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The Verge

AUGUST 25, 2021

The feature is called the “ Television Block Function ” and Samsung says it was recently activated in South Africa after a number of Samsung TVs were taken from a company warehouse during a wave of protests and unrest last month. Blocking the TVs stolen in South Africa was presumably relatively easy. Image: Samsung.

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TechNode

JANUARY 18, 2024

Temu began selling its budget-friendly products in South Africa on Wednesday, according to the country column shown on the platforms official site, making Africa the sixth continent that the Pinduoduo sibling app now reaches after less than a year and a half in operation. Jiemian, in Chinese ]

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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

JANUARY 18, 2022

Finclusion’s debt financing, which makes up the larger share of the overall round, was provided by local currency funds in Eswatini and South Africa. The fintech intends to grow existing operations in South Africa, Eswatini, Kenya, Namibia and Tanzania and expand into Mozambique and Uganda.

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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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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.,

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Medium Technology Section

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The Moonshot Kaleidoscope: Snapshots of Emerging Tech Around the Globe Continue reading on Medium

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

More experienced founders exist and specific markets, particularly in the Big Four (Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and Kenya), show a mix of matured but still open-for-disruption traits. The three countries present Africa’s most connected populace and growing economy; the perfect environment to attract foreign capital before others.

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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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TechSpot

MARCH 26, 2025

There are also entities from the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Iran, and Taiwan. The US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added 80 organizations to the entity list, including more than 70 from China. Read Entire Article

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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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TechSpot

JUNE 1, 2022

Over the next two weeks, they'll come to 24 other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Ecuador, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Jamaica, Korea, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, South Africa, Taiwan, Ukraine, the UK, and.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Nigeria and South Africa are in the top two; Egypt and Kenya switch. The publication didn’t give specific numbers this time, but it said Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt received the most investments in that order. billion, South Africa with $949 million, Egypt with $599 million, and Kenya with $411 million.

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TechSpot

JULY 18, 2023

Astronomers at the Atlas Observatory in South Africa first spotted 2023 NT1 on July 15, two days after making its closest approach to Earth. The asteroid entered a 60,000-mile radius of the planet – about 1/4 the moon's distance to Earth. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Founded in South Africa, Clickatell is headquartered in California, with offices in Nigeria and Canada. On its platform, consumers can connect with brands via SMS and USSD (in Nigeria) and WhatsApp (in South Africa) to find goods and services, make purchases, track orders, and resolve issues with a text or chat.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The sequence remained unchanged from Disrupt Africa’s 2019 list as well. million; South Africa, third at $142.5 Whereas Partech and Disrupt Africa highlighted funding activities per country of origin and operations, Briter Bridges chose to attribute funding to the startups’ place of incorporation or headquarters.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Planet42 , a South Africa-based car subscription company that buys used cars from dealerships and rents to customers via a subscription model, has raised $100 million in equity and debt from a wide range of investors.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 4, 2021

A solar eclipse passed over parts of the southern hemisphere early this morning, including parts of South Africa, Chile, New Zealand, and Australia.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Bohmert tells TechCrunch that the third fund aims to address the critical Series B funding gap that has characterised the venture capital asset class in South Africa, resulting in businesses not reaching full potential or exiting too early. Lately, we see an increase in companies able to raise $2 million to $5 million funding rounds.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

The startup’s B2B wholesale platform launching (in beta) today will sell products of up to 30 fashion brands including Rich Mnisi and Suki Suki Naturals, both from South Africa and Orange Culture from Nigeria to 15 retailers in the US. managing partner, Ajay Relan.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In Africa, one startup is carving a niche for itself. The company, based in South Africa, has raised $3 million in seed funding to scale outside Africa and build the infrastructure for the digital insurance economy. However, it also powers affinity insurance players; some of the largest in South Africa actually.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

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. With wide and deep investor backing, Stitch will use the funding to consolidate growth in South Africa.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2021

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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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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