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Empowering Innovation: OPPO’s Strategic Collaboration with Startups on Tech Advancements

Empowering Innovation: OPPO’s Strategic Collaboration with Startups on Tech Advancements

Today, with 150 million startups worldwide and another 50 million launching each year, innovation and creativity are reshaping industries. However,…
Founders Factory Africa LIVE podcast details the importance of choosing the right capital in 2024

Founders Factory Africa LIVE podcast details the importance of choosing the right capital in 2024

Founders Factory Africa recently hosted a live version of The African Pre-seed Podcast. The episode focused on the good and bad…
Solcon Capital and IFC partner to provide growth capital to deep tech companies in South Africa

Solcon Capital and IFC partner to provide growth capital to deep tech companies in South Africa

IFC and Solcon Capital have announced an agreement to support deep tech startups in South Africa and India. This strategic…
Sankalp Africa Summit 2024: Empowering Africa’s Entrepreneurs to Drive Global Sustainable Solutions

Sankalp Africa Summit 2024: Empowering Africa’s Entrepreneurs to Drive Global Sustainable Solutions

The recently concluded 11th Edition Sankalp Africa Summit 2024 hosted at Kenya School of Monetary Studies in Nairobi, has once…
Nigerian debt recovery startup BFREE secures $2.95m funding

Nigerian debt recovery startup BFREE secures $2.95m funding

BFREE, a Nigerian tech-enabled debt collection startup has secured $2.95 million in fresh funding, to redefine debt collection in Africa.…
Strategic policies needed to grow the startup ecosystem in Africa, Mozilla study

Strategic policies needed to grow the startup ecosystem in Africa, Mozilla study

The last couple of years have been very interesting for the African startup ecosystem. 2023 specifically saw a rebalancing of…
IFC announces top 100 women-led startups in She Wins Africa Initiative

IFC announces top 100 women-led startups in She Wins Africa Initiative

IFC has announced the names of 100 women-led startup owners selected to participate in the She Wins Africa program. She…
South African climate-tech Hohm Energy secures $8m to scale adoption of rooftop solar

South African climate-tech Hohm Energy secures $8m to scale adoption of rooftop solar

Amidst a growing energy crisis, South Africa finds itself in the grip of escalating power shortages, resorting to daily electricity…
Roam raises $24M funding to scale electric vehicle production in Kenya

Roam raises $24M funding to scale electric vehicle production in Kenya

Kenyan Electric Vehicle (EV) maker Roam has secured $24M in a Series A round to scale its operations in the…
Empowering Africa’s Economic Future: Fintech’s Role in Driving Financial Inclusion in Africa

Empowering Africa’s Economic Future: Fintech’s Role in Driving Financial Inclusion in Africa

In recent years, Africa has emerged as a hotbed for innovation and entrepreneurship, with its rapidly growing population and increasing…
Britam targets insurtech and fintech startups with new incubation programme

Britam targets insurtech and fintech startups with new incubation programme

Britam has launched Beta Lab, a new insurance innovation and acceleration programme to nurture budding insurtech and fintech startups. The…
OX Delivers secures funding to roll-out affordable clean transport for Africa

OX Delivers secures funding to roll-out affordable clean transport for Africa

OX Delivers, a UK-based emobility startup, has received a £1.2 million funding grant from Energy Catalyst as the company readies its next-generation affordable…
Catalyst Fund Invests $1.8M in African Climate Startups

Catalyst Fund Invests $1.8M in African Climate Startups

The Catalyst Fund today announced an investment of $1.8 million in 9 early-stage climate tech startups across Africa. This brings…
Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program hosts first demo day in Nairobi

Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program hosts first demo day in Nairobi

Visa held its Africa Fintech Accelerator program first demo day on February 13th in Nairobi to showcase innovations from emerging…
Kenyan healthtech Ilara Health secures $4.2M to scale its tech-enabled primary care model

Kenyan healthtech Ilara Health secures $4.2M to scale its tech-enabled primary care model

Ilara Health, the healthtech company digitising and consolidating highly fragmented primary care in Kenya, has today announced the close of…
EABL parent firm picks Kenyan startup for inaugural growth accelerator programme

EABL parent firm picks Kenyan startup for inaugural growth accelerator programme

Kenyan startup Wowzi has been selected to join the first cohort of Diageo PLC’s growth accelerator programme through Diageo’s work…
Glovo Launches Graduate Program for Young Kenyan Talent, How to Apply

