Recycling startups TrashCash was judged to be the winner of the North African leg of the AMPION Venture Bus in…
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.
South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) has announced Pretoria will host the Innovation Bridge Technology Showcase and Matchmaking…
South African mobile wallet integration startup Wallettec has signed integration deals with providers in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria,…
Seven teams have been selected to take part in the Impact Hub Africa Seed Programme, a six-month incubator designed to…
Africa is “ripe” with entrepreneurial spirit and business opportunities from the need to solve everyday problems, according to Christina Tamer,…
Increasingly, African mobile manufacturers are in vogue. In South Africa, there is Zest and Dream Mobile. Congo has VMK. The…
South African crowdfunding platform Thundafund is to launch a community fundraising sister site at the end of January next year,…
The total capital invested in African startups more than doubled to US$26.9 million in 2014 compared to US$12 million in…
South African startup TheRoomLink is reporting growth of between 1,000 and 2,000 users per month as it approaches the first…
Non-profit Lagos-based incubator iDEA has partnered MicroMentor in a bid to create a diaspora-focused community of volunteer mentors to assist…