To the uninitiated, the world of venture capital is a mysterious one, with many assuming VC fund managers are just…
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.
VALR, the largest South African crypto exchange by trading volume, and Visa, the world’s largest card network, have announced a…
MTN South Africa has launched Xlerator, an enterprise supplier development (ESD) programme through which it plans to increase its procurement…
Ivorian startup PAL is an e-money payment infrastructure and liquidity provider acting as an off-ramp for global enterprises and African…
Egyptian ed-tech startup Crafty Workshop has secured US$400,000 in a seed funding round led by EdVentures, which it will use…
Kenyan and Rwandan startups are invited to apply for the Smart Cities Innovation Programme (SCIP) aimed at quickly scaling solutions…
Nigerian startup Renda is providing access to the end-to-end fulfillment infrastructure that enables e-commerce businesses and major brands to easily…
Nigerian payments startup Wallets Africa has launched Spring, a multi-currency wallet it says will “redefine” the way users manage their…
OceanHub Africa has concluded its fourth cohort with a bootcamp for the six startups that participated in the eight-month accelerator…
There are very few active investors on the African continent, who can claim they were there on day dot, attempting…