Nigerian fintech startup Vella Finance, which enables borderless transfers and remittances across the world powered by cryptocurrency, has launched additional…
Author: Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson
Passionate about the vibrant tech startups scene in Africa, Tom can usually be found sniffing out the continent's most exciting new companies and entrepreneurs, funding rounds and any other developments within the growing ecosystem.
Global VC firm 500 Global has partnered the Egyptian IT Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) to run various programmes as part…
Nigerian restaurant cloud operating system provider Orda has raised a US$3.4 million seed round to further digitise food businesses across…
Kenya-based energy leasing company Solarise Africa has raised US$33.4 million in debt funding. Founded by Patrik Huber, Jan Albert Valk…
MENA-focused seed and early-stage venture capital firm Flat6Labs has launched Makers, a construction-tech innovation programme that aims to promote construction…
The African gaming industry is still extremely fragmented in that it is made up of a handful of small studios,…
LoftyInc Capital Management, an early-stage African-focused venture capital firm, has announced the final close of its oversubscribed LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund…
Applications are open for the ygap Kenya Accelerator Programme, which helps ventures to refine and validate their business model, move…
Ghanaian startup Africa Goodnest is an e-commerce and logistics platform that creates access to local and external markets, supports smallholder…
Morocco-based SmartProf, an online tutoring marketplace for school-aged students, has closed a pre-seed funding round of US$110,000 to help it…