All stories by Tom
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December in Africa: All the tech news you shouldn’t miss from the past month
A predictively quiet month in the African tech scene, as most companies wound down for the holiday. But there was still plenty ...
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November in Africa: Tech funding news and gig-economy developments
Funding to African tech companies has been on the rise for some time, but November was a bumper month, with several major ...
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Inspired by uncle’s death, Kenyan teen develops organ-matching app
The story of how one young Kenyan school kid has thrived from the country's increasing tech education – vital to the development ...
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October in Africa: All the tech news you shouldn’t miss from the past month
A new narrative has sprung up around Africa over the past few years, that of a continent “rising”. Technological innovation ...
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Tech in Africa: Google's Allo messenger and a taxi app war
From taxi app wars – including an 'Uber for ambulances' – to the launch of Google's messaging app, here's all the can't ...
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August in Africa: All the tech news you shouldn’t miss from last month
The biggest news from August from Africa, if perhaps also the most innocuous, was the visit of Facebook supremo Mark Zuckerberg ...
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July in Africa: Tech news you shouldn’t miss
Not many companies have the heart or capacity to challenge Uber. But in Kenya, mobile operator Safaricom is confident it ...
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June tech news from Africa: Uber expansions, AIG rebrands, and more
A rather quiet month in Africa once again dominated by two households name: Uber and Jumia including the service's first ...
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Why US tech giants are betting on Africa
The future is bright. The future is Africa.
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May in Africa: All the tech news you shouldn’t miss from last month
Much of the talk around the African tech scene over the last few years has been around consistent growth and success.
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April in Africa: All the tech news you shouldn’t miss from last month
The continent’s growing middle class is interest from overseas, with serious activity on the continent this month from ...
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Why banks are wooing African startups
“This time around, traditional bank-to-bank competition is not the issue. This new wave of competition is coming from both ...
