| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.11.2024 | Naspers' Bold Leap into India's Future: A Vision for Growth and Innovation | Naspers, a titan in the tech investment world, is setting its sights on India. Under the leadership of Fabricio Bloisi, the company aims to replicate its past successes, particularly the monumental investment in Tencent. This strategy hinge... |
| 01.11.2024 | Naspers sets its sights on India – and AI | Fabricio Bloisi took the reins of Naspers and its investment arm Prosus in July with a plan to double the value of the 110-year-old group within the next four years.
The new CEO and former start-up founder has begun scouring the globe to re... |
| 01.11.2024 | Investor that had a 3,700% return on Tencent sets sights on India | The 47-year-old Brazilian spoke with Bloomberg about his confidence in picking winners for one of the world’s biggest technology investment firms, why he’s bullish on India and AI
Fabricio Bloisi took the reins of South Africa’s Naspers Ltd... |
| 30.10.2024 | How to succeed in township e-commerce | Research by retail analyst Trade Intelligence earlier this year indicated that township trade brings in about R200-billion annually.
This is a staggering figure considering that high unemployment rates, poverty and crime blight South Africa... |
| 22.10.2024 | E-Commerce and Entertainment: The Dual Engines of Growth in Today's Digital Landscape | In the fast-paced world of digital business, two giants are making waves: Prosus and NIMO. Each represents a different facet of the online economy. Prosus, a subsidiary of Naspers, is diving deep into e-commerce. NIMO, a live streaming plat... |
| 22.10.2024 | Naspers boss says group to ‘reimagine e-commerce’ through AI | Dutch e-commerce investor Prosus, which is controlled by South African-listed Naspers, plans to invest in artificial intelligence across its businesses, CEO Fabricio Bloisi said, as he seeks to double the company’s value.
The Euronext-liste... |
| 21.10.2024 | Prosus and Naspers look to turn on e-commerce profit taps | Naspers and Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi
Prosus plans to deliver US$400-million in adjusted earnings before interest and tax from its e-commerce operations in the year to end-March, and sees this improving in future, CEO Fabricio Bloisi said.... |
| 30.09.2024 | South African shares tipped to extend record-setting rally | South African stocks are having their strongest third quarter for 11 years, and investors see the gains extending.
The FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index is up around 10% over the three months, notching 13 record closing highs in the process a... |
| 30.09.2024 | Bookmarks | China calls for real-time censorship of satellite broadband | These are the articles, videos and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team at the weekend. China calls for real-time censorship of satellite broadband: China’s proposed satellite broadband regulations demand real-time... |
| 28.09.2024 | Swiggy’s DRHP: A Look At The Startup’s Shareholding Pattern & Top Guns | SUMMARY
MIH India Food Holdings B.V., a subsidiary of Naspers, is the largest shareholder with a 30.95% stake in Swiggy
SVF II SONGBIRD (DE) LLC which is a part of SoftBank Vision Fund II, is the second biggest shareholder with a 7.75% stak... |
| 26.09.2024 | Navigating New Waters: Netcore Cloud's Strategic Shift and Prosus's Exit from China | In the fast-paced world of technology and investment, companies often find themselves at a crossroads. Two recent developments illustrate this perfectly: Netcore Cloud's ambitious appointment of Siddharth Gopalkrishnan as COO and Prosus's c... |
| 26.09.2024 | Prosus is said to exit big China tech investment | Naspers-controlled internet investing firm Prosus has fully cut its stake in Chinese online travel agency company Trip.com in a US$743-million block trade, according to people familiar with the matter, becoming the latest international inve... |
| 25.09.2024 | Monthly Update – August 2024 | Monthly Update – August 2024
Wed, Sep 25, 2024 08:00 CET Report this content
25 September 2024
Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets Trust plc
(the "Company")
Monthly Update – August 2024
The Company's quarterly factsheet as at 31 Augu... |
| 13.09.2024 | Amazon is in South Africa to stay, marketplace head says | US e-commerce giant Amazon.com is in South Africa for the long run, its regional marketplace head said on Thursday, after its first foray into sub-Saharan Africa four months ago.
