Difficulties in obtaining necessary funding and raw materials are the major challenges faced by African entrepreneurs, according to a report…
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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.
Nominations have opened for the Western Cape Premier’s Entrepreneurship Recognition Awards (PERA), giving entrepreneurs the opportunity to access a prize…
Road travel app MyQ, which earlier this week won the Nigerian leg of the Seedstars World competition to win a…
The Digital Academy has launched in Johannesburg in collaboration with Barclays, looking to provide software development apprentices with a year-long…
Cape Town startups are invited to apply to the #PitchVinny event organised by Silicon Cape, allowing them to pitch to…
African startups have been invited to apply for the Infiniti Accelerator, a 12-week programme based out of Hong Kong focused…
Intel has launched its Intel Developer Zone (IDZ) support programme in Nigeria, aimed at encouraging and supporting software vendors, app…
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) has continued the development of its virtual reality (VR) community by hosting two…
Nigerian company Lizzie’s Creations, which is behind episodic storytelling app AfroTalez, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to…
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and Emory University’s Social Enterprise @ Goizueta have announced they are to conduct…