Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta will attend the inaugural National ICT Innovation Forum and Expo, which kicks off next week in…
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.
Promoting entrepreneurship and encouraging young people to become job creators rather than job seekers will be a central plank of…
Global Minimum initiative Innovate Kenya has opened applications for its 2015 InChallenge programme, an accelerator programme for innovative Kenyans between…
The increasing growth of e-commerce in Africa is changing the face of the traditional consumer, with brands needing to adapt…
Cape Town-based accelerator programme StartUp90 has selected eight startups for its second cohort, with the programme aimed at entrepreneurs in…
Kenyan music streaming startup Mdundo is expanding organically across Africa, adding artists from the likes of South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria,…
African e-commerce site Jumia has launched in Angola, taking the number of countries in which it is active to 11.…
Indigo Trust has awarded a second grant of GBP15,000 (US$23,000) to AfriLabs, a network of 36 technology innovation hubs in…
The Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH), which is funded by the country’s government, is taking a multi-pronged approach to develop the…
Google South Africa is to mark International Women’s Day by offering female South African entrepreneurs the chance to apply for…