South African startup FinChatBot, a creator of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the financial services industry, has raised a…
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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.
Nigerian startup Xend Finance has publicly launched its decentralised finance (DeFi) platform for credit unions and cooperatives following a US$1.5…
Cairo Angels, Egypt’s first formal network of angel investors, has launched a syndicate investment fund to back pre-Series A startups…
Kenyan logistics startup Lori Systems has secured funding and support from Imperial, an African and European-focused provider of integrated market…
Twenty-five young African agripreneurs have advanced to the final round of the African Development Bank’s AgriPitch competition, stepping closer to…
Kenyan micro-insurtech startup Turaco has announced the close of a US$2 million seed funding round to further grow the business…
South African startup Wallettec, which develops payment solutions for the sports betting industry across Africa, is selling more than 200,000…
Stellenbosch University’s tech transfer department Innovus has spun out five new companies so far this year, and has also raised…
Nigerian fintech startup Kuda, which is building a pan-African digital challenger bank, has closed a US$10 million seed funding round…
South African startup Sun Exchange, a peer-to-peer solar leasing platform, has begun its expansion across the continent with the launch…