LangBot, a gamified and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered language teaching chatbot, has been named the winner of the Ethiopian leg of…
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.
Global early-stage startups competition for emerging markets Seedstars World has selected the 10 Nigerian startups that will pitch at its…
Two Rwandan startups have been named amongst the finalists of the EUR500,000 (US$587,000) Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, one of the…
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is one of the most renowned universities globally, and through its Sloan School of…
The Stanford Graduate School of Business and De Beers Group have announced a three-year, US$3 million partnership aimed at empowering…
Nigerian startups Fyodor Biotechnologies, MailHaven and Mobile Forms have been selected for the Silicon Valley-based 500 Startups accelerator programme, which…
Fintech startup InTouch is a Senegalese company taking an unusual step by establishing a footprint across the continent. Disrupt Africa…
Applications have opened for the Abuja-based Civic Accelerator Programme (CAP), a three-month initiative that supports early-stage Nigerian enterprises with solutions…
South African food delivery startup UCOOK has partnered social communications app WeChat to allow users to order food from UCOOK…
Nigerian startup Eventplanner.ng is a marketplace that helps customers plan their events online by providing them with access to a…