Glovo Launches Graduate Program for Young Kenyan Talent, How to Apply

On-demand delivery platform Glovo has launched an Africa Graduate Program targeting young talent in Kenya. Known as Glovo Africa Graduate…
Venture Capital in Africa: A Broken System in Need of Repair

Venture Capital in Africa: A Broken System in Need of Repair

In recent years, Africa has been touted as the next frontier for investment, with its burgeoning tech scene and a…
Village Capital and Standard Chartered Bank join forces to invest in women-led startups

Village Capital and Standard Chartered Bank join forces to invest in women-led startups

Village Capital has partnered with Standard Chartered Bank to pilot a financing facility to invest in the Bank’s Women in…
alGROWithm secures funding to scale its Growth Talent Accelerator Program across six African countries

alGROWithm secures funding to scale its Growth Talent Accelerator Program across six African countries

In March 2022, alGROWithm announced an initiative where they started building Africa’s first-ever Growth Talent Accelerator Program (GTAP). Fast forward…
SafeBoda to resume its operations in Kenya in February

SafeBoda to resume its operations in Kenya in February

Ride-hailing platform SafeBoda has announced that it’s resuming operations in Kenya more than a year after leaving the market. The…
Kenyan agritech startup Shamba Pride raises $3.7M

Kenyan agritech startup Shamba Pride raises $3.7M

Shamba Pride, the Agri SME based in Kenya has raised $3.7 million from EDFI AgriFI – the EU Agriculture Financing Initiative…
Uzapoint and Pezesha partner to provide embedded working capital to merchants in Africa

Uzapoint and Pezesha partner to provide embedded working capital to merchants in Africa

Uzapoint Technologies has partnered with SME financing platform Pezesha to provide access to finance for micro and small businesses across…
Sycamore Capital exits CMA Sandbox, announces commercial launch of the Cashlet mobile savings and investments app

Sycamore Capital exits CMA Sandbox, announces commercial launch of the Cashlet mobile savings and investments app

Sycamore Capital, a Kenyan-based fintech company, has announced its successful exit from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) sandbox as an…
Safaricom and partners launch accelerator program for local startups

Safaricom and partners launch accelerator program for local startups

Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom has launched an accelerator program targeting local startups. Known as Spark Accelerator the program aims to…
Kenyan startups raised highest amount of funding in Africa in 2023

Kenyan startups raised highest amount of funding in Africa in 2023

2023 was an interesting year for African startups. According to ‘Africa: The Big Deal’, a tech research firm, the year…
Parcel shipping platform TUNL raises $1 million to accelerate growth of e-commerce exports from Africa

Parcel shipping platform TUNL raises $1 million to accelerate growth of e-commerce exports from Africa

TUNL, a South African parcel shipping platform has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding from Founders Factory Africa, Digital Africa…
Nigeria’s social commerce platform MAKA raises $2.65M Simplify Buying Fashion and Beauty Products in Africa

Nigeria’s social commerce platform MAKA raises $2.65M Simplify Buying Fashion and Beauty Products in Africa

MAKA, the Nigerian fashion and beauty e-commerce platform, has raised a $2.65M pre-seed round. The investment was co-led by prominent…
Techstars and ARM Labs invest $1.4 million in 12 African startups

Techstars and ARM Labs invest $1.4 million in 12 African startups

Techstars, one of Africa’s most active startup investors has announced the 12 startups that will take part in the second…
Onafriq eyes global expansion after rebranding from MFS Africa

Onafriq eyes global expansion after rebranding from MFS Africa

After rebranding last month, Africa’s digital payments network Onafriq, Formerly MFS Africa, has revealed plans to expand to new markets.    …
BasiGo secures $5m debt facility to scale local production

BasiGo secures $5m debt facility to scale local production

BasiGo, the Kenyan electric vehicle manufacturer has secured $5 million in debt funding from the British International Investment (BII), the…
FinTech startup Grey unveils new look to boost global expansion

FinTech startup Grey unveils new look to boost global expansion

Grey, a fintech started by two Nigerians to simplify sending and receiving foreign payments for Africans has rebranded completely with…
President Ruto commits to sign Startup Bill into law by April 2024

President Ruto commits to sign Startup Bill into law by April 2024

In a move expected to boost the country’s startup ecosystem, Kenya’s President William Ruto has promised to sign the Startup…
Head and Heart Philanthropy Launches Mosaic Genius Tech Studio for Tech Entrepreneurs in Africa

