South African find-a-cleaner web and mobile startup Domestly has secured a “substantial” first round of institutional funding from the Industrial…
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.
South Africa’s startup space needs a “quantum shift” if it is to speed its development and produce its first unicorn,…
Facebook has selected three winners from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) of its Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge,…
Thomson Reuters is looking at ways to partner with the “vibrant innovation hotspots” of Nairobi and Lagos having launched its…
Early-stage incubator Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS Lab) has announced it is investing US$250,000 in four African fintech startups that…
South African startup Hi5 is allowing companies to better manage their human resources (HR) processes via a simple app that…
Uganda’s BarefootLaw, Ghana’s Farmerline and Kenya’s Kytabu have been named winners of the King Baudouin African Development Prize, taking home…
Applications are now open for this year’s edition of the Global FinTech Hackcelerator powered by KPMG Digital Village, which will…
Singularity University, a global community using exponential technologies to tackle the world’s greatest challenges, has announced it will hold its…
The launch of a new early-stage investment programme in Africa by mobile operator Orange is a huge step forward in…