Mobile operator MTN and e-commerce firm Jumia have partnered to launch what is described as a “first of its kind”…
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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.
The rural Kenyan county of Taita Taveta, almost equidistant between Nairobi and Mombasa, is best known for the renowned Tsavo…
Rwandan remittance startup Mergims has expanded its scope with the launch of a web app that allows Rwandans to pay…
Private equity continues to outperform listed equity over a ten-year period in South Africa, in spite of long-term returns retreating…
Juliana Rotich, iHub trustee and co-founder of Kenyan companies Ushahidi and BRCK, has joined Africa Technology Ventures as a venture…
South African venture capital (VC) firm Knife Capital has announced the launch of KNF Ventures, a ZAR100 million (US$6.4 million)…
Software development startup Digijiz, located at the SEDA Nelson Mandela Bay ICT Incubator (SNII) in Port Elizabeth, has received a…
African startups have been invited to apply for the seventh edition of President Barack Obama’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), which…
Nigerian jobs platform Jobberman has put its backing behind local internship marketplace Stutern, opening up access to its more than…
UNICEF has launched a US$9 million Innovation Fund for startups in emerging markets developing solutions with the potential to improve…