Visa has selected 19 startups from across the continent to take part in the third edition of its biannual Africa…
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 direct-to-consumer, digital-led home and décor brand ariika has raised a US$3 million Series A extension round to help it…
Kenyan energy startup Hydrobox has secured US$9 million in debt funding to support eight small hydro projects across four mini-grids…
Youth coding accelerator Zone01, owned by the Kisumu-based LakeHub, is planning on training hundreds of young Kenyans to code, and…
Having worked on Wall Street for a decade doing M&A for Lehman Brothers and Barclays, Zachariah George first landed in…
Open Access Energy (OAE), a South African software company focused on optimising energy transactions, has partnership PEC Utility Management as…
Pan-African hubs network AfriLabs and Nigeria’s National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) have partnered to launch an innovation…
Kenyan startup NoMa is a tech-powered platform reshaping school transportation, focusing on safe, reliable rides with optimised routes, real-time tracking,…
Fintech startup DigMo, which gamified wealth-building tools to low and middle-income earners, has launched in Zambia. Licensed by the Bank…
South African ed-tech incubator Injini, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has opened applications for the 2025 Mastercard Foundation EdTech…