Ugandan startup Pieme is a social platform that enables locals to turn their homes into part-time restaurants, guest houses, or…
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.
Egypt’s Partment, a prop-tech startup that offers co-owned second homes, has closed a US$1.5 million pre-seed funding round to enhance…
Forty-three inclusive African startups have been selected to take part in the Social and Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC), a yearly…
Franziska Reh does not have your typical investor background, if there is such a thing. Brought up in Germany, she…
Kenyan agency banking as a service provider Tanda is raising an ongoing pre-Series A round of funding to accelerate product…
Algebra Ventures, Egypt’s leading venture capital firm, has finalised a US$100 million first close of its second Egypt-dedicated fund, exceeding…
Fintech is the leading sub-sector of the Nigerian startup space, both in terms of levels of activity and amounts of…
Egyptian gaming and sports-tech startup InGame Sports has raised over US$1 million in cash, in-kind resources, and grants in a…
South African crowd-farming startup Livestock Wealth has raised ZAR10 million (US$550,000) in funding as it plans pan-African expansion. Formed in…
Ghanaian logistics startup Swiftly has bootstrapped its way to a solid market presence in its home market since its launch,…