Head and Heart Philanthropy Launches Mosaic Genius Tech Studio for Tech Entrepreneurs in Africa

Head and Heart Philanthropy – the philanthropic arm of Mosaic Genius has launched Mosaic Genius Tech Studio, a new accelerator…
Estonian flagship startup event Latitude59 to be hosted in Nairobi

Estonian flagship startup event Latitude59 to be hosted in Nairobi

Latitude59, Europe’s premier startup and tech event is coming to Nairobi. The event which has been running for 11 years…
Twiga Foods raises undisclosed amount of funding

Twiga Foods raises undisclosed amount of funding

Twiga Foods, the Kenyan agri-tech startup has raised an undisclosed amount of funding capital from a group of investors including…
Endeavor Kenya launches scale-up program for high growth founders in East Africa

Endeavor Kenya launches scale-up program for high growth founders in East Africa

Endeavor Kenya, a non-profit organization that supports high-impact entrepreneurs, has launched the ScaleUp Program, its inaugural cohort-based initiative for high-growth…
Kenya’s MPost relocates its headquarters from Nairobi to Rwanda

Kenya’s MPost relocates its headquarters from Nairobi to Rwanda

MPost, the Kenyan tech startup that transforms mobile numbers into virtual addresses is relocating its headquarters from Nairobi to Rwanda…
Lawyers Hub opens applications for the 2023 Startup Law Accelerator

Lawyers Hub opens applications for the 2023 Startup Law Accelerator

Lawyers Hub has opened applications for its 2023 Startup Law Accelerator program.  The Africa Startup Law Accelerator seeks to accelerate…
Dubai launches $136M VC fund to invest in tech startups

Dubai launches $136M VC fund to invest in tech startups

The Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) has launched of a US$136 million venture capital (VC) fund to invest in…
Here are the five South African startups selected for the Irish Tech Challenge 2023

Here are the five South African startups selected for the Irish Tech Challenge 2023

The five selected for the Irish Tech Challenge South Africa 2023 have been revealed. Now in its second successful year, the…
Fintech firm Cellulant Granted Payment Licenses to Operate in Egypt

Fintech firm Cellulant Granted Payment Licenses to Operate in Egypt

Cellulant has today announced that it has received approval from Egypt to operate as a Payment Service Provider and Payment…
Norrsken22’s tech growth fund closes at $205m to back African tech startups

Norrsken22’s tech growth fund closes at $205m to back African tech startups

Pan-African venture capital firm Norrsken22  has closed its first African technology growth fund at $205m, surpassing its target of $200m. …
[South Africa] Milken–Motsepe Prize in Green Energy finalists announced

[South Africa] Milken–Motsepe Prize in Green Energy finalists announced

The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation has announced the five teams advancing to the Finalist Round of the Milken–Motsepe Prize in…
MarketForce closes shop in three out of its five African markets, what’s next?

MarketForce closes shop in three out of its five African markets, what’s next?

Kenyan B2B e-commerce startup MarketForce has wound up operations in three of its five markets in Africa.  The startup is…
Bootstrapping vs. Seeking Funding: Choosing the Right Path for Your Startup

Bootstrapping vs. Seeking Funding: Choosing the Right Path for Your Startup

Start your company without outside investment? Absolutely. In fact, many successful companies like Kilo Health have done just that. However,…
Seven Kenyan women-led startups receive Ksh. 9.8 million funding from Standard Chartered Bank

Seven Kenyan women-led startups receive Ksh. 9.8 million funding from Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Kenya on Wednesday awarded KES 1.4 million (USD 10,000) each to seven women startups that graduated from its…
Kuramo Capital to invest $150 million in women-led startups across Africa

Kuramo Capital to invest $150 million in women-led startups across Africa

Kuramo Capital Management, a Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) focused investment management firm has revealed plans to invest $150 million (Ksh. 22…
South African logistics startup Tripplo raises $1.8m funding

South African logistics startup Tripplo raises $1.8m funding

South African logistics software platform Tripplo, has closed its seed funding extension round with a $1.8 million equity investment. The…
Cameroonian fintech Koree wins the $50k 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Cameroonian fintech Koree wins the $50k 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Koree, a fintech startup based in Cameroon, is the overall winner of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Koree emerged the…
Nigeria’s Agritech ThriveAgric to provide 125,000 smallholder farmers with access to financial inclusion services

Nigeria’s Agritech ThriveAgric to provide 125,000 smallholder farmers with access to financial inclusion services

