South Africa
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South Africa’s FoondaMate Has Raised $2 Million Seed Funding To Speed Up And Spread Its Offerings.
FoondaMate was launched in August 2020 by Dacod Magagula and Tao Boyle. By leveraging the social networking platforms, WhatsApp and…
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South African Emergency Response Platform RapidDeploy Has Raised Equity Funding From Nedbank CIB
Founded by Steven Raucher and Brett Meyerowitz, RapidDeploy is an open and integrated response platform, transforming first responder communications centres of any…
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The Business Of Music
In The Act Of Crystallizing Superstars: Tabisa Yeni
In this column, we share the stories of the professionals who work tirelessly to bring the artists we appreciate to our…
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GFA Spotlight
GFA Spotlight: SmartWage
Technology is greatly increasing the ways of communicating between employers and staff, as well as the management of human resources…
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The Make-Up Business
Gore, Blood and Shivers: The Special Effects Side to Make-up Artistry II
In Africa, the SFX make-up art is only just gaining traction in the film and TV industry. Unlike its glam…
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GFA Spotlight
GFA Spotlight: ORDERIN
“If it fits on a bike, we can deliver it” This phrase is openly written on the main page of…
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Media & entertainment
Exposing Choral Music In South Africa: CHORAL MAG
INTRODUCTION In this era of Amapiano and Afro-pop, few people outside of dedicated fans pay attention to the other genres…
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Payments Company Yoco Acquires Cape Town-Based Fintech Nona Digital
SOUTH AFRICA – Yoco, a payments company, has acquired Cape Town-based fintech and Web3 software development agency Nona Digital to…
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Stax closes US$2.2M seed extension round to expand its operation in Africa
AFRICA – Stax, a firm that uses automated USSD codes to enable Africans to buy airtime, send and receive funds,…
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SA e-health startup Vula Mobile partners Novartis to improve eye care services across Africa
South African startup Vula Mobile, a medical referral app and online platform which hosts a network of health professionals, has…
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