South African startup Snapt, a provider of software-based load balancers and application delivery controllers (ADCs), has closed its doors after…
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.
Nigeria is the most popular tech startup investment destination in Africa – between 2015 and 2022, 383 tech startups raised…
The Nairobi-based Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), a tourism-focused venture studio, has closed a pre-seed round of US$1 million from a…
Thirty-six startups from across the continent have been shortlisted for the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge, the winner of which will…
Nigerian startup Tix is reducing technical barriers for event creators to give them complete control of their events. Launched in…
Egyptian beauty services booking platform Glamera has raised a US$1.3 million seed funding round to help it expand operations across…
The African Development Bank (AfDB)-financed Incubation Centre of Excellence has opened its doors at the Pan African University Institute for…
African tech startups raised US$2.7 billion in total funding in the first three quarters of 2022, almost 30 per cent…
South African prop-tech startup PropSource has raised an undisclosed amount of funding as it builds out its residential product offering.…
The Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) consortium project has launched the first “SESA Call for Entrepreneurs”, seeking small and…