Nigerian online hotel booking platform Hotels.ng has raised a US$1.2 million funding round from Omidyar Network and EchoVC, which will…
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.
StartUpWestAfrica.org has gone live with the aim of crowdmapping startups and incubators in Lagos, Accra, Abidjan and Dakar, stressing the…
In 1986, then Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi launched the Nyayo Car project, an ambitious move aimed at creating a…
The @iBizAfrica incubator at Nairobi’s Strathmore University will on July 10-12 host a Startup Weekend event dedicated to finding solutions…
Moroccan startup DabaDoc, which allows users to find doctors and book appointments online, has expanded to Algeria and Tunisia, with…
South African startup Wanos Networks, which creates software for businesses allowing them to accelerate the network between their branches, is…
The Ghana-based Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) will continue its expansion across Africa by recruiting students in South Africa…
Kenyan non-profit Gearbox, a makerspace based at the iHub, will officially launch its hardware incubation programme next month with five…
Nigerian startup Bitstake, which offers remittances through bitcoin at a flat rate of one per cent, is hoping its additional…
Developer Brandon Wilson has released his Awesome South Africa mobile app, which offers vendors and merchants in the tourism industry…