African e-commerce is set to boom, on that most people are agreed. According to Frost Sullivan, the market – worth…
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.
Nigerian online hotel booking startup Nitestay has launched a rewards programme, allowing members to collect points that can be used…
United States (US)-based team communication app Slack has launched a US$80 million fund to support developers building apps that interact…
Tanzanian startup Juabar – the winner of the country’s local leg of the Seedstars World competition – is on a…
Owolabi Olatunji is co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nigerian real estate marketplace Hutbay. In this exclusive guest post…
Mobile operator Tigo Tanzania, in partnership with local NGO Reach For Change, has announced two winners of its Tigo Digital…
Nigerian incubator Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) has partnered Venture Garden Group, Omidyar Network and the Bank of Industry to launch the…
Botswanan startup FarmConnecta, which has developed an information sharing and billing system for the agricultural community, has been named the…
Kenyan startup OkHi, which is employing technology in a bid to solve problems with physical addressing, has raised US$750,000 in…
Kenyan startup Ongair, a web-based dashboard that enables businesses to engage with their customers on instant messaging platforms, has raised…