Pan-African investment fund 88mph has announced it has partnered with a number of entrepreneur-investors to launch a new programme DealWeek…
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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.
South Africa’s Competition Commission has approved the proposed merger of e-commerce brands Takealot and Kalahari, with the merger now set…
Johannesburg-based startup SweepSouth, which launched in June of last year, reached an operational break-even point in September and is focused…
Cameroonian incubator ActivSpaces has opened the application window for its Activation Bootcamp, a six-month accelerator programme which will offer startups…
Eleven Nigerian banks, led by the country’s oldest financial institution the Bank of Industry (BOI), have partnered to fund the…
Silicon Valley-based venture-building firm MIT Ventures has announced the launch of the UNITED innovation programme in West Africa, aimed at…
South African venture capital (VC) fund AngelHub Ventures invested almost ZAR20 million (US$1.7 million) in five startups in 2014 despite…
The US$100 million Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) has opened to applications from interested African entrepreneurs, with prospective applicants…
Venture capital is increasingly arriving on Africa’s shores, though a funding gap undoubtedly remains for many of the continent’s startups.…
Trying to come up with the hottest startups to keep an eye on next year is a tough job, but…