Business & founders stories across Africa
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Company stories: how African start-ups began, scaled and raised money.
Started in Cape Town by a former MWEB chief executive and an investment firm, Takealot grew into South Africa’s largest online retailer. Patience was part of…
Founded in 2002, Interswitch started as a transaction switch and grew to include Quickteller, a retail payments platform, and Verve, a home-grown card scheme.
An accounting graduate who spent time at PwC in Dubai, Theo Baloyi founded Bathu in 2015. It now has more than 30 stores across South Africa…
A marketplace, logistics and payments business spread across 14 African countries by 2018, Jumia’s story includes a record IPO, a sharp share-price swing and a decision…
From a Cape Town office with 24 staff to a payments company valued at an estimated R12.5 billion, Yoco set out to help small sellers accept…
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