South African point of sale (PoS) and airtime distribution startup Nomanini has partnered ICT provider Paratus Telecom to launch a…
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.
Ghanaian Bitcoin-powered remittance company Beam has launched a Bitcoin Against Ebola website, allowing Bitcoin holders globally to make donations using…
Bill Scanner, an app that simplifies the process of splitting a dinner bill between a large group, won the first…
South African businesses are confident about their own growth prospects in spite of being generally less optimistic about the state…
The Ghana Angel Investor Network (GAIN) has made its first investment, providing e-learning startup Revo with GHS 350,000 (US$110,000) in…
The third annual U-Start Africa Conference will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 28, connecting entrepreneurs and…
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced a 30-day extension for its Innovation Prize Award (IPA) 2015, offering a total…
A lack of adequate financial management and company administration is the cause of most startup failures in South Africa, though…
Entrepreneurs-in-training from Ghana’s Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) won all three top prizes at the Hack4Oil Hackathon in Accra…
Employee tracking tool Livana emerged the winner at the Garage48 event held at the Outbox hub in Kampala, after teams…