Investments into private firms in Africa are funded by a relatively low proportion of debt compared to equity, especially in…
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.
Nigeria’s Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), through its ed-tech practice re:learn, has partnered seven European and African countries to improve students’ participation…
Startups from Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa were named the winner of last week’s DEMO Africa event in Johannesburg.…
African impact investors dispelled any notion that they are not too interested in financial returns at the recent African Angel…
The Western Cape-based Craft + Design Institute (CDI) has announced ZAR33million (US$2.4 million) in funding has been made available in…
Nigerian startup Placements, a search platform for graduate and undergraduate internships, has served over 27,000 interns and 2,000 employers since…
South African fintech startup Fo-Sho has launched its insurtech product aimed at making short-term insurance with long term benefits via…
Ghanaian agri-tech startup Farmerline was named second-best startup in the food vertical at the end of the Switzerland-based Kickstart Accelerator,…
A big data solution has been named the winner of the Mine.D: Zero Harm hackathon, hosted by the Johannesburg-based Tshimologong…
African startup ecosystems take time to develop and will not be built overnight, according to Alexandra Fraser, former Silicon Cape…