Applications have opened for the Westerwelle Young Founders Programme, which is looking for outstanding young entrepreneurs from developing and emerging…
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.
African mobile payment services provider BitPesa has partnered the Germany-based SME lending platform Bitbond to improve access to financing for…
South African venture capital firm KNF Ventures has invested in online ticketing services startup Quicket, with the funding set to…
Four teams of serious games developers will next week pitch for ZAR1 million (US$74,000) in funding at an event in…
Cape Town-based music streaming startup NicheStreem has been selected to participate in the Washington DC-based PeaceTech Accelerator programme, which focuses…
For most entrepreneurs, the research period for their startup involves essentially beginning their business journey whilst they are still employed…
Applications have opened for the Zunde Africa Fund, which identifies, mentors and invests in student-led startups and projects across the…
Team Yeshuas from Kenyatta University has been named the winner of the Global Management Challenge (GMC) National Competition held in…
Nigerian startup Solstice Energy Solutions has been named the winner of this year’s Berkeley Cleantech University Prize (CUP), taking home…
Ethiopian water network management startup Triple Bottom Line Enterprises has been accepted into the Silicon Valley-based water innovation accelerator ImagineH2O,…