South African e-commerce startup CarZar has raised a funding round from Swedish investment firm Vostok New Ventures to improve its…
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 African startup WhereIsMyTransport is the only startup from Africa named by the NewCities Foundation as a 2017 Global Urban…
Nigerian startup KiaKia is helping to make direct and peer-to-peer consumer and SME loans accessible and obtainable for underbanked and…
Global accelerator Startupbootcamp, which announced recently it is to hold its first African programme in Cape Town, is to hold…
Global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets Seedstars World is to kick off its latest African tour with events in…
South African insurtech startup AllLife has raised a funding round from the Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund that will support the…
The World Economic Forum (WEF), which took place in Durban, South Africa, last week, has named six individuals as the…
South African on-demand home cleaning service SweepSouth has concluded its Series A financing round, which it will use to expand…
Seven innovations in the Western Cape have been provided with grants of up to ZAR500,000 (US$37,000) each from the second…
Partnerships between banks and fintech startups are “mutually beneficial”, as smaller companies can produce much faster innovation and more agile…