South Africa is usually seen as a good entry point for compan... |
| 02.09.2024 | Takealot offloads Superbalist to PE consortium | Takealot Group has sold its online fashion business Superbalist to a private equity consortium, the e-commerce group said on Monday.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“As of 1 September 2024, Superbalist has been acquired by a South Afr... |
| 29.08.2024 | Monthly Update – July 2024 | Monthly Update – July 2024
Thu, Aug 29, 2024 08:00 CET Report this content
29 August 2024
Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets Trust plc
(the "Company")
Monthly Update – July 2024
The Company's quarterly factsheet as at 31 July 2024 i... |
| 28.08.2024 | Navigating the Crossroads: UCB's Strategic Shift and Naspers' Regulatory Plea | In the fast-paced world of pharmaceuticals and digital platforms, two stories emerge that highlight the challenges and opportunities within their respective sectors. UCB, a Belgian pharmaceutical giant, is selling its neurology and allergy ... |
| 28.08.2024 | The Rise of Innovative Startups: A Glimpse into the Future | In the world of startups, innovation is the lifeblood. This week, two Australian startups have captured attention with their unique solutions and significant funding. LoveHeart AI and Metakosmos are not just companies; they are harbingers o... |
| 28.08.2024 | Bookmarks | LG looks beyond OLED | There are the articles, videos and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team in the past 24 hours. LG may soon bring us a ‘dream’ screen that outshines OLED: LG Electronics is reportedly working on a new display technol... |
| 27.08.2024 | Naspers sees R91-billion digital boost for South Africa | Naspers South Africa CEO Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa
Naspers expects e-commerce and other digital platforms to inject R91.4-billion into the South African economy by 2035.
That would see the sector contribute 1.38% to GDP in just over a decad... |
| 27.08.2024 | Naspers warns against over-eager South African regulators | A new report by Naspers and the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (Mistra) has called on South African regulators to create an enabling environment for the growth of digital platform businesses – by not regulating them into the ... |
| 27.08.2024 | Jim Volkwyn to step down at MultiChoice amid AGM drama | Jim Volkwyn. Image: MultiChoice Group
Long-serving MultiChoice Group director Jim Volkwyn will step down from the board of the JSE-listed broadcaster at its AGM this week.
The decision, disclosed to investors via the JSE on Tuesday, comes t... |
| 26.08.2024 | Bookmarks | Apple is forking the iPhone | These are the articles and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team at the weekend. European iPhones are more fun now: Thanks to EU regulations, European iPhones now offer more flexibility, including third-party app st... |
| 24.08.2024 | Naspers CEO grilled over worker rights | Newly appointed Naspers and Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi
A trade union-linked Canadian-based share association pitched up at the Naspers AGM this week to seek assurances that alleged controversial labour practices employed by the group’s new ... |
| 15.08.2024 | Endeavor Brasil nomeia Anderson Thees como novo diretor geral | A Endeavor Brasil terá um novo diretor-geral a partir de setembro deste ano. Anderson Thees, referência no mercado de tecnologia no país, assumirá a posição ocupada por Camilla Junqueira, que liderou a organização nos últimos 6 anos. A muda... |
| 08.08.2024 | Naspers CFO Basil Sgourdos to retire | Basil Sgourdos
Basil Sgourdos, the long-serving chief financial officer of Naspers and its European spin-off Prosus, will retire from both companies at the end of November 2024.
Sgourdos, who had been with Naspers for 29 years, joined the c... |
| 08.08.2024 | Bookmarks | The worst feature Apple ever made – and more | From Intel’s CEO turning rather publicly to his faith, to Google’s new streaming device and Apple’s worst-ever software feature, these are the articles, videos and podcasts that caught the TechCentral editorial team’s eye over the past 24 h... |
| 28.07.2024 | Koos Bekker says death of newspapers is inevitable | Naspers chairman Koos Bekker
Naspers chairman Koos Bekker said the decline and death of newspapers in print form is inevitable and marks the inexorable advance of technology.
Writing on Sunday in City Press – a Naspers-owned title whose pri... |
| 24.07.2024 | Приложение классифайда «Авито» вернулось в App Store | О возвращении приложения объявила пресс-служба компании. О причинах, по которым приложение было удалено, не сообщается.
«Все на месте. Рады, что удалось быстро решить вопрос. Спасибо всем, кто помогал и сопереживал», — отметили в компании.
