Nigerian-founded news aggregation app Headlines Africa has gone live in Nigeria, looking to gather and organise news from the major…
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 personal health app CenHealth has partnered taxi hailing app Uber to offer CenHealth users their first Uber ride…
Ugandan entrepreneur Ian Balina has launched Peer Hustle, an on-demand short-term jobs app for the sharing economy, in the United…
Philips and Pretoria’s Innovation Hub have announced the five finalists of the first Innovation Fellows competition, which looks to unlock…
Financing momentum for bitcoin startups is fading after an all-time high earlier this year, with deal activity in the space…
Egyptian startup Money Fellows has been selected for the Startuptbootcamp fintech accelerator programme in London, joining nine other companies in…
There have been debates over the last few years about the appropriateness of the traditional Y Combinator-style accelerator programme to…
Chivas Regal has extended its The Venture competition to Nigeria, offering startups from the country the chance to compete for…
Barclays Africa has chosen 10 startups from the e-health and fintech sectors to take part in its 13-week Tech Lab…
WorkinAfrica, a new recruitment platform for Africa, has launched, specialised in connecting people with the right job based on an…