Africa-focused venture capital firm TLcom Capital will host its fifth annual Africa Tech Female Founder Summit on November 14 in…
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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.
IFC has made a US$50 million equity investment in a new fund by LeapFrog Investments, one of the largest private…
Tech startups working to transform the agriculture and food tech industry in Africa are invited to apply for the SAIS…
Senegalese FMCG intelligence startup Lengo AI has raised a seven-figure pre-seed round of funding to help it develop its product…
Egyptian deeptech startup Intella has closed a US$3.4 million pre-Series A funding round to fuel its expansion into the Saudi…
Applications have opened for the second edition of the IGNITE SEED Innovation programme in East Africa, which supports entrepreneurial teams…
Attracting local investors is crucial to the sustainability of a country’s local venture capital ecosystem, but encouraging institutions to overcome…
Nigerian company WATT Renewable Corporation (WATT), an independently-owned provider of hybrid solar solutions, has secured US$13 million in funding to…
German government-funded initiative Make-IT in Africa and mobile operator Orange have opened applications for the GreenAPI: Smart Agriculture Programme, which…
Tanzanian startup Bizzyn, a cloud-based financial management software designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Africa, is already…