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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.
Recently-launched VC firm Algebra Ventures has announced it has raised US$40 million to invest in Egyptian tech startups, which it…
Kenyan innovation space iHub is to launch a fund to invest in startups from across Africa as its restructuring continues.…
Early-stage startups competition Seedstars World and non-profit initiative TRECC have partnered to uncover e-learning products and services than can have…
Senegalese startup noflaay is bringing on-demand home cleaning and babysitting services to the capital of Dakar, and plans to expand…
Five Zambian startups have graduated from the Launch accelerator programme run by the Lusaka-based tech and innovation hub BongoHive. The…
The South African Department of Small Business Development has launched the Amavulandlela Fund, aimed at offering financial backing to disabled…
South African startup OurHood, which provides private local neighbourhood networks that allow neighbours to access information specifically relevant to them,…
A new e-book – Digital Kenya, An Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Making – has been released, analysing the East African…
South African Internet of Things startup IoT.nxt will open an office in London early in 2017, signalling the first international…