The Southern African Impact Investing Network (SAIIN) has confirmed a number of key speakers ahead of the Southern African Impact…
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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.
CNN’s African Start-Up yesterday held a Twitter chat with African entrepreneurial leaders Erik Hersman, Juliana Rotich and Rebecca Enonchong, discussing…
Approximately 50 girls from various parts of the Ghanaian capital Accra last week attended the Coders Hive coding camp for…
Startup and investor community Silicon Cape has launched its own YouTube channel to enable members to advertise events, programmes or…
Impact Hub has announced the launch of its Resilience Africa initiative, which aims to launch hubs and two types of…
Senegalese tech incubator CTIC Dakar at the end of December hosted the Jambar Tech Awards, acknowledging the contribution of companies,…
The City of Johannesburg’s Challenge Fund has launched The Green City Startup, which seeks to develop revolutionary or immediately scalable…
Cape Town-based company Powertime, which allows users to buy prepaid electricity and airtime as well as pay municipality bills online,…
GPS navigation and wireless device company Garmin has announced it has acquired the assets of iKubu, a Stellenbosch-based startup that…
Nominations are open for the TED Prize 2016, which will reward the winner with US$1 million and support from the…