Women have always been underrepresented in the venture capital space worldwide. Some of the earliest research from the US (2018)…
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.
UVU Bio has announced a transformative partnership and project aimed at reshaping Rwanda’s bioeconomy landscape, paving the way for sustainable…
Four women from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal have received a total of US85,000 in grant funding after being named…
There is a slow process of diversification away from payments and lending solutions within Africa’s fintech space, but the two…
Kenya’s Lipa Later, a fintech platform founded to empower African businesses to do more by enabling e-commerce, financial inclusion, and…
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative for startups building the future of healthcare supply chains, has announced its…
Ivory Coast-based e-commerce platform ANKA has raised US$5 million in extension funding to support the growth of thousands of small…
Ghana’s Complete Farmer, an end-to-end digital, agricultural marketplace that connects African farmers and global industries to competitive markets, resources, data,…
Kenyan tech-enabled insurance company Turaco has announced the acquisition of microinsurance company MicroEnsure Ghana to make the West African country…
Even if you don’t consider yourself “a gamer”, chances are you engage in at least some form of gaming in…