... |
| 25.06.2024 | Takealot to add to TakealotMore subscription plan | The entrance to Takealot Group’s head office in Cape Town. Duncan McLeod/TechCentral
Takealot Group CEO Frederik Zietsman said on Tuesday that the Naspers-owned e-retailer plans to add more services to its TakealotMore subscription service,... |
| 24.06.2024 | Shein and Temu threaten South African jobs, Takealot alleges | Low-cost Chinese fashion and general merchandise online retailers Shein and Temu have taken advantage of loopholes to undercut South African e-commerce companies unfairly, Naspers-owned Takealot Group said on Monday.
In notes accompanying N... |
| 24.06.2024 | Bob van Dijk’s insane Naspers pay cheque: R1 million a DAY! | Bob van Dijk Naspers CEO. Image: World Economic Forum/Faruk Pinjo / Flickr
Naspers’ former Dutch CEO Bob van Dijk took home a eye-watering R333 million pay cheque for the latest financial year.
That added up gave Van Dijk a salary payout am... |
| 24.06.2024 | Naspers profit doubles on Tencent, e-commerce | Naspers said on Monday its full-year earnings more than doubled, buoyed by improved performance of its e-commerce businesses and contribution from China’s Tencent, which accounts for the bulk of earnings and revenues.
The technology investo... |
| 14.06.2024 | The AI revolution comes to rural Malawi | In the village of Ndodo, 40km south of the Malawian capital Lilongwe, farmers gather in the shade of an acacia tree as a voice over a smartphone tells them how to get rid of a weevil that’s destroying their sweet potato crops.
The tips offe... |
| 10.06.2024 | Sars takes the shine off Shein | Local retail industry stakeholders have welcomed intervention by the department of trade, industry & competition that will see international e-commerce retailers taxed for small packages at the same rates as the fees levied on large ord... |
| 24.05.2024 | Out with the bean counters: the rise of the tech-savvy CEO | Digitisation is changing the skills profile of executives leading successful modern organisations. Whereas finance and accounting skills dominated the C-suite in previous years, technical competence in fields like software engineering are i... |
| 22.05.2024 | S Africa polls: How Mandela's once revered ANC lost its way with scandals | - |
| 22.05.2024 | Bluetooth SIG Welcomes Neville Meijers as New Chief Executive Officer | KIRKLAND, Wash., May 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the organization that oversees Bluetooth® technology, announced the appointment of Neville Meijers as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective 2... |
| 20.05.2024 | Fabricio Bloisi outlines his plan for Naspers and Prosus | Newly appointed Naspers and Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi
Newly appointed Naspers and Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi said he will not change the strategic direction of the two interlinked companies, although he does aim to put “entrepreneurship at... |
| 17.05.2024 | Prosus and parent Naspers name Fabricio Bloisi as CEO | Dutch-listed investment firm Prosus and its parent Naspers appointed Fabricio Bloisi as chief executive officer. He replaces long-time CEO Bob van Dijk who abruptly resigned last September.
Prosus, which is an investor in start-ups like Byj... |
| 17.05.2024 | Fabrício Bloisi, fundador da Movile e Ex-CEO do iFood, assume a presidência da Prosus e Naspers | Fabrício Bloisi, renomado empreendedor brasileiro e figura chave no sucesso do iFood, acaba de ser nomeado presidente da Prosus e Naspers, gigantes globais de internet. Apesar de sua nova posição, o executivo continuará como presidente do c... |
| 17.05.2024 | Fabricio Bloisi is new Naspers and Prosus CEO | Fabricio Bloisi
Fabricio Bloisi will replace Bob van Dijk as group CEO of Naspers and its European-listed spinoff, Prosus, the two companies said on Friday.
Bloisi is CEO of iFood, Brazil’s leading food delivery company, which he acquired i... |
| 17.05.2024 | Prosus and Naspers name iFood head Bloisi as new CEO | JOHANNESBURG :Dutch technology investor Prosus and its South African parent group Naspers on Friday named the head of their iFood business, Fabricio Bloisi, as their new CEO, replacing long-time boss Bob van Dijk who stepped down last Septe... |
| 09.05.2024 | Takealot takes aim at Amazon with Prime-style subscriptions | Just two days after Amazon launched e-commerce operations in South Africa, Naspers-owned Takealot has taken aim at the US retail giant by launching an Amazon Prime-style subscription model for its customers.
