Kenyan makerspace Gearbox to run regular training sessions
Kenyan makerspace Gearbox has announced it is to run regular training on various types of…
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.
Nigeria’s Mobile Forms is taking data collection mobile
Nigerian startup Mobile Forms has come up with an innovating way of allowing users to…
Seedstars World opens applications for South African competition
Seedstars World has opened applications for the South African leg of the global seed-stage startup…
How to calculate the return on your startup investment
Private investment network 1000 Angels, which connects vetted startups with investors, has launched the Startup…
New fund launched for SA mobile startups
Tech accelerator mLab Southern Africa and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) have launched a new…
Thinking outside the box with bitcoin in Africa
It wasn’t so long ago that “bitcoin for remittances” was the next big thing in…
5 lessons learnt from SA mobile payments industry
Johan Meyer is chief executive officer (CEO) of Cape Town-based Wallettec, which specialises in digital…
PesaBazaar wants to empower Kenyan insurance consumers
Kenyan startup PesaBazaar is looking to shake up the country’s insurance market by taking it…
M-KOPA Solar connects 50,000 Ugandan homes to PAYG solar
Pay-as-you-go solar company M-KOPA Solar has announced it has connected 50,000 off-grid homes in Uganda,…
Where next for e-learning in Africa?
E-learning in Africa has been much touted, with innovative startups springing up across the continent…