South Africa

South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the African continent, marked by several distinct ecosystems. Inland safari destination Kruger National Park is populated by big game. The Western Cape offers beaches, lush winelands around Stellenbosch and Paarl, craggy cliffs at the Cape of Good Hope, forest and lagoons along the Garden Route, and the city of Cape Town, beneath flat-topped Table Mountain.
South Africa’s Zapper Turns Merchant’s Phone Into Tap-and-Pay POS Device
South Africa’s Zapper Turns Merchant’s Phone Into Tap-and-Pay POS Device
May 03, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

South African mobile pay platform Zapper has announced that merchants on its platform will be able to accept tap-on-phone payments, a report said Tuesday (May...

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South African Strauss & Co. to Host NFT Auction for Fine Wines
South African Strauss & Co. to Host NFT Auction for Fine Wines
April 11, 2022  |  NFTs

Strauss & Co., the South African auction house, has partnered with five of the country’s wineries to offer fine wine non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to the...

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EMEA Daily: Meta Faces Fines in South Africa; CloudPay, Visa Partner on Payroll Payments; UK Crime Agency Eyes Crypto Mixers
EMEA Daily: Meta Faces Fines in South Africa; CloudPay, Visa Partner on Payroll Payments; UK...
March 15, 2022  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, South Africa’s competition regulator is seeking to prosecute Facebook for abusing its dominance in the social...

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Meta Faces Fines for Allegedly Violating Anti-Competition Rules in South Africa
Meta Faces Fines for Allegedly Violating Anti-Competition Rules in South Africa
March 15, 2022  |  Meta

South Africa’s competition regulator is seeking to prosecute Meta Platforms, formerly Facebook, and its subsidiaries, WhatsApp Inc and Facebook South Africa, for abusing its dominance...

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EMEA Daily: Telecom MTN Looks for Investors in FinTech Unit; UK-Based Open Finance Partnership Platform mmob Raises $6.6M
EMEA Daily: Telecom MTN Looks for Investors in FinTech Unit; UK-Based Open Finance Partnership Platform...
March 09, 2022  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East, and Africa news, South African telecom MTN is seeking minority investors after separating its FinTech unit from its traditional...

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Flywire, Adapt IT Digitize International Education Payments in South Africa
Flywire, Adapt IT Digitize International Education Payments in South Africa
February 23, 2022  |  Partnerships

Global payments platform Flywire Corporation on Wednesday (Feb. 23) integrated with Adapt IT Education, a division of Adapt IT Holdings Limited, to digitize cross-border education...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Parking Operators Trying to Combat QR Code Fraud; Trax, Raistone Partner on Invoice Payment Extensions
Today in the Connected Economy: Parking Operators Trying to Combat QR Code Fraud; Trax, Raistone...
February 18, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Massmart enhances eCommerce offerings in South Africa thanks to a partnership with Mastercard, and Nepal becomes the first country outside...

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South African API Startup Stitch Raises $21M Series A Round
South African API Startup Stitch Raises $21M Series A Round
February 14, 2022  |  Investments

South African API infrastructure startup Stitch raised $21 million in a Series A funding round to help accelerate the expansion of Africa’s rapidly growing FinTech...

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South Africa Urges Caution on Crypto Exchange FTX
South Africa Urges Caution on Crypto Exchange FTX
February 02, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) is warning cryptocurrency traders to be “cautious and vigilant” when using FTX Trading Ltd., which is among the...

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