South Africa
South Africa’s Jem HR Raises $8.4m to Transform WhatsApp Into a Digital Workplace for 250k Frontline Workers
South African startup Jem HR has raised US$8.4 million in Series A funding as it moves beyond human resources services to build a broader...
South African Fintech Moment Raises $22M to Build Africa-Wide Payment Infrastructure
South African fintech startup, Moment, has raised US$22 million in a Series A funding round as it seeks to strengthen its payment infrastructure and...
Howzit AI Bets on Local Languages, Affordability to Bring Artificial Intelligence Closer to South Africans
South African artificial intelligence startup, Howzit AI, is positioning itself as a homegrown alternative to global AI platforms by combining multilingual support, affordable pricing,...
South African AI Startup Cue Secures $5M to Accelerate Autonomous Customer Service Platform Expansion
South African customer service technology startup, Cue, has secured US$5 million in fresh funding to accelerate the development of its artificial intelligence-powered customer service...
South Africa’s Insight Terra is Using AI, Satellites, Sensors to Help Prevent Mining Disasters Before They Happen
Artificial intelligence is only as effective as the data it learns from, and for many industries operating in high-risk environments, obtaining reliable, real-time data...
South African AI Startup HyperDev Raises $1M Pre-Seed Funding as User Base Nears 100,000
South African generative artificial intelligence (AI) startup, HyperDev, has secured over US$1 million in pre-seed funding from a network of venture capital investors across...
South African Supascale Launches First GPU Cloud Marketplace to Democratise AI Computing in Africa
South African startup, Supascale, has unveiled what it describes as Africa's first GPU cloud marketplace, introducing a platform designed to make advanced artificial intelligence...
How Pan-African Startup, WRAPPED is Transforming Film and TV Recruitment Across Production Industries
African startup WRAPPED is positioning itself as a centralised digital marketplace connecting freelancers, agents and production companies. Founded by filmmaker and industry advocate Zoe Ramushu,...
South Africa’s Octiv Unveils ‘Explore’ to Help Independent Gyms Reach More Customers Across 40+ Countries
South African fitness technology company, Octiv, has launched Octiv Explore, a major consumer-facing feature designed to transform how people discover, book and pay for...
South African Startup Handal Launches Platform to Simplify Hiring and Managing Creative Talent
South African startup Handal has officially launched a curated talent booking and project management platform designed to streamline how businesses discover, hire, manage, and...
Inclusive Solutions is Betting on Home-Language Learning Tool to Tackle South Africa’s Literacy Crisis
South African assistive technology and education resource provider, Inclusive Solutions, is developing a home-language learning tool aimed at improving literacy outcomes among young learners,...
South Africa’s SupaChat is Bringing AI to African Businesses Via WhatsApp, Social Media, Local Languages
South African startup, SupaChat Global, is positioning itself as the practical deployment layer that enables African businesses to adopt and benefit from artificial intelligence...
