Southern Africa VC Funding Market Map – H1 2021

Southern Africa technology start-ups have raised over $250 million USD in the first half of 2021 - 2 of these rounds were in the top 5 FinTech funding rounds across Africa, but how have other sectors fared?

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South Africa FinTech Market Map 2021

South Africa FinTech funding raised over $130 million USD in Q1 2021 - in this report we look more closely at some of the region trends

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Why we invested in 3DIMO

The Baobab Network shares their insight on why the team are excited to invest in 3DIMO, an AI-powered AgTech in South Africa

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Southern Africa FinTech Developments Q3 2020

Southern Africa FinTech has seen a busy quarter, we take a look at some of the recent developments and market announcements in more detail.

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Baobab Developments: Product and Market Updates in Southern Africa Q3 2020

Q3 2020 overview of key market developments, product announcements and market expansions announced across Southern Africa

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South Africa VC Investor Market Map 2020

South Africa has a very active VC investor landscape, in this market map we highlight 44 of the key investors across the country.

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Baobab Briefing: Southern Africa Funding Report Q1 and Q2 2020

In this report we take a look at some of the VC investment trends and companies across the Southern Africa region up until Q2 2020.

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Voice of the CEO – Newtown Partners

We speak to Llew Claason, Managing Partner at Newtown Partners, and hear his thoughts on how the venture capital space is developing and what this means for founders.

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EdTech: Voice of the CEO – Injini

We speak to Jamie Martin, Founder of Injini, Africa’s first Ed-tech Incubator. Based in Cape Town, Injini invests in start-ups across Africa specifically in the education space.

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Country Profile: South Africa

South Africa has a maturing technology ecosystem; in 2019 a total of 25 start-ups had raised over $1 million USD. We speak to founders to find out more about the key challenges and opportunities impacting growth in the country.

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