The new offering, called Takealo... |
| 09.05.2024 | Same-day delivery a key priority for Amazon in South Africa | Amazon has identified same-day delivery as a key strategic play in its battle to grow market share after the US-headquartered online retail giant commenced operations in the country on Tuesday.
Speaking in a podcast on Wednesday, Robert Koe... |
| 07.05.2024 | Amazon launches a Prime-free marketplace in South Africa, its first in sub-Saharan Africa | Two years after announcing plans, Amazon’s highly awaited e-commerce entry into sub-Saharan Africa has finally come to pass. On Tuesday, the tech giant launched its marketplace in South Africa.
South Africa is the e-commerce giant’s first m... |
| 07.05.2024 | Amazon launches online shopping service in South Africa | JOHANNESBURG :Amazon launched its online shopping service in South Africa on Tuesday, challenging a number of online retailers dominated by Naspers' Takealot.com.
Africa's most advanced economy is usually seen as a good entry point for comp... |
| 25.04.2024 | Swiggy Backer Prosus Promotes Ashutosh Sharma To Lead India, SEA Investments | SUMMARY
Sharma has been promoted to pursue early and growth stage opportunities in Southeast Asian markets, besides India
This comes at a time when two Indian startups backed by Prosus, Swiggy and PayU, are prepping up to go public
Owned by... |
| 03.04.2024 | How local media, Big Tech squared off at competition hearings | eMedia CEO Khalik Sherrif
The media and digital platforms market inquiry into the distribution of media content on digital platforms, instituted by South Africa’s Competition Commission, heard comment from a wide variety of South African an... |
| 05.03.2024 | Media24 blasts Google – the Fourth Estate is ‘on its knees’ | Media24 CEO Ishmet Davidson
Naspers-owned media group Media24 – the parent of the country’s largest publication, News24 – has told the Competition Commission that Google is abusing its “dominance” and threatening the viability of the Fourth... |
| 08.12.2023 | New AI-powered study sets strategies to scale electric deliveries | Ubuntoo.ai
Global study on the electrification of delivery fleets is powered by AI platform Ubuntoo and calls for stakeholders' collaboration for industry globally LONDON , UNITED KINGDOM, December 8, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A new AI-pow... |
| 29.11.2023 | Naspers profit doubles, e-commerce portfolio nears breakeven | Naspers interim CEO Ervin Tu
Naspers has reported a jump of 112% in half-year profit, boosted by improved performance of its e-commerce businesses and China’s Tencent, adding that its e-commerce portfolio was now close to breakeven.
“After ... |
| 10.10.2023 | PlusOne: how Naspers is aggregating AI tools internally | PlusOne, the Naspers-owned generative artificial intelligence tool that acts as an aggregator of several third-party AI models, will remain internal to Naspers and subsidiary Prosus.
“Only three companies in the group have announced product... |
| 27.06.2023 | Naspers, Prosus to unravel cross-shareholding structure | Naspers and Prosus CEO Bob van Dijk
Prosus and its parent Naspers received approval from South African regulators to remove a cross-holding structure in a deal that will let Naspers continue a share buyback programme.
The South African Rese... |
| 29.05.2023 | Top 10 companies with the biggest market capitalisation at JSE in 2023 | A worker sweeps in front of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), in this picture taken March 23, 2016. Picture taken March 23, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo.
The top 10 companies with the biggest market capitalisation at JSE in 2023 are... |
| 14.03.2023 | Naspers Foundry is folding: Where are its alumni?
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | On Monday, March 13, Naspers’ R1.4 billion (~$77 million) venture capital fund, Naspers Foundry, was shut down by the company, with the fund’s portfolio companies and any further investments to be overseen by Prosus Venture henceforth.
When... |
| 13.03.2023 | Naspers shuts down Foundry, its $100M fund focused on South African startups | Naspers, Africa’s most valuable tech company by market capitalization, has wound down the operations of its R1.4 billion (≈$100 million) South Africa-focused venture capital fund Naspers Foundry, according to local news outlet BusinessDay.
