The 2023 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting will take place in Dakar, Senegal, curated by the Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD),…
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.
Egyptian startup OneOrder, a fintech-enabled restaurant management platform providing food supplies to hotels, restaurants and cafes, has announced the close…
Nairobi-based skincare startup Uncover has raised US$1 million in seed capital, which it will use to scale up its operations…
Venture for Africa (VFA), an immersion programme and talent community created to enable top experienced local and global talent to…
South African data automation startup Synatic has raised a US$2.5 million seed extension round of funding to grow its footprint…
Nigerian fintech software provider Appzone has rebranded to “Zone”, a regulated blockchain payment infrastructure company. Zone, a Google for Startups…
South African early-stage venture capital firm 4Di Capital has announced the second closing of its new US$25 million seed fund…
Nigerian fintech startup Vella Finance, which enables borderless transfers and remittances across the world powered by cryptocurrency, has launched additional…
Global VC firm 500 Global has partnered the Egyptian IT Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) to run various programmes as part…
Nigerian restaurant cloud operating system provider Orda has raised a US$3.4 million seed round to further digitise food businesses across…