Tanzanian edutainment startup Ubongo has received US$75,000 in seed funding in order to help it scale after coming through a…
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.
Cape Town-based coding accelerator codeX is set to host a free two-week bootcamp for young South African women from Monday,…
Businesses in Silvertree Capital’s investment portfolio achieved gross profit growth of 14 per cent during 2014, the venture capital (VC)…
Launched in August of last year, Johannesburg-based startup Big Inja uses the power of barcode-scanning technology to allow various types…
Kenya’s Guide Rig and Ghana’s Leti Arts emerged the winners of the Vodafone AppStar competition held in Bangalore, India, yesterday,…
The Africa Summit organised by Sankalp Forum is returning to Nairobi, Kenya next month after a successful inauguration in the…
BBC Connected Studio is holding a hackathon in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi next month as it looks to develop…
The Durban Innovation Hub (TDIH), launched in August last year, is bidding to stop the exodus of entrepreneurial talent from…
The Southern African Impact Investing Network (SAIIN) has confirmed a number of key speakers ahead of the Southern African Impact…
CNN’s African Start-Up yesterday held a Twitter chat with African entrepreneurial leaders Erik Hersman, Juliana Rotich and Rebecca Enonchong, discussing…