Female entrepreneurs from Sub-Saharan Africa are invited to apply for the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, which will reward female-owned startups…
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.
Seedstars World has opened applications for the Ethiopian leg of its global competition, with 10 startups to be selected to…
South African startup Exam Ticket has launched its peer-to-peer trading platform for students, allowing users to buy and sell student…
Ivory Coast-based startup COLIBA is piloting its waste management web and mobile application in five schools in Ghana, aiming to…
Egyptian information design and data visualisation startup Giraffics has gained clients in the United States (US), Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and…
Stellenbosch-based bitcoin bounty startup Custos Media Technologies has raised another round of funding, this time from South Africa’s Technology Innovation…
Launched in February of this year by four bootstrapped brothers, Ghana’s Aquantuo is a peer-to-peer (P2P) platform that helps people…
The HiiL Justice Accelerator, together with the Ford Foundation, has announced the 36 finalists for its Innovating Justice Challenge, which…
Nigerian online furniture marketplace Showroom.ng is to close down, with its founder blaming “poor execution” for the failure of the…
The DEMO Africa startup pitching event kicks off in Johannesburg, South Africa today, with 27 startups across the continent pitching…