Nigerian-Finnish mobile payments startup IroFit has raised US$600,000 in the seed funding in a round led by Nordic early stage…
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.
Tiger Bytes was declared the winner in the startup phase of the third edition of the Startup Knight competition held…
South Africa has become the first African country to join the global Startup Nations network, aimed at contributing towards building…
Startup HaltEbola emerged the winner from the West African version of the AMPION Venture Bus competition for its app facilitating…
Cape Town-based content discovery platform 8Bit was the only African semi-finalist at global startup competition PITCH, held at the Web…
East African impact accelerator GrowthAfrica today showcased 12 agribusiness startups to investors, development partners and financiers in a bid to…
Two South African university students have launched GoVarsity, an app which looks to help high school learners better navigate the…
CardPlanet and ElWafeyat, startups from Kenya and Egypt respectively, have been accepted onto the 4-month 500 Startups accelerator programme in…
South African personal finance startup Bsavi has launched its invite-only private beta mobile app at the Web Summit event in…
The first part of the MTN Challenge took place at mLab Southern Africa in Johannesburg yesterday, introducing the three beneficiary…