Ghanaian company mPedigree, which uses mobile phones to secure pharmaceutical products against counterfeiting, has expanded into the textile and cosmetics…
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.
African online business platform Afribiz has announced the launch of its accelerator programme, which is set for initial rollout in…
Twenty Ghanaian startups have taken part in a bootcamp designed to promote local entrepreneurship and innovation in clean technologies, organised…
South African public transport app GoMetro has mapped all transport routes around the Cape Town suburb of Belville as a…
People do not need to be taught to shop online but rather provided with tools that give them a better…
The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) will be holding the seventh annual My Business Expo in Johannesburg, South Africa, on…
Non-profit organisation Spark South Africa, which assists early-stage startups with becoming sustainable ventures, has announced two accelerator programmes to run…
Cisco, Intel and Deutsche Telekom used the Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, Spain to launch Challenge Up!, a…
Ghanaian startup Beam is banking on the fact heavily undercutting other remittance services will lead to large uptake of Bitcoin…
South African online beauty subscription service Rubybox has been the subject of a management buyout that sees the startup return…