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Africa's First Crypto-Enabled Vending Machine Just Launched In SA

Jun 12, 2026

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Africa's First Crypto-Enabled Vending Machine Just Launched In SA

Africa's first crypto-enabled vending machine just landed in SA, built by Cape Town's Innovative Vending Solutions with Stellenbosch's MoneyBadger powering it.

Jason Mill

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Sandstone Series A Pulls $30m From Lightspeed, And The Co-Founder Is One Of Our Own

Jun 10, 2026

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Sandstone Series A Pulls $30m From Lightspeed, And The Co-Founder Is One Of Our Own

Sandstone Series A closed at $30m led by Lightspeed for the US legaltech startup, where SA-rooted Jarryd Strydom is one of three co-founders and the COO.

Renier Kriel

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SA Startup Ecosystem Hits 52nd Globally, And Cape Town Just Stole The Lead From Joburg

Jun 9, 2026

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SA Startup Ecosystem Hits 52nd Globally, And Cape Town Just Stole The Lead From Joburg

SA startup ecosystem holds 52nd globally and #1 in Africa as Cape Town jumps 24 places to 114th globally, retaking the national lead from Joburg on 39% growth.

Elvorne Palmer

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Nedbank's Business Ignite Competition Just Opened, And It Pays Twice

Jun 9, 2026

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Nedbank's Business Ignite Competition Just Opened, And It Pays Twice

Nedbank Business Ignite competition opens R200k cash plus R200k airtime on 702 or CapeTalk for SA founders whose businesses started with personal pain points

Jason Mill

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Launch Oracle Sets New World Record: Cape Town Marketers Now Own Kickstarter's Top 4

Jun 8, 2026

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Launch Oracle Sets New World Record: Cape Town Marketers Now Own Kickstarter's Top 4

Pulling Power Media's Launch Oracle set a new $16m world record, making it the marketing partner behind the top 4 highest-funded Kickstarter games ever.

Jason Mill

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Amazon Prime SA Just Launched & Prime Video Alone Used To Cost More

Jun 3, 2026

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Amazon Prime SA Just Launched & Prime Video Alone Used To Cost More

Amazon Prime in SA launched at R59 a month, R20 less than Prime Video alone, with free same-day delivery, Luna gaming, free PC games and a Twitch sub thrown in.

Elvorne Palmer

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Yoco Stub Integration: Auto-Synced Payments for SA’s Entrepreneurs

Jun 2, 2026

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Yoco Stub Integration: Auto-Synced Payments for SA’s Entrepreneurs

Yoco stub integration auto-syncs payments to the SA-built accounting platform in real time, Yoco's second SME ecosystem move in a week after the Dyner.ai buy.

Renier Kriel

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Savant Build Cohort 4 is Open: R1.6m For Top Founders

Jun 1, 2026

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Savant Build Cohort 4 is Open: R1.6m For Top Founders

Savant Build Cohort 4 opens with up to €80k (R1.6m) per top climate hardware founder, applications close 15 June, and the three-month programme starts in August.

Jason Mill

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May 31, 2026

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Watch List: The Sharpest & Boldest New SA Founders from May

The most remarkable SA founders we featured in May 2026: the people behind South Africa's most unique startups, scale-ups and operators.

Renier Kriel

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Watch List: The Most Unique & Exciting SA Tech Plays from May

May 31, 2026

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8 min read

Watch List: The Most Unique & Exciting SA Tech Plays from May

AI compliance screening, AR-powered civic accountability and an AI-native fashion production layer. The most unique SA tech plays we featured in May 2026.

Jason Mill

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Watch List: 15 New And Unique SA Companies To Watch from May

May 30, 2026

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Watch List: 15 New And Unique SA Companies To Watch from May

The 15 newest and most unique SA companies from May 2026: startups, scale-ups and operators building remarkable things you probably haven't heard of yet.

Elvorne Palmer

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Yoco Acquires Dyner AI To Build SA's SME Ops Layer

May 28, 2026

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Yoco Acquires Dyner AI To Build SA's SME Ops Layer

Yoco acquires Dyner AI, the restaurant-focused operating system built by two ex-Discovery actuaries, to roll AI ops tools out to 200,000 SA independent businesses.

Elvorne Palmer

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Companies Act Amendments Have Landed, And Listed SA Is Scrambling

May 27, 2026

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Companies Act Amendments Have Landed, And Listed SA Is Scrambling

Pres Ramaphosa's Companies Act amendments landed in May 2026, forcing pay-gap disclosure, named director remuneration, and a 60-month delinquent-director window.

Renier Kriel

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South Africa Owns Africa's Fastest-Growing Companies List, Again

May 25, 2026

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South Africa Owns Africa's Fastest-Growing Companies List, Again

SA placed 51 firms on the FT's 2026 Africa's fastest growing companies ranking, more than Kenya and Nigeria combined. Here's what's actually driving it.

Jason Mill

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Watch List: 5 SA Founders Building Great Things This Week

May 23, 2026

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Watch List: 5 SA Founders Building Great Things This Week

The most remarkable SA founders to watch this week: the people behind South Africa's most unique startups, scale-ups and operators. Updated daily.

Elvorne Palmer

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67% of SA's Large Enterprises Use AI, Most Have No Strategy for It

May 21, 2026

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67% of SA's Large Enterprises Use AI, Most Have No Strategy for It

Two-thirds of large South African enterprises are now using generative AI, up from 45% a year ago, but adoption is outpacing strategy, governance and measurement, and the gap between experimenting and extracting real value is widening.

