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Inside AlphaCode, SA's fintech start-up hub

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In this episode of the TechCentral Podcast, we go inside AlphaCode, the Sandton-based club for fintech entrepreneurs built and operated by Rand Merchant Investments (RMI). The hub, which has already signed up more than a thousand members in its first year of existence, has invested R9m in 11 black-owned businesses through a partnership with Bank of America Merrill Lunch and invested in Merchant Capital, a provider of alternative sources of working capital for small and medium enterprises in South Africa. RMI, which includes Discovery and Outsurance among its investments, hopes the club will help nurture significant fintech players that have the potential to disrupt South Africa's financial services industry. In the podcast, Collett explains how the club works, goes into detail about some of the investments it has made, and talks about some of the major developments expected in the fintech space in South Africa in 2017.
31 Jan 2017 English South Africa Technology · Business

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