From a single fruit and veg store opened in Cape Town, Food Lover’s Market Group has thrived over the past 30 years to become the country’s largest privately-owned retailer. It now boasts an expanding footprint of...
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In order for us to understand how Clicks became South Africa’s leading health, beauty and wellness retailer and the largest retail pharmacy chain, let’s take a closer look at the life of its founder, Jack Goldin. Jack...
Takealot has helped revolutionize online shopping in South Africa. For over a decade long, the company has evolved from its humble beginnings at a warehouse in Montague Gardens to a continually expanding ecommerce giant...
After launching Bash four months ago, Superbalist founders Luke Jedeikin and Claude Hanan are competing against the country’s most successful online fashion retailer — and winning. Hanan and Jedeikin started their...
SARS is going after international sportswear manufacturer Adidas for R1.9 billion in customs duties for allegedly underpaying these duties from 2007 to 2013. Adidas admitted to the dispute in its annual report, released...
Software company Waze has partnered with Swedish motor manufacturer Volvo, announcing that the Waze navigation app is now built into all Volvo cars with Google. “The best of Waze’s real-time routing, navigation and alerts...
Spotify Technology has crossed the half a billion mark for monthly active users for the first time, helped by the music streaming company’s expansion into more markets, it said on Tuesday, sending its shares up 5%. The...
Nigerian fintech startup Vittas is a digital lender that utilises machine learning and partnerships in order to provide loans. Founded in July 2019 by Sulav Singh and Collins Uche, with its first loan going out in...
Cape Town-based SnapScan, developer of the popular QR code payments app of the same name, has partnered with Standard Bank to offer businesses a low-cost card machine solution. The launch of the point-of-sale terminal...
Maholla, a consumer rewards app, has concluded a $1.5 million (R27 million) seed funding round. The company raised a $580 000 pre-seed round in July 2022, bringing its total funding to date to over $2 million (R36...