Pan-African digital payments startup BitPesa has expanded its payment automation services in order to deliver faster, more cost-effective transactions between…
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.
Kenyan startup Cloud9 is seeing solid growth having established itself as the go-to resource for adventure seekers in the East…
Global early-stage startups competition Seedstars World has announced the 12 startups that will pitch at its event in Kigali, Rwanda,…
South African startup Plan My Wedding has raised ZAR400,000 (US$29,000) in funding from Creative Counsel co-CEO Gil Oved and former…
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has continued its expansion across Africa by announcing recruitment of entrepreneurs-in-training (EITs) from…
Seventeen startups from across Africa have been selected to take part in the Global Impact Accelerator (GIA) at the Slush…
Ran Neu-Ner, the co-CEO of South African marketing advisory services firm The Creative Counsel, has pledged ZAR50 million (US$3.5 million)…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) in partnership with the European Commission have launched Boost…
Applications have opened for the second intake of South Africa’s New Economy Accelerator (NEA), which is looking for ideas that…
Nigerian startup Fresh Direct NG, an agri-tech company that grows produce within shipping containers, has been named winner of the…