South African fintech startup Sava has announced a US$1.8 million pre-seed funding round to develop its central spend-management platform. Founded…
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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.
Female fund managers are very much in the minority worldwide. In the US, only nine per cent of decision makers…
Nigeria-based mobility fintech startup Moove has raised US$20 million in funding from the UK government’s development finance institution (DFI) British…
Applications have opened for early-stage Ghanaian startups to scale their operations through the MEST Express accelerator programme. MEST Express is…
Having more “women in tech” doesn’t necessarily mean more female engineers and developers, but rather getting more young women tech-ready,…
South African fintech startup Nomanini has launched StockNow, a digital retailer solution that aims to bring affordable working capital to…
The London-based Wimbart, a public relations (PR) agency specialising in Africa and emerging markets, has launched the fourth edition of…
Egyptian fintech super app MNT-Halan has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Tasaheel has securitised around US$150 million of its loan…
Kenyan music streaming startup Mdundo has seen 290 per cent growth in users since its 2020 IPO, almost taking it…
Southbridge A&I, Salient Advisory and SCIDaR have partnered to launch i3, a US$7 million programme that will provide 30 African…