A financial technology startup founded by former Capitec credit executive Jaco Carstens is building digital property records for millions of South African homes that currently lack official title deeds. Operating under the name DigiDeeds, the platform aims to monetize structured community data by providing banks, credit bureaus, and insurers with verified demographic and structural records…
Lesaka Technologies has rapidly emerged as a vital fintech enabler in Southern Africa, with its strategic focus on township economies attracting national attention. Building on its broader market ambitions, the company is now demonstrating tangible impact at street and store level among consumers, traders and township entrepreneurs. Lesaka currently serves over 90 000 micro merchants and…
Godiragetse Mogajane In the early 2020s, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Godiragetse Mogajane returned to Hammanskraal, the township north of Pretoria where he grew up. Back in his hometown, he noticed something missing: many of the popular food delivery apps that had become common in South Africa’s cities didn’t operate in the township. Townships – residential…
Spar Group is determined to play a significant role in the on-demand grocery delivery space in South Africa despite coming from behind, its omnichannel executive for Southern Africa has told TechCentral. Speaking to the TechCentral Show, Blake Raubenheimer took the publication’s editor, Duncan McLeod, through the retailer’s plan to compete directly with the likes of…
