South African venture capital firm Silvertree Capital has invested in local startup CarZar, an online marketplace for the second-hand auto-trade…
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.
Google has opened applications for its Women Techmakers Scholars Programme, which offers cash and mentorship in a bid to encourage…
Nigerian tech accelerator firm Passion Incubator will tomorrow open its co-working space in Lagos, with plans to add more locations…
South African mobile payments startup iKhokha has won the Innovation Award at the 2016 Mastercard Innovation Forum in Budapest, Hungary,…
It has been quite a year for Nigerian e-courier startup Metro Africa Express (MAX), which only formally launched in August…
Agri-tech startup Ghalani, launched by Kenyan and Nigerian entrepreneurs that met at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has…
Fifty-two startups have been named semi-finalists for this year’s edition of the PIVOT East startups competition, which will be held…
Global early-stage startups competition Seedstars World has announced the 10 startups that will pitch at its event in Nairobi, Kenya…
Six startups from across Africa have been awarded a total of US$500,000 from Facebook after winning the Internet.org Innovation Challenge.…
South African startups must acquire more new customers to sustain themselves given the stagnant growth of the economy, but doing…