Crowd‑farming platform Livestock Wealth has been put into final liquidation by a Johannesburg court, bringing an abrupt end to an 11‑year run that had once attracted backing from the Mineworkers Investment Company.
The venture unit is not the only part of Beltone's technology drive. The group has been building out its own artificial intelligence capabilities through a subsidiary called Robin.
A South African high court has rejected a final attempt by Africa Founders Ventures and its business rescue practitioner to overturn a winding-up order.
A series of recent funding rounds involving prominent African venture investors reveals a quiet but significant shift: the continent's most active backers are writing cheques for companies that may never prioritise Africa at all.
Cairo wants to pay companies to design semiconductors and embedded systems in Egypt, betting that a young engineering workforce can finally shake off the country's outsourcing stereotype.
