South African startup Orca Fraud has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed round of US$550,000 which it plans to use to protect…
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.
Nine early-stage Kenyan startups have been selected to take part in the Spark Accelerator programme, an initiative of Safaricom, M-Pesa…
The Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG) will host the inaugural Ethiopian Startup Awards, a Global Startup Awards Africa event, in…
B2C e-commerce company Copia Global, the parent company of Copia Kenya, has entered administration after failing to secure the necessary…
South Africa’s Payment24, a global payments platform provider specialising in payment and loyalty solutions, has deepened its partnership with Mastercard,…
African agri-food startups are invited to apply for the WFF Startup Innovation Awards, a global startup competition established to support…
Johannesburg-based online marketplace for home services Kandua has been wholly acquired by Santam, South Africa’s largest short-term insurer. Founded in…
East African digital postal service MPOST has officially launched its e-P.O.Box system in Rwanda, designed to transform the postal experience…
Africa-focused fund managers have been invited to apply for the Obuntu Launchpad programme in order to advance their investment approach,…
Ghana’s Atunwa Digital is providing audio and video streaming services to media companies and content creators, helping them bring their…