... |
| 22.02.2023 | Estonian-founded Planet42 raises $100M to fuel global expansion | Estonian-founded Planet42 raises $100M to fuel global expansion
22 February, 2023, 15:20
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Estonian-founded car subscription s... |
| 22.02.2023 | South African car subscription service Planet42 raises $100M equity, debt | 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.
Naspers, through its ea... |
| 31.01.2023 | Grindstone X announces top 10 women entrepreneurs | Grindstone, in partnership with Naspers Labs announced the first 10 women entrepreneurs to benefit from its entrepreneur accelerator programme, GrindstoneX. GrindstoneX was formally launched in September 2022 with the intention to assist wo... |
| 31.01.2023 | Grindstone X announces top 10 women entrepreneurs | Grindstone, in partnership with Naspers Labs announced the first 10 women entrepreneurs to benefit from its entrepreneur accelerator programme, GrindstoneX. GrindstoneX was formally launched in September 2022 with the intention to assist wo... |
| 25.10.2022 | «Кисмет Капитал Груп» закрыла сделку по покупке Avito за 151 млрд рублей | 25 октября 2022 года «Кисмет Капитал Груп» (Kismet Capital Group), которой владеет экс-гендиректор «МегаФона» предприниматель Иван Таврин, закрыла сделку по покупке «Группы Авито», включая ООО «КЕХ еКоммерц», ООО «Авито Холдинг» и их дочерн... |
| 14.10.2022 | «Кисмет Капитал Груп» покупает Avito за 151 млрд рублей | Нидерландская инвесткомпания Prosus сообщила, что «Кисмет Капитал Груп» (Kismet Capital Group), которой владеет экс-гендиректор «МегаФона» предприниматель Иван Таврин, покупает 100% компании Avito за 151 млрд рублей. Данную информацию подтв... |
| 14.10.2022 | Naspers Limited: Disposal of Avito Group | Naspers Limited ("Naspers") NPN: Shareholders are referred to the public statements made by Naspers and Prosus N.V. (Prosus, and together with their subsidiaries and affiliates, the Group) on 24 March 2022 and 20 May 2022, and in ... |
| 07.10.2022 | South Africa’s largest venture capital fund has a diversity problem | Last week, Cape Town-based on-demand home cleaning and services startup SweepSouth announced that it had raised $11 million in its latest funding round. In 2019, SweepSouth was the first company to receive funding from Naspers Foundry, a R1... |
| 19.08.2022 | Prosus, Which Is Majority Owned by Naspers, to Acquire Remaining Stake in iFood from Just Eat | Naspers Limited ("Naspers") NPN: Prosus N.V. (Prosus) (Euronext Amsterdam: PRX; JSE: PRX), which is majority owned by Naspers, and a global consumer internet group and one of the largest technology investors in the world, today an... |
| 22.07.2022 | South Africa’s black startup founders excluded from funding, according to Competition Commission report | South African Competition Commission’s provisional report of its online intermediation platforms inquiry has found a distinct lack of participation by historically disadvantaged peoples (HDPs) in online platform markets.
According to the re... |
| 02.06.2022 | South Africa’s Nile secures $5.1m in Naspers-led round for its farm produce marketplace | Nile, a South Africa based online platform connecting suppliers of fresh produce to commercial retailers, announced it had raised $5.1 million earlier this week.
The round was led by Naspers Foundry, a VC fund linked to internet company Nas... |
| 18.05.2022 | Naspers invests $2.5m. in fresh produce start-up Nile | Naspers, through its early-stage tech investment vehicle Naspers Foundry, announced $2.5 million investment in Nile, an agritech company that connects farmers to buyers of fresh produce.
The investment is part of a $5 million equity round l... |
| 18.05.2022 | Naspers invests $2.5m. in fresh produce start-up Nile | Naspers, through its early-stage tech investment vehicle Naspers Foundry, announced $2.5 million investment in Nile, an agritech company that connects farmers to buyers of fresh produce.
