Startup snapshot

Startup snapshot: MortgageMe believes South Africa’s home loan industry is ripe for disruption

Published by Jaco Maritz on 13 February 2020

MortgageMe is a fully automated home loan aggregation platform, based in South Africa. Director Andrea Tucker answers our questions.

Startup snapshot: Online B2B food marketplace connecting importers and exporters

Published by Staff Writer on 17 January 2020

eFoods Trade is an online African B2B marketplace, launched in June 2017. Uganda-based founder Ian Sendagala answers our questions.

Startup snapshot: Online fashion store Doeks & Prints focuses on African designs

Published by Staff Writer on 23 October 2019

Doeks & Prints is an online fashion store, based in South Africa.

Entrepreneurs in the Cape Town township of Khayelitsha are finding it difficult to expand their businesses.

Startup snapshot: Delivering affordable groceries to South Africa’s townships

Published by Staff Writer on 24 September 2019

Yebo Fresh is a Cape Town-based startup that delivers fresh, frozen and dry groceries to township communities.

Startup snapshot: Forget about buying stuff and say hello to renting with Rentoza

Published by Staff Writer on 11 September 2019

Rentoza was started by a group of South Africans who were convinced the stuff hiding in their garages should be paying rent for taking up so much space.

Startup snapshot: HouseAfrica simplifies real estate investment. Not its rewards.

Published by Staff Writer on 4 September 2019

Nigeria-based HouseAfrica splits properties into shares, recorded as digital units on a blockchain, thereby empowering previously neglected investors to own real estate.

Startup snapshot: Nigerian AI-driven platform helps reduce health insurance fraud

Published by Staff Writer on 28 August 2019

Nigeria-based Curacel provides intelligent fraud detection and claim fast-tracking technology for African health insurers.

Startup snapshot: Doing away with paper sales receipts

Published by Staff Writer on 23 August 2019

Johannesburg-based Snapslip Holdings is a digital receipting and analytics application.

Startup snapshot: Zimbabwean duo allows everyone to participate in the business of farming

Published by Staff Writer on 22 August 2019

YouFarm allows people to invest in crops and livestock and share the profits with the farmers when the produce goes to market.

Startup snapshot: Connecting Kenya’s rural small scale farmers to urban traders

Published by Staff Writer on 29 July 2019

Taimba is a Nairobi-based agtech startup that runs a cashless platform connecting rural small scale farmers to urban retailers.

Startup snapshot: Innovative solution to reuse greywater

Published by Staff Writer on 16 March 2019

Interview with green tech pioneer.

Startup snapshot: From smoke alarms to water filters – cutting edge products for the Nigerian market

Published by Justin Probyn on 6 March 2019

Founded by Nigerian designers, the Nupe Project develops problem-solving products for the African market.

Startup snapshot: Allowing African artists to sidestep the gallery curator

Published by Justin Probyn on 19 February 2019

Wezart is an art marketplace that helps local African artists sell to the rest of the world.

Startup snapshot: Changing the way people live in Lagos

Published by Justin Probyn on 13 February 2019

Nigeria-based Spleet’s mission is to change the way people live together and re-define the future of urban shared-living for working professionals, millennials and digital nomads.

Startup snapshot

Startup snapshot: MortgageMe believes South Africa’s home loan industry is ripe for disruption

Startup snapshot: Online B2B food marketplace connecting importers and exporters

Startup snapshot: Online fashion store Doeks & Prints focuses on African designs

Startup snapshot: Delivering affordable groceries to South Africa’s townships

Startup snapshot: Forget about buying stuff and say hello to renting with Rentoza

Startup snapshot: HouseAfrica simplifies real estate investment. Not its rewards.

Startup snapshot: Nigerian AI-driven platform helps reduce health insurance fraud

Startup snapshot: Doing away with paper sales receipts

Startup snapshot: Zimbabwean duo allows everyone to participate in the business of farming

Startup snapshot: Connecting Kenya’s rural small scale farmers to urban traders

Startup snapshot: Innovative solution to reuse greywater

Startup snapshot: From smoke alarms to water filters – cutting edge products for the Nigerian market

Startup snapshot: Allowing African artists to sidestep the gallery curator

Startup snapshot: Changing the way people live in Lagos

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