Egyptian agri-tech startup ReNile has closed a US$450,000 round of funding to help it expand in its home market and…
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.
Egyptian VC firm EdVentures has made six-figure US dollar investments in two Egyptian ed-tech startups – Schoolz and Ibn Sina…
Pakistani company Innovate47, a leading accelerator empowering entrepreneurs across various sectors, has announced the expansion of its flagship Climate Action…
South African startup ElektroPlug is revolutionising how millennials are accessing essential consumer electronics through its subscription-savings platform. Founded in 2023,…
Senegalese startup Nixacom is providing affordable, payroll-deducted financing for tech products in partnership with local banks. Founded in October 2023…
Global payment card network Visa has opened applications for the fourth edition of its biannual Africa Fintech Accelerator, which provides…
South African startup Social Justice has developed a digital platform for the reporting of maintenance obligation – the obligation to…
Using “agents” to deliver basic agricultural support to farmers is not a new invention, writes Abraham Augustine, a technology and…
In 2000, after the burst of the dot-com bubble in the United States, a man called Philip J. Kaplan launched…
The Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC), a South African investment firm with a 30-year history of supporting community-based economic initiatives, is…