Nigeria’s agritech startup ThriveAgric has launched a new project to empower 125,000 smallholder farmers with financial inclusion access. Know as…
11 African startups selected for Google’s inaugural Africa AI First Accelerator program

11 African startups selected for Google’s inaugural Africa AI First Accelerator program

Google today unveiled the first cohort for its ‘Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First’ program. The 11 startups, picked from…
$1 million Africa Blue Wave initiative to support tech startups in Africa launched

$1 million Africa Blue Wave initiative to support tech startups in Africa launched

BFA Global, FSD Africa, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have launched the Africa Blue Wave, a…
Kenya-based Kua Ventures invests over $1 Million in local SMEs

Kenya-based Kua Ventures invests over $1 Million in local SMEs

Kua Ventures, an impact investment firm based in Kenya has invested more than $1 million (Ksh. 145 million) in SMEs…
Lipa Later closes $5M debt raise, targets to raise an additional $20M

Lipa Later closes $5M debt raise, targets to raise an additional $20M

Kenyan fintech Lipa Later on Wednesday announced a successful closure of a $5M (KES 500 million) privately placed Debt issuance. …
Kenyan logistics startup Sendy confirms insolvency and goes into administration

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy confirms insolvency and goes into administration

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy has gone into administration and appointed Peter Kahi of PKF Consulting Limited to oversee its operations.…
Five African health-tech startups among 30 selected for Google for Startups AI Program

Five African health-tech startups among 30 selected for Google for Startups AI Program

The Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Health has unveiled the thirty startups from around the world selected for…
IFC announces a $3.4 million investment in African e-commerce platform ANKA

IFC announces a $3.4 million investment in African e-commerce platform ANKA

IFC has announced a  $3.4 million equity investment in leading African e-commerce platform ANKA. The funding will allow ANKA, an…
Zambia’s fintech Lupiya raises $8.25m Series A round to grow its neo banking business

Zambia’s fintech Lupiya raises $8.25m Series A round to grow its neo banking business

Zambian neobank, Lupiya has secured $8.25 million in Series A seed funding round to scale its business in its home market…
Here are the 12 African startups selected for Microsoft-backed FAST Accelerator AI program

Here are the 12 African startups selected for Microsoft-backed FAST Accelerator AI program

Data and AI technology company Flapmax has announced the twelve startups selected for the second cohort of the FAST Accelerator…
Kenyan insurtech Turaco acquires Ghana’s MicroEnsure to deepen affordable insurance coverage across Africa

Kenyan insurtech Turaco acquires Ghana’s MicroEnsure to deepen affordable insurance coverage across Africa

Turaco, the Kenyan insurtech startup offering affordable insurance to users has acquired MicroEnsure Ghana from MIC Global.  Under the deal,…
Fintech startup Sendwave targets Kenyans in the US with new banking product

Fintech startup Sendwave targets Kenyans in the US with new banking product

Fintech startup Sendwave has unveiled a new product that will allow users to earn interest and pay reduced fees on…
Five Kenyan cleantech startups selected for JICA’s Project NINJA accelerator 3rd cohort

Five Kenyan cleantech startups selected for JICA’s Project NINJA accelerator 3rd cohort

Five Kenyan cleantech startups have been selected to take part in the 3rd cohort of Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA)…
Uganda’s agritech startup Emata raises $2.4 million seed funding

Uganda’s agritech startup Emata raises $2.4 million seed funding

Ugandan agritech startup Emata has raised $2.4 million in seed funding comprising $800,000 in equity and $1.6 million in on-lending…
Lipa Later gears up for public fundraising in the US as it seeks to raise more funding

Lipa Later gears up for public fundraising in the US as it seeks to raise more funding

After raising KES 500 million ($5 million) in a privately placed debt issuance earlier this week, Lipa Later has revealed…
Catalyst Fund marks its first close to back climate tech startups in Africa

Catalyst Fund marks its first close to back climate tech startups in Africa

The Catalyst Fund has reached the first close of its targeted $40 million fund to invest in climate tech startups…
Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey-funded Bitcoin Non-profit ₿trust Acquires African Bitcoin Developer Training Company Qala

Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey-funded Bitcoin Non-profit ₿trust Acquires African Bitcoin Developer Training Company Qala

₿trust, a non-profit organisation which exists to decentralise the development of Bitcoin software, has announced its acquisition of Qala. Qala…
Twiga Foods suppliers yet to benefit from the Ksh.300M Hustler Fund promised by the government

