South African startup iGrow Academy, which provides low-cost online vocational and soft skill courses licensed by academic institutions, has expanded…
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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.
Mobile operators Singtel, Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica have announced a partnership aimed at bridging startup ecosystems across Southeast Asia,…
Rwandan startup mTiba, which was founded last year on the AMPION Venture Bus in East Africa, will from next month…
Silvertree Internet Holdings has announced an investment in newly-founded web and mobile development agency We Are Monsters (WAM), while the…
Ugandan event location and booking app TiKiTi is seeking investment of up to US$500,000 in order to expand its operations…
MasterCard has announced the extension of its six-month partnership programme for startups Start Path Global to Africa as well as…
Egyptian fashion-dedicated social network Slickr will this weekend integrate e-commerce into its product, aiming for user growth based on offering…
Online voting has begun for the Innovating Justice SME Empowerment Challenge, which will eventually see three startups from East and…
Kenya’s Paykind, which allows users to distribute digital vouchers via SMS, is to launch in Nairobi at an event at…
Parenting app Nappi Daddy emerged the winner from the Hackathon for Early Childhood Development (ECD) in Cape Town over the…