UNDP, the United Nations Development Program Africa is set to launch Timbuktoo, a $1 billion initiative to mobilize and accelerate new African startups. The development was confirmed by the UNDP’
Jan Hendrik Viljoen, aka “Portchie,” one of South Africa’s most well-known artists and possibly a household name in the art world, is breaking down barriers by becoming South Africa’
YouTube, the world’s leading online video sharing and social media platform, has announced that it will now automatically add watermarks to short clips downloaded from YouTube Shorts, the platform’
Visa, an international technology-backed payment processing company has announced its plans to set up local business operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (DRC) as it attempts to expand the
Small businesses can now apply online for funding between R20,000 ($1,100) and R5,000,000 ($300,000) through Telkom Lend, a new service from Telkom Business, within 24
iProcure, a Kenyan-based business-to-business (B2B) tech-enabled agricultural company, has raised the sum of Ten Million Dollars ($10 Million) in Series B funding. This was extended to help part of its
The Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) has opened the second application window to promote what it refers to as high growth potential and innovative enterprises. Through its venture capital initiative, MIC
The term unicorn refers to a privately held startup company with a value of over $ 1 billion, according to Investopedia. It is commonly used in the venture capital industry. The
In Cape Town, Uber and Bolt drivers went on strike in protest of rising commission fees and reduced commission rates. The strike began on Wednesday and is scheduled to last
Estonian ride-hailing company, Bolt, has stated that it will only it will only procure its services to corporate customers in Tanzania from henceforth. The company made announcement on Wednesday to
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a unit of Cassava Technologies (Cassava), a leading provider of technological infrastructure and services in Africa, today announced the completion of its 100% acquisition and delisting of
TikTok has debuted “AI greenscreen,” a new in-app text-to-image AI generator that allows users to type in a prompt and receive an image that can be used as the background
