African e-commerce site Jumia has launched its official Apple store, becoming the first online retailer to be authorised by Apple…
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.
An extended period of political stability and favourable demographics have attracted billions of dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) into…
Nigerian e-commerce startup Gloo.ng has carved out an e-commerce niche separate from the likes of Jumia and Konga in order…
Online hotel booking platform Jovago has announced a partnership with Tanzanian telecoms firm Tigo to allow users of the operator’s…
Applications are open for the 2015 edition of the Anzisha Prize, which seeks to reward young social entrepreneurs with prizes…
Kenyan incubator the iHub has partnered Chase Bank in an arrangement that will see the two organisations collaborate on advancing…
Young female coders from the Khayelitsha area of Cape Town met Twitter vice president for engineering Nandini Ramani and other…
South African startup SmartPrac, which provides cloud-based electronic health record and practice management software, is plotting expansion to Namibia and…
Kenya’s CardPlanet and Egypt’s ElWafeyat were amongst the startups that pitched at the 500 Startups Demo Day in San Francisco,…
Johannesburg-based accelerator programme Seed Engine has merged with major European equivalent Startupbootcamp, with the partners now fundraising to host accelerator…