South African startup TradeBRICS is an e-commerce marketplace where global B2B buyers can source products directly from African suppliers and…
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.
Egyptian fintech startup Khazna has partnered Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) Egypt and Masria Digital Payments (MDP) to launch “Khazna…
Zimbabwean startup Bhala has launched a mobile virtual keyboard that uses machine learning and state-of-the-art deep learning models to improve…
Ghana’s Motito, a “buy now, pay later” platform, is allowing small businesses to offer interest-free credit to their customers at…
Egyptian startup Tareeqi, an application used to track the bus fleets of schools, universities and institutions in the MENA region…
Nigerian startup Helium Health, an electronic medical records (EMR) and hospital management information (HMI) systems provider, has announced the launch…
Kenyan food-tech startup Kune, which delivers freshly-made, ready-to-eat meals at affordable prices, has closed a pre-seed funding round worth US$1…
Egyptian fashion and lifestyle e-commerce startup DressCode has secured US$250,000 in funding to help it expand its offering, mostly in…
Seven African tech startups have been named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) among its selection of the 100 most…
Nigerian prop-tech startup Seso Global has raised a US$600,000 pre-seed funding round as it bids to build on strong initial…