Nigerian startup BitPowr has launched operations, providing blockchain API, wallet and digital assets infrastructure for businesses. Founded in stealth 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.
The Future Africa fund, launched in 2020 by Andela and Flutterwave co-founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, invested US$4.3 million into 43 companies…
Casava, Nigeria’s first 100 per cent digital insurance company, has secured US$4 million in pre-seed funding to provide affordable and…
Kenya-based digital trucking logistics startup Amitruck has raised a US$4 million seed funding round to accelerate its expansion across Africa.…
Egyptian startup SplendApp, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that allows users to easily develop iOS and Android mobile applications in only…
Four Egyptian startups have been awarded a combined US$40,000 in cash prizes after being named winners of the Techne Corporate…
Whichever way you look at it, whatever figures you believe, whatever methodologies you employ, one thing is clear: 2021 was…
Nigeria’s Nestcoin, a company building, operating, and investing in web3 applications, has raised US$6.45 million in pre-seed funding to help…
Thirty unicorn founders are backing African tech entrepreneurs through Norrsken22, a new US$200 million tech growth fund that will invest…
Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), the Lagos-based hub, accelerator and investor that has been expanding across Africa of late, has selected three…