About Collexia
Collexia was founded in 2016 to fill the void of a truly Namibian payments service provider in the market. At our disposal is a vast pool of expertise in the payments and loans landscape, as well as the enabling technology, thanks to many years of experience and collaborations in the field.
Collexia is a PISP (Payments Intermediary Service Provider) registered with the Payments Association of Namibia (PAN), and most of its shareholders are locals to Namibia.
Over time, we intend to expand our product offering by including support for other payment options in Namibia and by going global.
Our Achievements
Since 2020, we have expanded our clientele to include forty merchants, settling hundreds of millions in value, and that number continues to grow.
CesiumAstro claims former exec spilled trade secrets to upstart competitor AnySignal
19 Apr 2024
CesiumAstro alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that a former executive disclosed trade secrets and confidential information about sensitive tech, investors and customers to a competing startup. Austin-based Cesium develops active-phased array and software-defined radio systems for spacecraft, missiles and drones. While phased-array antenna systems have been used on satellites for decades, Cesium has considerably […]
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Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here’s how to remove it
19 Apr 2024
This simple guide helps you identify and remove common consumer-grade spyware apps from your Android phone.
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Too many models
19 Apr 2024
How many AI models is too many? It depends on how you look at it, but 10 a week is probably a bit much. That’s roughly how many we’ve seen roll out in the last few days, and it’s increasingly hard to say whether and how these models compare to one another, if it was […]
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Katima mayor brushes off vote of no confidence motion
19 Apr 2024
Katima Mulilo mayor John Ntemwa has brushed off a motion for a vote of no confidence in him by the National Democratic Party (NDP). Ntemwa, who was elected as the town’s new mayor in December, during a press conference yesterday said the motion is “unfounded and procedurally flawed”. This comes after NDP councillor Simasiku Mukendwa […]
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Harvard’s startup whisperer, Peter Gladstone, reveals secrets to validating consumer demand at TechCrunch Early Stage
19 Apr 2024
Validating consumer demand is a crucial step for any startup, and TechCrunch Early Stage is offering a golden opportunity to learn how to do it right. Peter Gladstone, senior adviser for startups at Harvard Innovation Labs, is set to lead an engaging roundtable titled “Validating Consumer Demand: How to Make the Most of Your Expertise.” […]
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Post News, the a16z-funded Twitter alternative, is shutting down
19 Apr 2024
Post was backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Scott Galloway, an NYU professor and tech commentator, but the platform never disclosed how much it raised.
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Startups Weekly: Is the wind going out of the AI sails?
19 Apr 2024
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. After years of booming growth, the AI industry is now experiencing a significant slowdown in investment, as detailed in a recent report from Stanford’s Institute for […]
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MarketForce winds down its B2B e-commerce arm
19 Apr 2024
Kenyan B2B e-commerce company MarketForce is winding down its B2B e-commerce business that served informal merchants (mom-and-pop stores) after a turbulent two-year period that saw it scale down operations severely. The shutdown of the B2B e-commerce arm dubbed RejaReja comes months after MarketForce withdrew the service from all its markets, including Nigeria and Kenya, save […]
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Mbumba stands with Kenya after death of military chief
19 Apr 2024
President Nangolo Mbumba on Friday conveyed a message of condolences to Kenyan president William Ruto following the deaths of the Kenya Defence Forces head, general Francis Ogolla, and military officials in a helicopter crash. Mbumba said he learned with sadness of the helicopter crash in which Ogolla and nine other military officials died. Mbumba extended […]
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Wall Street doesn’t seem too keen on a potential Salesforce-Informatica pairing
19 Apr 2024
Amid rumors that Salesforce is interested in buying Informatica, investors aren't taking kindly to the potential pairing.
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Equities platform Midas raises $45M Series A as fintech retains its sparkle in Turkey
19 Apr 2024
Midas, a fintech startup that allows people in Turkey to invest in U.S. and Turkish equities, says it has raised $45 million in a funding round led by Portage of Canada. The startup is aimed at Turkey’s retail investor market and claims to have more than 2 million users. Its pitch is that it charges […]
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Pitch Deck Teardown: Geodesic.Life’s $500K pre-seed deck
19 Apr 2024
While Geodesic.Life’s deck impresses with its aesthetic design, featuring a tasteful color palette, appealing illustrations and a concise text, it does have some crucial shortcomings.
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TechCrunch Minute: Meta’s new Llama 3 models give open source AI a boost
19 Apr 2024
New AI models from Meta are making waves in technology circles. The two new models, part of the Facebook parent company’s Llama line of artificial intelligence tools, are both open source, helping them stand apart from competing offerings from OpenAI and other well-known names. Meta’s new Llama models have differently sized underlying datasets, with the […]
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Swapo pledges to utilise natural resources for all on 64th anniversary
19 Apr 2024
Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the party is determined to ensure the country’s natural resources are exploited for the benefit of all Namibians. In a statement released to mark Swapo’s 64th anniversary, Nandi-Ndaitwah paid homage to contemporary revolutionaries, alive and departed, including Sam Nujoma, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Brenden Simbwaye, Tobias Hainyeko, Peter Nanyemba, Getrud Kandanga, […]
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Ex-football star now oversees uranium production
19 Apr 2024
It is rare to find a football player who only played for one team throughout his football career, but former Blue Waters and Brave Warriors defender Gottlieb Nakuta is one such player. Born and raised at Walvis Bay, he joined the ‘Beautiful Birds’, as Blue Waters are affectionately known, in 2003 and spent his entire […]
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