Few startups can claim to have been put together on a bus, though it may become more and more common…
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 African growth equity fund manager and advisory firm Knife Capital received 87 applications for its Grindstone accelerator programme, which…
Africa Internet Group (AIG)-owned e-commerce company Jumia has expanded into Tanzania, taking the number of African countries in which it…
Teams from nine cities across Africa have been selected to take part in the final part of the application process…
Two South African companies finished in the top three emerging high-growth companies at the PwC Accelerator ‘Local to Global’ expo…
The Silicon Valley model of venture capital (VC) does not work in Africa, which faces issues with teams, the size…
South African cross-border trading app moWoza celebrated two awards in the space of a month, walking away with awards from…
African startup founders have been advised there is no need for their businesses to fail if they remain passionate about…
Lusaka incubator BongoHive will host the Zambian leg of the global Startup Weekend competition on November 28-30, offering the winners…
More business people need to become involved in government if it is to better understand and support entrepreneurs in Cape…