Elvorne Palmer

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SA Venture Safeza Wins SelectUSA Defence Category: Beats 230 Global Startups in Washington

May 20, 2026

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SA Venture Safeza Wins SelectUSA Defence Category: Beats 230 Global Startups in Washington

Cape Town AI surveillance startup Safeza wins SelectUSA defence category against 230+ global entrants, beating eight finalists at the 2026 Investment Summit.

Elvorne Palmer

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What Happens When AI Runs The Radio? Claude Joins a Union, Gemini Calls You a Biological Processor

May 19, 2026

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What Happens When AI Runs The Radio? Claude Joins a Union, Gemini Calls You a Biological Processor

Andon Labs let Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok each run a 24/7 radio station for six months, and the results were so unhinged we had to write it up

Elvorne Palmer

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Woolworths’ New Coffee Mellowvans Bring Local EVs to SA Streets

May 19, 2026

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Woolworths’ New Coffee Mellowvans Bring Local EVs to SA Streets

Woolworths just put 100% electric Mellowvans on coffee duty, doubling down on Stellenbosch-built EVs and the kind of local-supports-local play SA needs more of.

Jason Mill

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World’s Youngest Billionaires 2026: Mostly Heirs, The Rest Are Building AI

May 19, 2026

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World’s Youngest Billionaires 2026: Mostly Heirs, The Rest Are Building AI

Forbes counted 35 under-30 billionaires in 2026, and the few self-made ones are almost all AI founders, so maybe the internet was right about locking in

Elvorne Palmer

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Capitec Launches Free Calls on All Connect SIMs, And the Telcos Should Be Worried

May 19, 2026

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Capitec Launches Free Calls on All Connect SIMs, And the Telcos Should Be Worried

Capitec just turned every Capitec Connect SIM into a free-call network for other Capitec users, and it's the loudest MVNO play SA has seen in years.

Renier Kriel

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SA BPO Sector Faces a 30% AI Wipeout, And There's No Quick Fix

May 18, 2026

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SA BPO Sector Faces a 30% AI Wipeout, And There's No Quick Fix

Redefine says AI could automate a third of the SA BPO sector inside 5 years, threatening 500,000 jobs the country was banking on by 2030.

Jason Mill

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Bolt EV Launch in SA: Cape Town Gets Electronic Ride-Share Taxis First

May 18, 2026

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Bolt EV Launch in SA: Cape Town Gets Electronic Ride-Share Taxis First

Bolt's EV launch with Dongfeng and Yugo Rides starts in Cape Town and breaks the BYO-vehicle ride-share rule. Here's how the new fleet model actually works.

Elvorne Palmer

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Ransomware in SA: Attackers Are Finding Ways Around Your Backups

May 18, 2026

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Ransomware in SA: Attackers Are Finding Ways Around Your Backups

Ransomware has a new playbook: Attackers now steal data before encrypting systems, then threaten to publish it even if you restore from backups. For SA businesses under POPIA, a data leak carries regulatory consequences that no recovery procedure can undo.

Madge Booth

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May 18, 2026

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Spotify Logo Row: Birthday Disco Ball Drops, Internet Loses Its Mind

Spotify swapped its iconic green logo for a glitterball to celebrate its 20th birthday, and the internet promptly lost the plot, raising a bigger brand question.

Elvorne Palmer

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Africa's First Crypto-Enabled Vending Machine Just Launched In SA

Sandstone Series A Pulls $30m From Lightspeed, And The Co-Founder Is One Of Our Own

SA Startup Ecosystem Hits 52nd Globally, And Cape Town Just Stole The Lead From Joburg

Nedbank's Business Ignite Competition Just Opened, And It Pays Twice

Launch Oracle Sets New World Record: Cape Town Marketers Now Own Kickstarter's Top 4

Amazon Prime SA Just Launched & Prime Video Alone Used To Cost More

Yoco Stub Integration: Auto-Synced Payments for SA’s Entrepreneurs

Savant Build Cohort 4 is Open: R1.6m For Top Founders

Watch List: The Sharpest & Boldest New SA Founders from May

Watch List: The Most Unique & Exciting SA Tech Plays from May

Watch List: 15 New And Unique SA Companies To Watch from May

Yoco Acquires Dyner AI To Build SA's SME Ops Layer

Companies Act Amendments Have Landed, And Listed SA Is Scrambling

South Africa Owns Africa's Fastest-Growing Companies List, Again

Watch List: 5 SA Founders Building Great Things This Week

67% of SA's Large Enterprises Use AI, Most Have No Strategy for It

SA Venture Safeza Wins SelectUSA Defence Category: Beats 230 Global Startups in Washington

What Happens When AI Runs The Radio? Claude Joins a Union, Gemini Calls You a Biological Processor

Woolworths’ New Coffee Mellowvans Bring Local EVs to SA Streets

World’s Youngest Billionaires 2026: Mostly Heirs, The Rest Are Building AI

Capitec Launches Free Calls on All Connect SIMs, And the Telcos Should Be Worried

SA BPO Sector Faces a 30% AI Wipeout, And There's No Quick Fix

Bolt EV Launch in SA: Cape Town Gets Electronic Ride-Share Taxis First

Ransomware in SA: Attackers Are Finding Ways Around Your Backups

Spotify Logo Row: Birthday Disco Ball Drops, Internet Loses Its Mind

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