The investment is part of a $5 million equity round ... |
| 24.02.2022 | Asia became the ‘world’s factory’ for manufacturing. It’ll do the same for alt-protein, says Better Bite VC | Over the past several decades, Asia has developed a well-worn reputation as the ‘factory of the world,’ churning out manufactured goods for the increasingly voracious global market at a pace and a price that can’t be beaten by anywhere else... |
| 23.02.2022 | Floatpays secures R15M investment from Naspers Foundry | Floatpays, a Cape Town-based on-demand earned wage access platform, has received a R15 million investment from Naspers via its early-stage tech investment arm, Naspers Foundry. This is Naspers Foundry’s third fintech investment and its nint... |
| 23.02.2022 | Floatpays secures R15M investment from Naspers Foundry | Floatpays, a Cape Town-based on-demand earned wage access platform, has received a R15 million investment from Naspers via its early-stage tech investment arm, Naspers Foundry. This is Naspers Foundry’s third fintech investment and its nint... |
| 01.02.2022 | Naspers : Dealing in Securities by director | Dealing in Securities by director Naspers Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1925/001431/06) JSE share code: NPN ISIN: ZAE000015889 LSE ADS code: NPSN ISIN: US 6315122092 (Naspers) DEALING IN SECURIT... |
| 30.12.2021 | Five South African Venture Capital firms to watch in 2022 | While crypto assets will continue to dominate the headlines, these VCs have laid a solid foundation for growing businesses that will transform society. Naspers
Naspers is one of the largest companies on the continent by market capitalisati... |
| 30.12.2021 | Five South African Venture Capital firms to watch in 2022 | While crypto assets will continue to dominate the headlines, these VCs have laid a solid foundation for growing businesses that will transform society. Naspers
Naspers is one of the largest companies on the continent by market capitalisatio... |
| 21.12.2021 | South Africa’s Planet42 gets $30M for its car subscription service, Mexico expansion | 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.
The investment — which co-founder and CEO Eerik Oja cal... |
| 21.12.2021 | Naspers : invests R54 million ($3.4 million) in car subscription platform Planet42 | Naspers invests R54 million ($3.4 million) in car subscription platform, Planet42, that addresses transport inequality
Naspers Foundry leads R91 million ($5.8 million) equity round in car subscription company Planet42
The equity round is su... |
| 20.12.2021 | SweepSouth buys Egyptian startup – and will soon offer at-home beauty salon services in SA | (Getty Images)
SweepSouth, founded in South Africa in 2014, has moved into Egypt following earlier expansions into Kenya and Nigeria.
The acquisition of Filkhedma, which offers a wider array of services, including at-home beauty treatments,... |
| 17.12.2021 | Naspers : SweepSouth acquires Egyptian startup, Filkhedma | SweepSouth acquires Egyptian startup, Filkhedma
SweepSouth, will become one of a few startups operating in Africa's four key tech markets
This acquisition will place SweepSouth in a strategically strong position to enter neighbouring geogra... |
| 29.11.2021 | Q&A: Aerobotics co-founder James Paterson on centering the farm in ‘farm tech’ | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company AgFunder, and network partner FMO, are investors in Aerobotics.
Farm tech investments have been on a tear. Last year the sector, which covers agricultural technologies that sit closest to the farm (think rob... |
| 28.11.2021 | Is Poland The New Tech Hub? | Fifteen Polish startups got investments this year. Some experts believe the fourth quarter will also be successful for Polish startups. The investments have been on the same level within the last couple of months. Poland is believed to beco... |
| 22.11.2021 | Strong Growth Continues at Naspers, on Top of Increased Scale | Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN) delivered a strong performance in the six months ending 30 September 2021, growing ecommerce revenues 52%. The group stepped up investment to further accelerate growth across its increasingly valuable internet bus... |
| 01.11.2021 | Tech CEO: Phuti Mahanyele-Dabengwa of Naspers SA is Symbolic Icon in The Company—Here's Why | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 01 November 2021, 08:11 am
Tech CEO's feature of the week is none other than one of the topmost powerful women in the world, and it is Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa, the current CEO and symbol of Naspers Limited. A lo... |
| 27.10.2021 | Farmer marketplace DeHaat scores $115m in India’s biggest-ever agtech round | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in DeHaat.
Ag marketplace DeHaat has raised $115 million in Series D funding, it announced today. The round was co-led by Belgium’s Sofina and Indian branch of the UK’s Lightrock.
S... |
| 27.10.2021 | BREAKING: Farmer marketplace DeHaat scores $115m in India’s biggest-ever agtech round | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in DeHaat.
