Malagasy tech hub Habaka is engaging with the government of the country in order to assist in increasing the percentage…
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.
African online hotel booking platform Jovago has received a certificate from Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to guard…
Cameroonian startup incubator ActivSpaces is seeking increased sponsorship from businesses as it looks to lessen its dependence on donor funding.…
Airtel Nigeria has announced the first winners of its Catapult-a-Startup initiative, with seven startups taking home NGN1 million (US$5,000) in…
South African venture capital (VC) firm AngelHub Ventures has invested in e-book startup Snapplify, with the funds to be used…
The Johannesburg-based African Leadership Academy has been awarded a grant of US$150,000 from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation to assist it…
The founders of Nigerian startup Termii, a networking platform that integrates social, personal and business structures on a unified network,…
Solvesting, a hybrid peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform that connects local banks and microfinance institutions with accredited investors in a bid…
South Africans Craig Kleu and John Willmore hate slow golf, as do a lot of people. But these two hate…
Facebook, through its Internet.org initiative, and WordPress have been confirmed as the two major sponsors of the Hack for Big…