Twiga Foods suppliers yet to benefit from the Ksh.300M Hustler Fund promised by the government

Agri-tech startup Twiga Foods has revealed that its suppliers are yet to benefit from the Ksh.300 Hustler Fund promised by…
MEST Africa Opens Applications for its Startup Pitch Competition

MEST Africa Opens Applications for its Startup Pitch Competition

MEST Africa has opened applications for its 2023 Challenge Startup Pitch Competition for African startups.  This year, the program is…
Treepz among startups selected for 2023 VC4A Venture Showcase Africa

Treepz among startups selected for 2023 VC4A Venture Showcase Africa

Treepz, the African car-sharing and rental marketplace is among the 12 startups selected to to participate in this year’s VC4A…
BREAKING: Cellulant to lay off 20% of its workforce

BREAKING: Cellulant to lay off 20% of its workforce

Cellulant, the Kenyan-based payments firm is laying off 20% of its workforce. The restructuring exercise the fintech says is expected…
Google announces AI First accelerator program for African startups

Google announces AI First accelerator program for African startups

Google today announced the launch of a new accelerator program to support Artificial Intelligence (AI) startups in Africa. The “Google…
BuuPass hits 10 million tickets milestone, hosts networking event with key partners

BuuPass hits 10 million tickets milestone, hosts networking event with key partners

BuuPass, the Kenyan digital bus ticketing company founded in 2016 has revealed that it has so far sold over 10…
Eric Jackson takes over as new Hisa CEO

Eric Jackson takes over as new Hisa CEO

Kenyan fintech Hisa has announced the appointment of Eric Jackson as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Jackson takes over from…
[South Africa] Gauteng Accelerator Programme 2023 applications open

[South Africa] Gauteng Accelerator Programme 2023 applications open

The Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP) has opened applications for its 2023 innovation competition. The competition is seeking entrepreneurs, innovators, and…
List of 12 growth stage startups selected for 2023 VC4A Venture Showcase Africa

List of 12 growth stage startups selected for 2023 VC4A Venture Showcase Africa

Leading startup platform in emerging markets VC4A has announced the 12 African startups that have been selected to participate in…
Founders Factory Africa secures $144 million to invest in more early-stage startups

Founders Factory Africa secures $144 million to invest in more early-stage startups

South Africa-based venture builder, Founders Factory Africa has secured an additional $114 million in funding to scale its hybrid tech…
Mobility fintech Moove secures $76M equity, debt from Mubadala and BlackRock

Mobility fintech Moove secures $76M equity, debt from Mubadala and BlackRock

Moove, the African mobility fintech has secured $76 million in new funding, consisting of $28m in equity from new and…
Kenyan logistics startup Sendy reportedly up for sale

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy reportedly up for sale

Sendy, the Kenya Fulfillment and logistics startup is reportedly up for sale. Techcabal reports that the startup is currently at…
[Nigeria] Prembly acquires data sharing firm Tunnel

[Nigeria] Prembly acquires data sharing firm Tunnel

Prembly, which bills itself as a leading compliance and security infrastructure company in Africa has announced its acquisition of secure…
QED Investors lead $12 million investment in Nigeria’s healthtech startup Remedial Health

QED Investors lead $12 million investment in Nigeria’s healthtech startup Remedial Health

Across Africa, 85 percent of retail medicine purchases happen at micro-enterprises, typically neighbourhood pharmacies and) and Proprietary Patent Medicine Vendors…
Safaricom to start investing in tech startups with two new subsidiaries

Safaricom to start investing in tech startups with two new subsidiaries

Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom will soon start investing in local tech startups after its shareholders approved two new subsidiaries.  The…
Copia confirms it’s laying off 350 employees

Copia confirms it’s laying off 350 employees

Kenyan Last-mile delivery and eCommerce platform Copia has confirmed that it’s indeed laying off 25% (around 350 members) of the…
BasiGo bringing its Electric Buses to Rwanda

BasiGo bringing its Electric Buses to Rwanda

BasiGo, the Kenyan-based electric bus manufacturer is expanding to Rwanda. The company, which recently partnered with the Associated Vehicle Assemblers…
Kenyan fintech Boya launches Virtual Visa cards for SMEs

Kenyan fintech Boya launches Virtual Visa cards for SMEs

Boya, the Kenyan fintech firm on Tuesday launched its virtual Visa expense card targeting local businesses.  The card was launched…
Zuri Health raises an undisclosed amount for funding from Five35 Ventures

