Innovate Ventures has announced the 12 early-stage Somali startups that have been accepted onto the inaugural Innovate Accelerator in Hargeisa,…
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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.
Kenya-based startup Student Finance Africa (SFA), the first private student loan company in Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa, is…
South African transport tech startup GoMetro has raised funding from Tritech Media, the media technology investment firm controlled by the…
Global early-stage startups competition Seedstars World has opened applications for its first ever Zimbabwean leg, with 10 startups set to…
The story of South African startup WhereIsMyTransport has its beginnings in the student frustrations of co-founders Devin de Vries and…
The LaunchLab incubator at Stellenbosch University has opened applications for its Knowledge Acceleration Programme (KAP), which will offer participants the…
Egyptian jobs startup HireHunt has raised an undisclosed funding round from investment network Cairo Angels, which it will use for…
Nigeria’s Sterling Bank has launched its Youth Entrepreneurship Development Programme (YEDP), aimed at providing loans to early-stage startups. Sterling Bank…
South African fintech startups were awarded a total of ZAR5 million (US$350,000) at a pitching event hosted by Johannesburg-based fintech…
Tech startup Mobilized Construction is piloting an innovative new method of rebuilding African roads via mobile technology and a marketplace…