Applications have opened for the second cohort of the Google for Startup Black Founders Fund for Africa, with 60 eligible…
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 startup Instabug, a mobile monitoring, crash and bug reporting solution for mobile teams, has raised US$46 million in Series…
Kenyan fintech startup FlexPay has raised funding from the Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund as it looks to supercharge its growth…
Ugandan startup Eversend, a digital-only finance platform providing cross-border money transfers among other services, is entering its “growth and expansion…
Nigerian fintech startup Bridgecard has raised a US$440,000 pre-seed funding round to expand its user base and build out its…
Six African tech startups have been named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) among its selection of the 100 most…
African startup founders becoming investors in their counterparts even while they are still building their own businesses is “fantastic” for…
Egyptian startup Teegara, a B2B e-commerce platform focused on household and FMCG products, has raised an undisclosed bridge round led…
South African Breweries (SAB) in partnership with the SAB Foundation has established the SAB SHARP Awards, targeting innovators and social…
Kenyan startup TopUp Mama, which provides African restaurants with access to supplies, financial services and business management tools, has closed…