The first pre-pitch event for this year’s DEMO Africa takes place in Accra today, with another scheduled for Nairobi on…
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.
Four African solar startups will tomorrow go head-to-head for a total of US$5 million in funding from Access Infra Africa…
Young South African entrepreneurs must engage with government in order to assist in creating a legal environment that suits the…
Evan Walther is a self-described fitness fanatic, but upon moving to Cape Town found it difficult to find true variety…
Kenyan incubator Nailab has restructured in order to take in four batches of startups each year, an increase on the…
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) has announced the launch of the BitHub at the Bandwidth Barn on June…
Africa is lacking a “virtuous cycle” whereby the continent’s most successful entrepreneurs invest in startups, meaning young entrepreneurs are too…
South Africa’s innovation ecosystem is “missing”, according to minister of science technology Naledi Pandor, with the private sector urged to…
Global seed-stage startup competition Seedstars World will return to South Africa for the third time on June 30 with an…
Two teams – Plugin and Angaza – have been named winners of the Nairobi edition of the Negawatt Challenge and…