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Artificial Intelligence - Making the Trend Work for your Business

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has moved from a futuristic fad to a business must-have, but many business owners still don’t really know how to incorporate this powerful tech in a way that works for them. This article sheds more light on how businesses can use AI to elevate their work.
NEXT176
Oct 3, 2025
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Inclusivity Solutions: Embedded Insurance for an Emerging Africa

In this episode of Innovate Africa, Jeremy Leach unpacks why access to insurance remains one of the biggest missing pieces of financial inclusion and how partnerships with giants like Old Mutual are helping to close the gap.
NEXT176
Sep 26, 2025
2
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Building Disruptive, Sustainable Businesses

In this episode of Innovate Africa, Tramayne Monaghan shares lessons from his work at Tencent, where he learned the power of building products “with a behemoth behind you” — and why at NEXT176, the work is about both profit and purpose. 
NEXT176
Sep 26, 2025
2
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Vault22: Democratising wealth management

In this episode of Innovate Africa, Greg Flash, Head of Wealth at Vault22, shares how the fintech is changing the game by making wealth management accessible to everyone — not just the wealthy few.
NEXT176
Sep 26, 2025
2
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Jem HR: Closing the HR gap for deskless workers

In this episode of Innovate Africa, Jem HR CEO and Co-founder Simon Ellis shares how the startup is transforming HR and financial access for deskless workers, a group long underserved by traditional systems. 
NEXT176
Sep 26, 2025
2
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JOBJACK: Rewriting the rules of access and opportunity

In this episode of Innovate Africa, Christiaan van den Berg shares how JOBJACK is tackling the country’s unemployment crisis by bridging the gap between job seekers and hard-to-fill entry-level roles. 
NEXT176
Oct 3, 2025
2
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Press release

NEXT176 Leads Jem HR's R60M Pre-Series A Funding Round

Jem HR, the leading WhatsApp-based HR and employee benefits platform, has closed a R60m Pre-Series A funding round. This milestone includes equity funding led by Old Mutual subsidiary NEXT176 and a R30m private debt facility.
NEXT176
Mar 26, 2025
3
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Press release

22seven rebrands to Vault22

Vault22 launches an Inclusive Financial Fitness Platform Making Wealth A Process, Not A Privilege In South Africa
NEXT176
Dec 12, 2024
2
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Press release

NEXT176 Invests in MyBento to Enhance Employee Benefits for SMEs Across Africa

This investment will further MyBento’s mission of enabling SMEs to offer competitive, flexible, and affordable employee benefits.
NEXT176
Sep 5, 2025
3
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Press release

NEXT176 Invests in AgriTech Startup, Pumpkn, to Empower Agri-SMEs

The investment will help Pumpkn scale as it seeks to bridge the financing gap that adversely affects more than 100,000 small- micro-, and medium-sized enterprises in the agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa.
NEXT176
Dec 12, 2024
3
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Press release

Meet The NEXT176 Advisory Council

Introducing Our Advisory Council: Guiding NEXT176 towards Sustainable Success
NEXT176
Dec 3, 2024
2
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Press release

NEXT176 and SC Ventures partner for new wealth planning platform

NEXT176 has announced a strategic partnership with complementary outfit SC Ventures, to create a best-of-breed financial planning platform.
NEXT176
Apr 4, 2024
2
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