| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.10.2025 | Private sector asked to take the wheel in South Africa | The safety of those on the road – whether driver or passenger – is increasingly being made the responsibility of the private sector.
Last month, government gazetted the National Land Transport Amendment Act and its amended regulations, whic... |
| 16.05.2025 | SA-born AURA raises €13.5m (R270m) Series B to take on US emergency response market | South African emergency tech startup AURA has secured €13.5 million (~R270 million) in Series B funding, marking a major milestone in its mission to democratise access to private emergency response services. The round was co-led by Cathay A... |
| 14.06.2022 | Uber SA partners with AURA to improve driver, user safety | Warren Myers, AURA co-founder and CEO.
Ride-hailing firm Uber SA has collaborated with AURA, a local on-demand smart emergency
EMERGENCY Critical healthcare communications and patient-centric solutions for your healthcare facility.
response... |
| 21.02.2022 | The Most Important, Lifesaving Anti-Hijacking Tips You’ve Probably Forgotten | VW Polo. Davis Ghosh / Shutterstock.com
Hijacking remains a common and terrifying reality in South Africa. Stats provided by the national police commissioner for Q3 of 2021 showed a total of 4,973 hijackings were reported in 2021, a 3.5% in... |
| 21.02.2022 | The Most Important, Lifesaving Anti-Hijacking Tips You’ve Probably Forgotten | VW Polo. Davis Ghosh / Shutterstock.com |
| 16.11.2021 | SA emergency response marketplace scores R62 million in funding – eyes global expansion | (Getty Images)
A South African safetech start-up founded in 2016 has received R62 million in funding from MultiChoice Group (MCG), KLT Holdings, and Buffet Investments.
AURA uses a GPS tracking, artificial intelligence, and machine learning... |
| 16.11.2021 | MultiChoice leads R62m AURA funding round | South Africa’s leading security and medical response marketplace AURA secured R62 million in a successful Series A funding round led by MultiChoice Group, Buffet Investments and KLT Holdings. This funding will advance ambitions to expand be... |
| 16.11.2021 | MultiChoice leads R62m AURA funding round | South Africa’s leading security and medical response marketplace AURA secured R62 million in a successful Series A funding round led by MultiChoice Group, Buffet Investments and KLT Holdings. This funding will advance ambitions to expand be... |
| 16.11.2021 | R62m boost for AURA as it charts global expansion | From left: AURA co-founders Warren Myers, Ryan Green and Adam Pantanowitz.
Local security and medical
MEDICAL Critical healthcare communications and patient-centric solutions for your healthcare facility.
response marketplace AURA has secur... |
| 04.11.2021 | AURA adds former Uber exec to operations team | David Myers joins AURA as its chief operations officer.
Local security
SECURITY A successful combination of specialized skills and industry leading vendor partnerships. Make Galix your preferred partner for security. Email mss@galix.com for... |
| 29.04.2021 | SA tech startup AURA explains what it takes to go global [Opinion] | AURA, South Africa’s leading security and medical response platform, recently announced its expansion into Kenya, followed closely by a move into the UK where it aims to have over 10,000 users receiving the company’s service within seven mo... |
| 29.04.2021 | SA tech startup AURA explains what it takes to go global [Opinion] | AURA, South Africa’s leading security and medical response platform, recently announced its expansion into Kenya, followed closely by a move into the UK where it aims to have over 10,000 users receiving the company’s service within seven mo... |
| 13.04.2021 | SA venture capital firm HAVAÍC invests in Kenyan start-up | HAVAÍC partner Rob Heath.
Cape Town-based venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC has invested an undisclosed amount of funding into Kenyan agency banking
BANKING UC-Wireless is a solutions-based distributor for integrated wireless communications ... |
| 01.04.2021 | Local tech startup AURA expands globally | Johannesburg-based security tech startup and medical response platform AURA has announced that it will be expanding its product offering into the UK market.
AURA has announced the launch of its expansion in the UK.
The innovative South Afri... |
| 01.04.2021 | Local tech startup AURA expands globally | Johannesburg-based security tech startup and medical response platform AURA has announced that it will be expanding its product offering into the UK market.
AURA has announced the launch of its expansion in the UK.
The innovative South Af... |
| 15.03.2021 | SA tech startup AURA expands to East Africa | Johannesburg-based security tech startup and medical response platform AURA has announced that it will be expanding into Kenya.
AURA is expanding its operations to Kenya
The expansion to Kenya follows a partnership with Kenyan company KK Se... |
| 15.03.2021 | SA tech startup AURA expands to East Africa | Johannesburg-based security tech startup and medical response platform AURA has announced that it will be expanding into Kenya.
AURA is expanding its operations to Kenya
The expansion to Kenya follows a partnership with Kenyan company KK ... |
| 15.02.2021 | SA security startup launches world’s first WhatsApp security chatbot | A South African security startup and medical response platform, AURA, in partnership with Tracker, has launched the world’s first WhatsApp security chatbot.
Locals will be able to request armed response service simply via WhatsApp
The new... |
| 15.02.2021 | SA security startup launches world’s first WhatsApp security chatbot | A South African security startup and medical response platform, AURA, in partnership with Tracker, has launched the world’s first WhatsApp security chatbot.
Locals will be able to request armed response service simply via WhatsApp
The new a... |
| 29.10.2020 | Aura Taps Ex-Uber Sub-Saharan Africa Manager As Chairman | wp_booster error:
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| 16.10.2020 | SA security startup selected to join African Early Stage Investment Summit | A South African security startup, AURA, has been chosen to be part of the African Early Stage Investment Summit (AESIS) and the Venture Showcase.
This year the events will take place virtually from 3 -4 November 2020
The annual event aims... |
| 16.10.2020 | SA security startup selected to join African Early Stage Investment Summit | A South African security startup, AURA, has been chosen to be part of the African Early Stage Investment Summit (AESIS) and the Venture Showcase.
This year the events will take place virtually from 3 -4 November 2020
The annual event aims t... |
| - | Kidnappings Are On The Rise – Avoid Becoming A Victim | Cybercrime. Image by kalhh from Pixabay |
| - | AURA | “AURA is a marketplace making instant emergency response services more affordable and accessible than ever before.” |
