The African Biofuel and Renewable Energy Company (ABREC), an international organisation founded by African states and financial institutions to promote…
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.
Botswanan taxi hailing app Hello Cabs believes it has bettered Uber by adapting its model to the African context, particularly…
WeChat-powered startup Rush has joined WumDrop and Picup in bidding to disrupt the South African couriering space, with its service…
The Nairobi-based m:lab East Africa, Nigeria’s Technology Incubation Centre and the Timbali Technology Incubator from South Africa have been recognised…
Ghanaian incubator the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has opened applications for external entrepreneurial teams to join its community…
Kenyan startup Chura, which allows mobile subscribers to leap from one network to another through the transfer of airtime between…
Applications have opened for the six-month GrowthAfrica accelerator programmes in Kenya and Uganda, targeting early-stage entrepreneurs with startups having a…
VC firm Nest has partnered Chase Bank Kenya to host a fintech panel in Nairobi tomorrow (Wednesday), bringing together key…
Kenyan mobile medicine verification service Sproxil and Ugandan renewable energy startup SolarNow were among the East African startups that travelled…
Kenyan cloud computing startup Angani, which launched local hosting services earlier in the year, has said 95 per cent of…