How I went from packing devices to developing software
Ncedile Nkonyana talks about his career journey at Yoco: from working in packing to becoming a coder.
Gugulethu
12th April 2019
How Mandisa Mjamba made her career in Tech
Mandisa Mjamba was one of our first software engineers and as the business has grown, so has she. Here is her story.
Gugulethu
19th March 2019
Mashudu Modau: Blazing a trail for small businesses
Mashudu Modau is an active figure on the small business scene. Read about Yoco’s own entrepreneur-in-residence.
Marijke
4th February 2019
Life at Yoco: Our Staff Stories – Nick Jacobs
This month we hear from Nick Jacobs, Senior Software Engineer, and his big move to South Africa. It was 2013 and I was capping off 25 years in financial services with a stint at Barclays in London. But what was my next? Where to now? I’d been thinking about ‘doing
Robyn
13th November 2018
For The Journey: Behind the scenes of our For The Sales video with small business owners
For the dreamers. For the do-ers. For the journey. For the sales. Launching our very first brand video, which features small business owners going about their morning rituals, was an enlightening experience for us. Getting to spend time with entrepreneurs in their businesses was incredibly inspiring, and affirmed why we
Robyn
25th September 2018
Sneak Peek: Behind the scenes of the first Yoco Pop Up Store in Soweto
We’re for the entrepreneurs. The do-ers, dreamers and creators. The challengers, rebels and believers. And now we’re bringing that experience to life. We’re excited to introduce to you the very first Yoco Pop Up Store! We’ll be in Maponya Mall across from Clicks, from August to October. A home for small
Robyn
27th July 2018
Learnings from setting up the Yoco Store
At Yoco we are the venture for Small and Medium Sized businesses (SMBs). We are our customers! In October 2017, we opened the doors to our first retail outlet in Parkhurst, Johannesburg. With the majority of our card reader sales and sign-ups taking place through the Yoco online store, this
Maya
25th January 2018
A new product, a new home, and a very special event
Being a tech company, we love the digital space. We value the instant access to information, the speed, the emoticons and the ability to collaborate and help people no matter where they are in the world. In fact, last month alone the Yoco team sent 92 000 messages to each
Alice
9th October 2017
The Yoco Point of Sale Update
From the first day we went live with Yoco in 2014, we knew we wanted to build out our solutions and create even more value for small business owners. Specifically, the businesses that are all too often ignored by other service providers. Current point of sale systems that are available
Lungi
19th September 2017
We’re Opening Our First Retail Store
After two years of having the fortune of working closely with what is now more than 13,000 businesses, we felt that an important next step in our story would be to offer our customers a space where they could experience our products firsthand. And so, we’re delighted to announce the
Maya
11th September 2017
