The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has partnered African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and FSDH Merchant Bank Limited to…
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.
Though each of the so-called “big four” of African tech – Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya and South Africa – raised significantly…
Global early-stage VC firm Antler, which launched operations in Kenya in 2019, has expanded to Nigeria. Founded in 2017 by…
Morocco-based superapp ORA Technologies has closed a US$1.9 million pre-Series A round of funding to scale its food delivery feature…
Egyptian fintech startup Basata has increased its stake in Jordan’s MadfoatCom to 25 per cent, further strengthening its role in…
South African IoT for insurance startup Sensor Networks has secured a strategic partnership with Italian firm Ariston, the world’s largest…
The number of acquisitions in the African tech startup space declined alongside investment in 2024, as for the second year…
South African payments infrastructure company Stitch has partnered with Standard Bank’s global money app Shyft to enable instant top-ups on…
Leading early-stage African VC firm LoftyInc Capital Management has announced the first close of US$43 million for its new LoftyInc…
Egyptian artificial intelligence startup Widebot has raised US$3 million in pre-Series A funding to help it develop an Arabic large…