South Africa’s Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative (CiTi) has opened its new East Africa office in Kigali, Rwanda, and announced…
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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.
Egyptian Internet of Things (IoT) startup CardoO has raised a US$660,000 seed round of funding to help it achieve its…
Six ocean-focused startups have been selected for OceanHub Africa (OHA), the first and only ocean impact focused business accelerator on…
Ugandan startup Pieme is a social platform that enables locals to turn their homes into part-time restaurants, guest houses, or…
Egypt’s Partment, a prop-tech startup that offers co-owned second homes, has closed a US$1.5 million pre-seed funding round to enhance…
Forty-three inclusive African startups have been selected to take part in the Social and Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC), a yearly…
Franziska Reh does not have your typical investor background, if there is such a thing. Brought up in Germany, she…
Kenyan agency banking as a service provider Tanda is raising an ongoing pre-Series A round of funding to accelerate product…
Algebra Ventures, Egypt’s leading venture capital firm, has finalised a US$100 million first close of its second Egypt-dedicated fund, exceeding…
Fintech is the leading sub-sector of the Nigerian startup space, both in terms of levels of activity and amounts of…