Five South African crowdfunding platforms - Ventureburn
Sep 30, 2020 · Founded in 2014 Thundafund has grown to be one of Africa’s leading crowdfunding platforms. The platform was created “by Africans for Africans” and allows entrepreneurs to raise the capital needed for their business. The co-founder of Thundafund, Patrick Schofield, described crowdfunding as the “ultimate in the democratization of finance”.
Bash disrupts fashion: TFG’s shopping platform dominates SA
Jun 27, 2023 · Bash co-founders, Claude Hanan and Luke Jedeikin, are revolutionising South Africa’s fashion retail landscape with their disruptive shopping platform. Photo: Supplied. South Africa’s fashion retail scene has experienced a seismic shift with the introduction of TFG’s innovative fashion and lifestyle shopping platform, Bash.
TFG launches TFGLabs to support omnichannel offering
Jun 22, 2021 · Pixelsmith Studios opens digital marketplace for SA creatives. Leading SA fashion retailer The Foschini Group (TFG) recently announced the launch of TFGLabs as part of its strategy to become Africa’s leading omnichannel retailer. The strategy was outlined at the company’s 2021 financial year-end presentation.
Are these six, SA’s most important venture capitalists?
Aug 23, 2019 · These include SA startups Snapt, Aerobotics, Lumkani, and LifeQ, as well as exits that include Skyrove and Motribe (which was acquired by MXit at the time). The VC has also invested in a number of East African startups. In 2009 Stanford, together with Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham set up Silicon Cape, Cape Town’s startup ...
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JOBJACK: Revolutionising Entry-Level Recruitment in South Africa
Nov 17, 2023 · Amidst this backdrop, JOBJACK, an impact-focused tech startup, has emerged as a beacon of hope, determined to transform the narrative of entry-level recruitment and empower individuals to break free from the shackles of joblessness. Founded in 2018 by two passionate young South Africans, Christiaan van den Berg and Heine Bellingan, JOBJACK has ...
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Three crowdfunding platforms for African tech startups
Nov 23, 2020 · NaijaFund, Women Fund, and Afrikstart are crowdfunding platforms that assist African startups. Crowdfunding is a method of raising money for businesses, people, projects, or charities through collective donations. According to Investopedia, crowdfunding can be understood as the “use of small amounts of capital from a large number of ...
Five South African Venture Capital firms to watch in 2022
Dec 30, 2021 · Snapt, Aerobotics, LifeQ and Lumkani are only a handful of world-shaping companies that have received funding from 4Di Capital, a seed and early-stage focused venture capital firm. Led by a team of entrepreneurs with personal experience of building companies, 4Di is one of the most established and regarded brands in the local venture capital ...
How Pretoria guy made a million at 22 but still stays with parents
Jun 14, 2017 · But like all stories there’s more to it than meets the eye. In his self-published book, A Millionaire at 22, Van Wyk — who is now 24, still lives with his parents and uses a second-hand cellphone — describes how as a 19-year-old fresh out of school he used the money he would’ve received from a bursary as a down payment to acquire property.