Substantial increases in startup activity and a massive inflow of capital has seen the Egyptian startup ecosystem establish itself as…
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 financial services industry is experiencing a paradigm shift. Dependence on manual services within the industry is rapidly declining and…
Only three per cent of African tech startup funding since 2013 has gone to companies with all-female founding teams. That…
The UAE-based Fintech Galaxy has partnered with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to launch a new cross-border accelerator…
South African startup BotsZA is helping companies and organisations improve their talent acquisition processes and better liaise with customers using…
Nigerian fintech startup Brass, a digital bank delivering easy access to affordable premium banking services for small and medium-sized businesses…
Nigerian fintech startup Baxi, one of the country’s leading super-agent networks, has been acquired by the pan-African payments company MFS…
Seven Africa-based startups have been selected to take part in the latest edition of the Techstars Toronto accelerator, securing access…
South African payment solutions provider Pay@ and local startup FinChatBot, which specialises in conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, have partnered…
South African fintech startup Peach Payments has set up an office in Mauritius as it continues its pan-African expansion following…