IBM has announced it is to expand its research project in Africa by investing ZAR700 million (US$61 million) over 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.
CBO Investment Management has partnered the British Council to provide seed funding worth US$2,500 to three Nigerian IT entrepreneurs who…
South African comparison website Click n Compare, which launched in November 2013, has its sights set on expansion into Nigeria…
Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in partnership with the Ministry of Communications Technology has launched an online platform to simplify…
Nigerian hotel booking platform Hotels.ng has announced a partnership with the country’s biggest search engine VConnect to offer customers stays…
Kenya’s OkHi and Nigeria’s Green Energy both emerged from the Seedstars World final in Geneva with awards, though African startups…
African e-commerce site Jumia has launched its official Apple store, becoming the first online retailer to be authorised by Apple…
An extended period of political stability and favourable demographics have attracted billions of dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) into…
Nigerian e-commerce startup Gloo.ng has carved out an e-commerce niche separate from the likes of Jumia and Konga in order…
Online hotel booking platform Jovago has announced a partnership with Tanzanian telecoms firm Tigo to allow users of the operator’s…