The GroTech venture capital (VC) fund has raised ZAR62 million (US$4 million) for investments in disruptive South African tech startups…
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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.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation has announced the selection of 1,000 entrepreneurs for the second round of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship…
The City of Cape Town has partnered entrepreneurship training organisation Seed Academy to launch the #YouthStartCT Entrepreneurial Challenge, an accelerator…
Oil and gas firm KOSMOS Energy has partnered the Accra-based Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) to launch a corporate…
A new co-working office space, Work & Co, has opened in Cape Town, hosting a community of entrepreneurs, creatives, small…
The Accra-based Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is open for applications from South Africa for the first time, while…
Moroccan mobile startup LIK, which gives users mobile phone credit based on a points system, has won the lightweight title…
The University of Nairobi’s innovation hub C4DLab has received KES1 million (US$9,900) from UN-Habitat to pilot a bike-sharing concept aimed…
The consulting arm of Kenyan innovation space iHub has launched a developer-on-demand service allowing local companies to tap into the…
Ride-sharing and car-pooling application uGoMyWay has been launched in Cape Town, allowing users to safely find drivers and passengers who…