Cape Town-based insurance startup Hepstar has been selected to participate in the Plug and Play accelerator programme in Silicon Valley.…
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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.
Ten startups have been selected to take part in a four-day fintech bootcamp hosted by Visa and Nest in Nairobi,…
Ugandan entrepreneur Brian Turyabagye has won a special Pitch@Palace Africa event hosted by HRH The Duke of York at St…
Recently launched Nigerian startup PayMyRent is offering users access to a variety of loans from different providers in one online…
Three African startups have walked away with KES30,000 (US$2,900) in seed funding each after being named winners of the Innovate…
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is calling for applications for its next year-long mentorship programme, which starts in May…
Global healthcare and pharmaceutical firm Merck has chosen one Ghanaian startup and two from the United States (US) to take…
Lagos has the most valuable startup ecosystem in Africa, with the local entrepreneurship scene worth US$2 billion, according to a…
1,000 African entrepreneurs have been selected to take part in the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP), which will see them…
Applications have opened for the first Fincluders Startup Challenge to be held outside of Europe, with fintech entrepreneurs from the…