Seasoned marketing executive, Sbusiso Kumalo, has taken over the reigns as African Bank’s chief marketing officer and member of the executive committee as of 1 August 2021. Kumalo has over 20 years of experience, mainly in financial services. His most recent appointment was at Capitec. He joined Capitec in 2007 as brand manager and played...
Month: <span>September 2021</span>
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Square to Launch Invoices Plus a New Paid Subscription
Merchant payments platform Square is turning the company’s popular free invoicing software into its head. The company announced a paid subscription offer called Invoices Plus. Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey’s payments service and solutions company will provide sellers a set of advanced features and previously available with the free service as part and parcel...
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Telegram Reach 1 Billion Downloads Worldwide
Instant messaging chat app Telegram has reached 1 billion download globally, this is according to Sensor Tower. The WhatsApp competitor has officially joined the elite club of tech startups to reach such a milestone. The chat app is crushing it and dominating in India as the most favourite instant messaging app and is followed by...
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PayFast Founder Jonathan Smit Steps Down
Fintech and payments platform PayFast founder Jonathan Smit has resigned from the company. Jonathan’s move comes after running the company for the last fourteen years. His resignation is effective from the end of August. PayFast is one of the earlier startup that ventured in the tech and e-commerce space in 2007. According to news reports,...
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Zoom Announced 1st Startups to Receive $100 Million Funding from their Investment Fund
Video chat App Zoom is on a mission to lend a helping hand to a number of startups in the tech space. This is part of the company strategy to transform from application to a platform. The company is giving away $100 million development fund to startups businesses who can build tools and solutions on...