Nigerian startup Intron Health, which provides clinical speech recognition for over 200 accents spoken in developing countries, starting in 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.
Ten scale-ups from Africa and the Middle East have been selected to take part in the inaugural “Accelerate with Djembe”…
African tech startups raised just US$530 million in the first six months of 2024, down by 56 per cent on…
South Africa’s LULA, an enterprise ride-sharing platform, has announced its acquisition of the UK-based Zeelo’s operations in South Africa, a…
Shell Egypt has relaunched its Intilaaqah enterprise development programme in partnership with Flat6Labs, aimed at supporting more than 1,000 young…
Lavanya Anand is senior investment manager at AfricInvest, one of the most established private equity and venture capital investors on…
Egyptian fintech startup Banknbox has partnered with Jordanian payments provider CSC Jordan to drive financial inclusion and offer joint advanced…
Innovate UK Global Alliance Africa has launched the second edition of the Young Innovators Programme in collaboration with the Ministry…
South African startup Quicket, a pan-African self-service ticketing platform founded in 2011, has been acquired by Ticketmaster, the world’s leading…
Village Capital has announced investments in Kenya’s Aquarech and Nigeria’s CoAmana, two innovative startups that are transforming the lives of…