What's up with the AfCFTA? Negotiation Status Edition

Hi there!    In our previous edition, we went through what the AfCFTA is, how it started, its end goal and where we are right now. Please bear in mind that whilst I have tried to be as suc ...

SADC based startup Thumeza expands across Africa with Lori Systems partnership

Small and large-scale logistics players across Africa and other emerging markets struggle to access working capital credit to fulfill the growing demand. African e-logistics companies play a key role ...

Two Zim startups are in the finals of a US$750K accelerator program

Back in March this year, the Telecel Group under its Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP) and Startupbootcamp Afritech announced that they were looking for startups in Africa f ...

Zimbabwe’s Thumeza plots SADC expansion by providing transporters with access to working capital

Zimbabwe is  Thumeza, which provides small-scale transporters with immediately accessible working capital, is planning on expanding across the SADC region after impressive early growth and the va ...

Startup Brings Fresh Outlook To Logistics

The story of Thumeza starts with frustration as founder Gugulethu Siso was unable to get medicine to her grandmother in a village close to Bulawayo. Gugu thought of the benefits that could be realised ...

Thumeza: Start-up Tour Bus Bulawayo Winner

There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise; a woman with a goal and the drive to achieve. Gugulethu Siso is one such aspiring woman. Siso is the founder of Thumeza, a logistics p ...