Speakers from the likes of 500 Startups, Ghana’s Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) and the African Business Angel Network…
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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.
Cape Town-based high growth investment company Knife Capital has released figures from its second Grindstone accelerator programme, saying 12 scale-up…
A number of East African tech startups have been named as finalists for this year’s edition of the Sankalp Award,…
Cape Town-based social impact incubator RLabs has opened applications for the 2016 cycle of its Innovation, Incubation and Accelerator (InnovIA)…
“Kago was essentially the techie who hated teachers; I was the teacher who hated technology. Match made in heaven.” So…
Subsea cable operator SEACOM has announced it is to provide high speed internet connectivity to Ugandan tech incubator hubs Hive…
IT advisory firm Space Kenya Networks has launched BitHub, an incubator dedicated to the development of blockchain technology across Africa.…
Kenyan pay-as-you-go solar provider M-KOPA Solar has taken a new direction by allowing customers to purchase home improvement and technology…
All-female Nigerian startup DIYlaw has won US$40,000 at the SME Empowerment Innovation Challenge for East and West Africa organised by…
Angel investment network NewGenAngels will in March host the Africa Business Angel Forum in London, bringing together various stakeholders to…