Fintech globally is increasingly big business globally. Investment in the sector spiked last year, growing 201 per cent from 2013…
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.
Taghazout is a small fishing village in southwest of Morocco. The inhabitants – mainly of Berber origin – have traditionally…
Microcred Tunisia has launched loan product Irada, aimed at financing 450 young startup entrepreneurs over a three-year period. Microcred Tunisia,…
South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has launched the Business Incubator Establishment Handbook, designed to help improve the…
South African software provider Snapt has established an independent sales and marketing arm in the United States (US) to cope…
The Ghana-based Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has expanded into Kenya for the first time, and is currently recruiting…
After a couple of false starts, Kenyan startup Duma Works has found itself a productive niche, connecting SMEs with jobseekers…
Non-profit organisation DotConnectAfrica (DCA) has launched the Miss.Africa initiative, a US$5,000 seed fund supporting women and girls in the science,…
Nigerian gaming startup Genii Games has released an updated second version of its interactive Yoruba language teaching mobile app for…
Kenyan bitcoin remittance startup BitPesa has expanded its operations to Tanzania after its recent funding round, also adding new features…