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1. Spotify launches income solution for creators Spotify has launched a paid podcast subscriptions which will allow creators to attract listeners who are willing to pay for bonus content. The audio platform made the announcement on Thursday in a press statement to explain the details of the new offering. According to the release, “through Spotify’s podcast creation tool Anchor, podcasters will be able to mark select episodes as subscriber-only content, then publish them to Spotify and other platforms.” The service was initially tested with a dozen independent creators and is now expandi...

Empowerment Capital Closes Almost R200m In 13 SA Start-Up Deals In 18 Months 1 month ago 4 min read Share with your network! Although investment activity was subdued across the board in 2020, it was an extraordinary deal making year for South African venture capital firm, Empowerment Capital Investment Partners (Pty) Ltd. The company had its most active year yet, aggressively and proactively executing investments in South Africa’s up-and-coming entrepreneurs. Empowerment Capital and its i...

Tech firms spring up in fertile Covid conditions 31 January 2021 - 07:18 By NICK WILSON SA's economy may have been ravaged by the pandemic and years of sluggish growth, but small to medium-sized start-ups are still springing up, especially in the technology and fintech sectors. South African venture capital group Empowerment Capital Investment Partners - founded in 2015 by Anton Baumann and Mark Fitzjohn - said its investment companies Andzani Ventures, Imvelo Ventures and Thuthuka Nathi Ventures approved and placed R162m into 13 local start-ups between July 2019 and this month, with...