South African venture capital firm Knife Capital has expanded into the UK after introducing a new strategic investor in the form of UK-based Draper-Gain Investments. This decision to open the London office comes after the
Bell Pottinger has been thrown out of the UK industry body for public relations companies in an unprecedented ruling following an investigation into work it carried out on behalf of the Gupta family in South Africa. The company’s
You all need to just chill out a little. Seriously. Bitcoin took a hit over the last few days because of China. That has cryptocurrency markets in a panic. But if we channel the deeper sentiment of the true believers, even a massive crackdown
The closure of the 159-year-old department store Stuttafords, which had been described at the “Harrod’s of South Africa”, has brought to the fore important questions about how industries need
On Monday last week, Richard Poplak, in his Trainspotter column on the Daily Maverick website, wrote a funny but scathing rant about the two Zuma sons, Edward and Duduzane (or is that Duduzani?). By Tuesday
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to Michael Jordaan, founder and CEO of Montegray Capital. Jordaan, the former CEO of First National Bank, talks about his investments in South African
Former Telkom chief commercial officer Brian Armstrong has been appointed to the board of JSE-listed telecommunications company Huge Group as an independent nonexecutive director. Huge Group said in
China’s central bank said initial coin offerings are illegal and asked all related fundraising activity to be halted immediately, issuing the strongest regulatory challenge so far to the burgeoning market for digital
EOH’s share price on Monday reversed earlier gains after the IT services group issued an earnings update that appeared to disappoint investors. It said headline earnings per share – a key figure watched by investors on
A culture that shies away from risk-taking is one of the biggest impediments to developing a bigger technology start-up ecosystem in South Africa. Michael Jordaan, CEO of venture capital firm Montegray Capital and