Nigerian agri-tech startup UfarmX, which leverages blockchain technology to empower rural, unbanked and underserved smallholder farmers, has partnered Africa GreenTec…
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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.
Kenyan electric mobility startup Roam, previously Opibus, has raised US$24 million in debt and equity funding to help accelerate its…
Nigerian fintech startups Cleva and Miden have been selected for the W24 batch of the renowned Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator…
Applications are open for the 2024 cohort AWIEF Growth Accelerator for South Africa, a flagship enterprise development programme designed to…
Kenyan climate-fintech platform Peercarbon aims to help SMEs integrate sustainability into their operations, by cutting emissions and accessing green finance.…
Pre-seed venture capital (VC) fund and accelerator Catalyst Fund has made investments in six African climate-tech startups in the last…
African startups have been invited to apply for Archipelagos, a multi-year international cooperation programme that aims at supporting the growth…
After bucking global trends in a record-breaking 2022, African tech saw a reset of sorts in 2023, as the global…
Uganda-based electric cooking startup PowerUP has announced the initial close of its seed round to expand to new geographies and…
The Western Cape’s Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT) has opened applications for its Business Technology & Innovation Support…