The Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG) and Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) have announced that Addis Ababa, the capital city of…
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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.
A venture capitalist and an operator for over 20 years, Basil Moftah has been around the block, both in Silicon Valley and at home in Egypt.
Egyptian startup Exits MENA, a fintech investment banking marketplace, has extended its seed round to US$1.25 million with investment from…
Standard Bank and Thinkroom have announced the launch of the Standard Bank Development Programme, an enterprise development initiative aimed at…
Kenyan startup InfiniteUp has launched Doer, a web app that provides a two-sided marketplace for “JobGivers” and “Doers”. Using Doer,…
Thought leaders persistently predict an increase in deal volume and deal values on the African continent, and yet the pace…
Visa has launched a new Africa Fintech Accelerator programme to help enable African startups through expertise, connections, technology, and investment…
Rwandan insurtech startup Eden Care, which offers affordable, accessible and personalised health coverage to businesses and their employees, is the…
The Africa Business Angels Network (ABAN), a pan-African association of angel investors, and Rwanda Finance Ltd (RFL), a company dedicated…
The Anglo American Foundation (AAF) has partnered with Grindstone, an accelerator renowned for engineering high-growth entrepreneurship, to launch a South…