Zuri Health raises an undisclosed amount for funding from Five35 Ventures

Six months after raising an undisclosed amount of funding from Moroccan VC UM6P Ventures, Kenyan health-tech startup Zuri Health has…
Visa opens applications for its Africa Fintech Accelerator Program

Visa opens applications for its Africa Fintech Accelerator Program

Payments tech company Visa has opened applications for startups to participate in the first cohort of the Visa Africa Fintech…
Applications for cohort 4 of the ASIP accelerator program open

Applications for cohort 4 of the ASIP accelerator program open

Startupbootcamp AfriTech has opened applications for Cohort 4 of its ASIP accelerator program. Targeting early-stage startups in Africa, the ASIP Program…
Flutterwave addresses Payment Challenges for African Students in Overseas Schools with new payments product

Flutterwave addresses Payment Challenges for African Students in Overseas Schools with new payments product

African payments to overseas schools have been hindered by a myriad of challenges. From the high cost of transactions, limited…
World Bank awards 10 Southern African fintech startups $5,000 each

World Bank awards 10 Southern African fintech startups $5,000 each

10 Southern African fintech startups have each received $5,000 (R94,020) from the World Bank to help bridge the gap in…
Fintech startup Okoora and MAX partner to deliver comprehensive currency solutions

Fintech startup Okoora and MAX partner to deliver comprehensive currency solutions

Swiss-Israeli fintech startup Okoora has partnered with MAX, a leading Israeli credit card company to revolutionize the field of foreign…
Podcast Incubation Studio SemaBOX to launch podcast distribution platform

Podcast Incubation Studio SemaBOX to launch podcast distribution platform

Podcast incubation studio SemaBOX is launching a podcast distribution platform to help podcasters on its network to reach more audiences.…
Influencer Marketing Platform Aifluence wins of the Visa Everywhere Initiative Kenya Finals

Influencer Marketing Platform Aifluence wins of the Visa Everywhere Initiative Kenya Finals

AIfluence, the Kenyan AI-driven Influencer Marketing Platform has been named the winner of the Kenya edition of the 2023 Visa…
Mobility financing startup Moove raises $8 million financing from Absa Bank

Mobility financing startup Moove raises $8 million financing from Absa Bank

Moove, the mobility fintech startups has secured USD $8mn in financing from Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), bringing its total funding…
Seedstars new program seeks to boost financial inclusion for women migrants

Seedstars new program seeks to boost financial inclusion for women migrants

Seedstars, the global startup community and investment platform a new program to support fintech companies focused on promoting financial inclusion…
CNN’s Connecting Africa explores Nairobi’s role as a technology hub

CNN’s Connecting Africa explores Nairobi’s role as a technology hub

In the latest episode of Connecting Africa, CNN International’s Eleni Giokos visits Nairobi to see the role technology can play in boosting…
Here are the five startups pitching at the 2023 Visa Everywhere Initiative Kenya edition

Here are the five startups pitching at the 2023 Visa Everywhere Initiative Kenya edition

Payments firm Visa has unveiled the five finalists shortlisted for the final round of the 2023 Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI).…
Digital retail distributor Kyosk Digital acquires KwikBasket, expands into fresh produce market

Digital retail distributor Kyosk Digital acquires KwikBasket, expands into fresh produce market

Many farmers in Africa face numerous challenges due to fragmented and inefficient distribution chains for agricultural produce. Farmers often struggle…
MYDAWA raises $20m funding from Alta Semper Capital, acquires Uganda’s pharmacy chain Guardian Health

MYDAWA raises $20m funding from Alta Semper Capital, acquires Uganda’s pharmacy chain Guardian Health

MYDAWA, the Kenyan health-tech startup famous for its e-pharmacy platform has received a US $20 million capital injection from private…
Power Learn Project Alumni Startup, Payd, Wins Mozilla Africa Mradi Innovation Challenge Grant

Power Learn Project Alumni Startup, Payd, Wins Mozilla Africa Mradi Innovation Challenge Grant

Payd has been named among the winners of the prestigious Mozilla Africa Mradi Innovation Challenge, a competition sponsored by Mozilla…
Kenyan mobility startup Stima secures 100k euro investment from develoPPP Ventures

Kenyan mobility startup Stima secures 100k euro investment from develoPPP Ventures

Stima Mobility, the Kenyan startup providing green tech solutions for the moto-taxi sector (boda boda riders) has secured 100,000 euro in…
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