A Catalyst for Tech in the Cape
Rise – the innovation hub owned by Absa – has launched the Rise Scalarator focused on Female Founders in the Western Cape and is calling for applications. The Rise Scalarator is geared to play a crucial role in the global call-to-action to fix the leaky teach pipeline by actively focusing on Women-In-Tech. Diversity and inclusion […]
Rise – the innovation hub owned by Absa – has launched the Rise Scalarator focused on Female Founders in the Western Cape and is calling for applications. The Rise Scalarator is geared to play a crucial role in the global call-to-action to fix the leaky teach pipeline by actively focusing on Women-In-Tech. Diversity and inclusion […]
Sun Exchange (www.thesunexchange.com), a blockchain-based solar micro-leasing marketplace, has introduced SUNEX, a new digital network token built for the Sun Exchange platform. The SUNEX network token is utilised in the new Sun Exchange Solar Project Insurance Fund (SPIF), designed to minimise risk and unlock financing for previously financially underserved solar projects. Sun Exchange provides members […]
As part of our African Regional Social Entrepreneurship Program (SENAP region), Ashoka has just launched the Ashoka Social Investment Accelerator Program to support social entrepreneurs to become investment ready. This six-month program is designed to support social entrepreneurs that are looking to raise investments for the first time. Selected participants will be provided with mentorship support in business modelling, […]
Winners of 17th Annual TOP EMPOWERMENT Awards Lead the Nation’s Transformation Agenda Johannesburg, 13 April 2018. Shining a spotlight on economic empowerment and transformation, winners in the 17th Annual TOP EMPOWERMENT Awards were announced on Thursday 12 April 2018, at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg. As the most influential empowerment awards ceremony recognizing leadership and advancing innovation in empowerment, […]
“There are three elements driving interest in regulatory technology (regtech) in South Africa and abroad,” explains Dominique Collett, senior investment executive at Rand Merchant Investment Holdings and head of AlphaCode, a club for fintech entrepreneurs. “These include customer demand for an enhanced experience, cost reduction and the simplification of compliance due to burdensome regulation in the financial services […]
Sxuirrel – the free mobile app that brings people looking for space and those who need to together – will be expanding it’s offering to the Western Cape, adding to its growing foothold in Gauteng. They’re inviting Cape Town residents to participate in their research with the chance to win a prize! Launched a year […]
Cape Town, South Africa 5th April 2018 – As more leading brands sponsor Africa’s first Artificial Intelligence Expo, Intel Corporation sign up as a premier sponsor and will drive regional skills development in Artificial Intelligence by supporting the training of 200 young African engineers in partnership with event organisers AI Media and local Ecosystem Enabler Silicon […]
Announcing the MEST Africa scale-up pitch competition: Accra, Lagos, Nairobi and Cape Town For 10 years, MEST has trained aspiring entrepreneurs and invested in exceptional businesses with Pan-African ambitions. These businesses have gone on to enter new markets, with MEST growing alongside them as we’ve learned about the opportunities and challenges they face as they […]
RainFin is pleased to announce the conclusion of a transaction with 4 Africa Exchange Proprietary Limited (4AX), whereby RainFin will sell to 4AX its corporate debt marketplace in exchange for a strategic shareholding in 4AX. RainFin has been a pioneer of the disruption of the debts markets in South Africa since its launch in 2012, […]
