From access to education to pay parity and boardroom diversity, much has been done to advance gender equality around the world. But as the world marks International Women’s Day on Wednesday (March 8) to celebrate “the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women,” there...
In April this year, South African startup TallOrder, a developer of cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced that it was expanding beyond its home market. But rather than targeting other African countries as one might expect, the company has set...
African startups secured close to $5 billion in venture capital (VC) funding in 2021, twice as much as the previous year. But while doubling the funding figure year on year is worth celebrating, it pales in comparison to the $621 billion raised globally in 2021,...
March 27, 2023
As the global banking and financial services sector take stock after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), there are many lessons to be learned, said Maurizio Caio, founder and managing partner at Africa-focused venture capital (VC) firm TLcom Capital. Apart from the “very basic” treasury operations lessons such as banking with multiple financial institutions […]
August 02, 2022
African startups secured close to $5 billion in venture capital (VC) funding in 2021, twice as much as the previous year. But while doubling the funding figure year on year...
