South African e-health startup hearScreen, which has developed a smartphone app detects hearing loss and links patients to health services,…
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 Africa’s stringent financial regulations, while protecting consumers and the financial services sector from systemic risk, are creating high entry…
Senegalese startup Weebi has launched a digital solution helping Dakar shopkeepers with bookkeeping, looking to prevent financial impacts when paper…
Startups from southern Nigeria have been offered the chance to pitch for at least NGN5 million (US$16,000) in funding at…
South African startup LinkdPro claims to be Africa’s first on-demand digital platform connecting experienced independent professionals to companies looking for…
South African startup MiBRAND, which this year launched an app that connects businesses and consumers, has been acquired by local…
South African fintech startup Peach Payments has expanded to Kenya and Nigeria on the back of launching its new PaySafe…
South African venture capital firm Silvertree Capital has invested in local startup CarZar, an online marketplace for the second-hand auto-trade…
Google has opened applications for its Women Techmakers Scholars Programme, which offers cash and mentorship in a bid to encourage…
Nigerian tech accelerator firm Passion Incubator will tomorrow open its co-working space in Lagos, with plans to add more locations…