Jobs and learning platform Jobartis emerged the winner of the Angolan leg of the global Seedstars World competition over the…
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.
South African social network Mxit is shutting down commercial operations after a significant fall in user numbers in recent years,…
Startups seeking funding are often unaware of the pros and cons associated with asking for too much or too little,…
South African startup Vula Mobile, which connects general health workers in remote areas with specialists in hospitals, is planning on…
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) and the Innovator Trust have partnered to launch a new ICT entrepreneur development…
Stellenbosch-based incubator LaunchLab has announced the nine winners of its IDEAS Pitching Platform competition, with the innovators sharing ZAR100,000 (US$7,500)…
The second edition of the Transform Africa Summit has been taking place this week in the Rwandan capital of Kigali…
Kenyan online startups Kopo Kopo and PigiaMe have announced a partnership aimed at supporting small and medium enterprise (SME) clients…
Nigerian turn-key e-commerce solutions provider SlimTrader has received a US$1 million investment from digital payments and commerce company Interswitch, which…
When Microsoft was founded, Apartheid in South Africa was at its peak. Nigeria was falling back under military rule. Mozambique…