Pan-African startup competition AMPION has announced it will run five Venture Bus tours on the continent this year, taking in…
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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.
This week has proven, if it needed proving at all, that African hotel booking sites are in vogue. Nigeria’s Hotels.ng…
Cape Town-based startup Sense Virtual is in the process of developing Africa’s first virtual reality (VR) science fiction film “Awakenings”,…
The Nairobi Innovation Week Committee has announced the official commencement of the registration process for the event in August, which…
Four teams will take part in the Negawatt Demo Day in Nairobi on Saturday, May 30, during which two teams…
East African pay-as-you-go energy provider for off-grid customers M-KOPA Solar has announced it has powered up 200,000 homes in the…
South African accelerator Ignitor is accepting applications for two zero-equity accelerator programmes, planning to teach startups the lean mentality through…
Event booking and management system Moovi was named the winner of the Mozambique leg of the global Seedstars World pitching…
The same rules apply to e-commerce businesses as to the likes of banking, telecommunications and street trading, and startups are…
A group of international investors have partnered to establish the US$30 million investment company Business Partners International East Africa (BPI…