South African fintech startup iKhokha, which provides a mobile app and card machine to more than 2,500 small and medium…
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.
Ghanaian pay-as-you-go (PAYG) off-grid solar provider PEG Ghana has raised a US$7.5 million Series A funding round to expand operations,…
Fintech is a booming industry throughout Africa, but South Africa is reluctant to take advantage of this opportunity as a…
African coding accelerator Andela, which recruits and trains software developers in Africa and embeds them into engineering organisations worldwide, has…
When Durban-based Shanéy and Vije Vijendranath became parents in 2012, they realised how tough it was to access advice and…
Zimbabwean agri-tech startup Hurukuro has launched in a bid to boost rural livelihoods and enhance the productivity of farmers using…
UK-based firm EnergyNet, which organises a global portfolio of investment meetings, forums and dialogues focused on the African power and…
Kenya’s iHub is moving into its “next chapter”, with new funding on board and a new chief executive officer (CEO)…
US multinational GE has opened a ZAR500 million (US$32. million) innovation centre in Johannesburg, which will aim to unearth innovative…
Egyptian startup Hommect, launched in October of last year, is taking home design online having launched a crowdsourcing platform connecting…