Growth market investment group Abraaj has announced the final close of its second dedicated North Africa private equity fund at…
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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.
International Breweries has announced that it will launch its Kickstart Entrepreneurship programme in Nigeria following previous implementations in South Africa,…
Nigerian software developer and technology entrepreneur Charles Onu is the only African selected as one of 12 young leaders from…
VC firm Nest, which launched operations in Africa last month, has partnered co-working spaces Nairobi Garage and Cape Town Garage…
Dan Freeman and Julie Frieswyk from the University of Delaware’s Horn Programme in Entrepreneurship recently visited Kenya, where the organisation…
South African content delivery startup Jottr has raised over US$1 million, plus an additional US$100,000 credit from Amazon Web Services,…
Impact Hub Accra launches tomorrow, with the Ghanaian launch part of an ongoing series of rollouts across the continent. Disrupt…
Africa’s richest man, Dangote Group group chairman Aliko Dangote, will make an address at next month’s DEMO Africa event in…
The University of Witwatersrand in South Africa is currently hosting a Student App Challenge at its new Digital Innovation Zone…
The Safaricom Foundation has launched a revolving fund aimed at assisting youth-owned businesses in Kenya lacking access to micro-credit. The…