Egyptian e-commerce platform Kemitt has raised a six-figure US dollar seed funding round to expand its team and operations, develop…
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.
Twenty-two Ghanaian startups have been selected for the second cohort of the UNICEF StartUp Lab, a co-creation space and incubator…
Ian Lessem grew up in a family of entrepreneurs, and also built a few “small side hustles” during his student…
Appetito, a Cairo-based grocery delivery startup, has raised a US$450,000 seed funding round to help it expand across Egypt and…
Ghanaian fintech startup Zeepay has acquired a 51 per cent stake in Zambian counterpart Mangwee as it expands operations into…
Japan-based VC Samurai Incubate has closed its oversubscribed Samurai Africa 2nd General Partnership fund at over JP¥2 billion (US$18.4 million),…
It started as an Excel document, but South African startup SME Snapshot has developed into a real-time financial analytics platform…
Egyptian on-demand dry-cleaning and laundry app Laverie has raised a six-figure funding round as it aims to expand operations over…
South African cybersecurity email protection and compliance startup Sendmarc has received follow-on investment from Kalon Venture Partners as it looks…
Applications have opened for the latest Grindstone accelerator programmes in Cape Town and Johannesburg, which will see 20 South African…