Online learning platforms are increasingly big business in Africa, as innovators look to tackle the lack of access to and…
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.
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has partnered e-commerce company Jumia in a move that will see MEST entrepreneurs…
The African Business Angels Network (ABAN), a pan-African initiative to promote angel investing and boost early stage startups, has announced…
The C4DLab at the University of Nairobi has announced it will open applications for its rebranded incubation and acceleration programme…
UK-based social change foundation Indigo Trust has awarded a GBP20,000 (US$30,000) grant to Addis Ababa incubation hub xHub in order…
Seedstars World has chosen seven additional startups for the South Africa final of the global seed-stage startup competition, with finalists…
The 1,000 African entrepreneurs selected to take part in the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) will today meet in the…
South African VC firm Silvertree Capital has invested over ZAR10 million (US$800,000) in Cape Town-based organic e-commerce startup Faithful to…
Kenyan startup Kopo Kopo, which provides mobile money merchant software, has launched a bulk payments service enabling organisations to schedule…
Three startups have walked away with a total of ZAR1.7 million (US$136,000) in prize money after coming out on top…