South African on-demand delivery app WumDrop goes live in the Randburg and Sandton areas of Johannesburg on Monday, December 8,…
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.
Kenya’s Strathmore University has partnered the University of Waterloo, Canada to launch the first Mobile Technology Student competition, aimed at…
Three South African startups have been included on leading social venture funder the Nominet Trust’s NT100, a list of the…
Mobile operator Airtel Nigeria has launched ‘Catapult-a-Startup’, an entrepreneurial initiative aimed at assisting mobile app developers scale their businesses. Through…
Non-profits Code for Africa and Open Knowledge have combined to offer three fellowships to developers of open government or civil…
One Africa Media (OAM) chief executive officer (CEO) Justin Clarke has won the emerging category award in the Southern African…
The Kenyan capital of Nairobi and other emerging cities in Africa are proof that the continent’s tech startup ecosystems can…
VoiceMap chief executive officer (CEO) Iain Manley and business partner Lauren Edwards met last year while creating new content for…
Hercules Kgaphola emerged the winner from the first Startup Weekend event held in the City of Tshwane, South Africa over…
South African mobile messaging app Mxit, which also has operations in Nigeria and India, has said it is scaling down…