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| Feb 3, 2025 | NjiaPay, a South African startup, has raised $1 million in a funding round. | NjiaPay, a payments-as-a-service company based in South Africa that helps African businesses with their payment challenges, has closed an oversubscribed US$1 million pre-seed investment round. HAVAÍC led the pre-seed investment round, and o... |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Orca, a South African startup, has raised $550,000 to combat fraud in emerging markets | Orca, a South African startup, has raised $550,000 in a pre-seed round. The startup collaborates with emerging market banks and fintechs to combat all kinds of fraud. Norrsken22 led the round, in which First Circle Capital, Musha Ventures, ... |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Paymenow, a South African startup that provides access to earned wages, receives a $14 million debt facility | Paymenow, a South African earned income access platform, received a ZAR250 million (US$14 million) loan facility through Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) to support its expansion. The Stellenbosch-based Paymenow was established in 2019 and signed u... |
| Dec 5, 2022 | South African startup Synatic secures $2.5 million in seed funding to expand US market reach | Founded in 2017, Synatic offers a low-code/no-code solution for integrating internal and external data sources |
| Jan 21, 2022 | WEF advocates Start-up Acts to boost Africa’s digital economy | Africa is trailing behind the world in developing a knowledge-based digital economy. However, passing legislation such as a Start-up Act, designed to spur private sector innovation, can change this by fuelling growth for tech start-ups thro... |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Ramaphosa urged to support start-up innovation | Representatives from the South African Start-up Act Steering Committee met with president Cyril Ramaphosa last week, to discuss issues such as creating a framework to support start-ups on innovation and new technologies to spur competitiven... |
| Oct 1, 2021 | Start-up Act position paper reveals existing legislation cracks | If SA were to implement a Start-up Act, this legislation would fast-track the development of the start-up sector and spur innovation, which will in turn significantly contribute to the country’s economy. This is according to the panellists ... |
| Sep 14, 2021 | Plans and findings of proposed SA startup act to be revealed | The plans and latest findings towards the creation and implementation of the proposed South African Startup Act will be revealed at an event hosted on 16 September 2021. Event to discuss the current findings of the proposed Startup Act wil... |
| Sep 14, 2021 | Plans and findings of proposed SA startup act to be revealed | The plans and latest findings towards the creation and implementation of the proposed South African Startup Act will be revealed at an event hosted on 16 September 2021. Event to discuss the current findings of the proposed Startup Act will... |
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