Leading African mobile operator MTN has signed a partnership with the University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate School of Business…
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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.
Nigerian startup NetPlus Advisory has raised a “multimillion dollar” investment round from private equity firm Synergy Capital to to boost…
Two teams of Kenyans will have their solutions for helping the BBC World Service connect with digital audiences piloted after…
Ghanaian incubator the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has invested US$15 million into its programme since its 2008 inception,…
Health information app InstaHealth is aiming to become a pan-African and even global brand after rebranding from its previous incarnation…
Eighty-nine per cent of Nigerian internet users shop online or expect to do so in the future, according to a…
The government-funded Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) is in the process of implementing an Innovation Fund to provide seed funding to…
Tanzanian innovation space Buni Hub has developed a 3D printer made from e-waste, the first of its kind in East…
Naspers and Tencent-owned WeChat Africa has invested in South African microjobbing platform M4JAM, which launched on the WeChat platform in…
Investment firm Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), which has offices in the United States (US), India and Israel, has announced a…