Eighty-six per cent of African tech founders report a significant impact on their wellbeing, with many experiencing high levels of…
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 interior design startup Efreshli has raised a seed round of funding to help it enhance its offerings and expand…
Female entrepreneurs in Nigeria are invited to apply for the Growth4Her Accelerator programme, which aims to bridge the gender financing…
Bootstrap Europe, a EUR250 million (US$270 million) growth debt fund that has so far provided over US$1 billion in loans…
Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and venture capital firm Flat6Labs have launched the InvestIT programme, which offers Egyptian…
Egyptian e-procurement solutions provider Teradix has been awarded a US$140,000 grant from the TAQADAM Accelerator programme at King Abdullah University…
Nigerian startup Edusko is a one-stop solution that matches African students with the right K-12 private schools, which in just…
Nigerian startup ETAP, which creates solutions and incentives to deepen insurance penetration across Africa, has acquired an operational license from…
The Kenyan capital Nairobi has been selected to host the Africa Youth In Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge (AYTIS) for…
Global card payment processor Visa has announced strategic investments in four African startups – Ghana’s Oze, Nigeria’s Orda, and Kenyan…