Ag marketplace DeHaat has raised $115 million in Series D funding, it announced today. The round was co-led by Belgium’s Sofina and Indian branch of the UK’s Lightrock.
S... |
| 25.08.2021 | Soil biology specialist Biome Makers bags $15m Series B funding | US-based soil testing startup Biome Makers has raised $15 million in a Series B round led by Prosus Ventures – a VC affiliate of South African internet giant Naspers. Other investors joining the round included Spanish firms JME Ventures and... |
| 06.08.2021 | Naked secures $11m series A funding to scale its transparent digital insurance product | Naked, a South Africa-based startup digitally helping users to insure vehicles, content, homes and standalone items, has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round.
Naspers, through Naspers Foundry, its early-stage fund dedicated to Sou... |
| 21.07.2021 | Naspers : boosts digital short-term insurance company Ctrl with R34 million investment | NASPERS BOOSTS DIGITAL SHORT-TERM INSURANCE ADVICE PLATFORM, CTRL, WITH R34 MILLION INVESTMENT
Ctrl is South Africa's first digital short-term insurance marketplace connecting consumers, brokers and insurers on a single platform
Ctrl enable... |
| 21.06.2021 | Naspers : Media release (PDF) | Media release
Naspers posts strong financial performance and progresses on strategy
Cape Town, 21 June 2021 - Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN) full year results confirm revenues and trading profit at record levels, as well as strong progress on s... |
| 21.06.2021 | Naspers : Posts Strong Financial Performance and Progresses on Strategy | Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN) full year results confirm revenues and trading profit at record levels, as well as strong progress on strategy.
Group now serves more than 2 billion users globally
Group revenues1 of US$29.6bn (up 32%); trading pr... |
| 10.06.2021 | NASPERS LIMITED
Naspers : Update on voluntary share exchange offer by Prosus N.V. to Naspers shareholders | Naspers Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1925/001431/06)
JSE share code: NPN ISIN: ZAE000015889LSE
ADS code: NPSN ISIN: US 6315122092
('Naspers')
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIREC... |
| 10.06.2021 | Naspers : Update on voluntary share exchange offer by Prosus N.V. to Naspers shareholders | Naspers Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1925/001431/06)
JSE share code: NPN ISIN: ZAE000015889LSE
ADS code: NPSN ISIN: US 6315122092
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| 08.06.2021 | Cape Town-founded tech startup secures R42-million | Cape Town-founded mobility tech startup WhereIsMyTransport has secured R42-million in funding from Naspers. This investment forms part of R201-million funding round led by Naspers Foundry, Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund, and SBI Investm... |
| 08.06.2021 | Cape Town-founded tech startup secures R42-million | Cape Town-founded mobility tech startup WhereIsMyTransport has secured R42-million in funding from Naspers. This investment forms part of R201-million funding round led by Naspers Foundry, Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund, and SBI Investm... |
| 03.06.2021 | Stack Overflow sold to tech investor Prosus for $1.8 billion | Enlarge / If you've ever gone looking for answers to software development questions, this screenshot probably looks quite familiar.
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| 27.05.2021 | Bogdan Axinia from eMAG Ventures is looking for the next e-commerce unicorn in CEE | Bucharest, Romania ~
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Bogdan Axinia has been with the eMAG Group, the e-commerce market leader in Romania, for almost a decade, but 2020 found him in the eMAG Ventures managing director chair. He is a fast-tech innovation leader and... |
| 20.04.2021 | BlaBlaCar raises $115 million to build all-in-one travel app | French startup BlaBlaCar has raised a new $115 million funding round (€97 million). While the company is better known for its long distance carpooling marketplace, BlaBlaCar has also added a bus marketplace with the acquisition of Ouibus an... |
| 06.04.2021 | Brief: Indian food delivery app Swiggy hits $5bn valuation; raises $800m from Goldman, others | Indian food delivery app Swiggy has raised $800 million in a Series J round led by Goldman Sachs, Falcon Edge Capital, Amansa Capital, Think Investments, and Carmignac, according to The Economic Times.
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| 18.03.2021 | PROSUS N.V.
Prosus N : supplementary presentation, Mar20 (1.7 MB) | Detailed Financials
For the year ended 31 March 2020
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