Kenyan startup Octavia Carbon is the Global South’s first direct air capture (DAC) company, designing, building, and soon deploying machines…
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.
Nigerian skill-to-market platform AltSchool Africa has expanded its learning faculty to introduce creative economy and business schools, following an impressive…
The Beyond Limits Fellowship For Founders aims to pave the way for budding entrepreneurs, fostering innovation and resilience in the…
DRC-based startup Itot Africa is providing customised digital content, coding, programming, training and e-learning to businesses, SMEs and entrepreneurs in…
Egypt-based health insurtech Sehatech has raised a US$850,000 round of funding to help it grow its team and further develop…
VALR, the largest South African crypto exchange by trading volume, has partnered with CryptoConvert to make VALR payments available at…
The African fintech space saw 26 startup acquisitions between June 2021 and July 2023, up 271 per cent on just…
Nigeria’s Itana, formerly Talent City, has raised US$2 million in a pre-seed funding round that supports its bid to develop…
Kenya’s Wasoko, a B2B e-commerce company that uses innovative technology to transform the informal retail supply chain, has announced its…
Catalyst Fund, a pre-seed venture capital fund and accelerator focused on driving climate resilience innovation in Africa, has announced the…