Kenya

Nigerian fintech launched to help gig economy workers

A recently launched fintech based in Nigeria and Kenya aims to provide financial services specifically to temporary and freelance workers (gig workers). The startup, ImaliPay,…

Logistics vertical hotting up, as Kenya’s Sendy closes $20m Series-B round

Nairobi-based on-demand delivery platform Sendy has raised $20-million in a Series-B investment round led by Atlantica Ventures. Sendy connects businesses and individuals to third party…

UK government’s Go Global Africa programme opens call for applications

Go Global Africa, a scheme run by the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport through its International Tech Hub Network is calling…

Team from Kenyan startup Copia among Endeavor’s latest entrepreneurs to join fold

Three entrepreneurs behind Kenyan consumer goods catalogue and delivery service Copia have been selected to join Endeavor, a non-profit organisation that supports high-impact entrepreneurs…

Kenya-based diagnostics startup Ilara Health raises $735k

Nairobi-based healthtech startup Ilara Health has raised $735 000 in seed funding from a group of angel investors and venture capital (VC) firms. The angel investors…

Kenyan taskforce calls for state to regulate AI and blockchain

A Kenyan task team has called for the country’s government to invest in blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and skills — and to regulate…

HAVAÍC invests undisclosed sum in Kenyan virtual postbox startup MPost

Cape Town based venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC yesterday announced that it had invested an undisclosed sum in a pre-Series A round in Kenyan virtual…

Mastercard expands its Engage programme to include Kenyan, Nigerian fintechs

Global payments tech firm Mastercard has expanded its Mastercard Engage programme to target Kenyan and Nigerian fintechs. The platform, which was launched in 2017,…

SA still Africa’s top startup ecosystem but has fallen 13 places, shows new ranking

South Africa may still have the highest ranked startup ecosystem for an African country, but it is no longer in the top 50 club,…

Westerwelle Young Founders Conference Kigali 2019 to get startups investment ready

The Westerwelle Foundation is calling on startups from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda who are interested in learning about investment readiness to apply to attend the Westerwelle Young Founders Conference Kigali 2019.

African tech startups raised over $1.2bn in funding in 2018 – Partech report

A report by French venture capital (VC) firm Partech Africa has found that 146 African tech startups raised $1.163-billion in equity funding last year…

Two African startups selected for GMC Calibrator edtech accelerator

Sierra Leone mobile learning platform for financial inclusion Mosabi and Kenyan parenting website Mums Village have been selected for Gray Matters Capital‘s GMC Calibrator…

Everything you need to know about East African startup landscape [2019 Update]

Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or…

MMH Accelerator to offer up to €50k in funding to African healthtech startups

Selected Ghanaian, Kenyan and Nigerian late stage healthtech firms — including those solving for animal health — stand to benefit from up to €50 000 in funding from this year’s Making More Health (MMH) Accelerator programme.

Africa Development Bank approves $7.5m investment in Kenyan VC fund

African Development Bank has announced that its board of directors has approved a $7.5-million in Nairobi-based venture capital firm Africa Tech Ventures.

Twiga Foods pilot to put more farm land to use to meet demand [Sponsored]

Kenyan mobile-based B2B distribution platform Twiga Foods wants to put about 8000 acres of unused agricultural land in Kenya to use to meet growing demand for its platform…

Kenyan insurtech Bluewave takes top honours at 2018 Seedstars Nairobi

Nairobi-based insurtech startup Bluewave Insurance Agency has come out tops at Seedstars Nairobi pitch event. At an event held on Friday (21 September), the startup out-pitched six other…

Kenyan logistics startup Bwala Africa Group secures over $200k in funding

Nairobi-based last-mile logistics startup Bwala Africa Group has secured a loan of 24-million Kenyan Shillings ($238 000) from Kenyan bank CFC Stanbic. The startup, which launched…

Kenya to host 2020 Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering in Nairobi

The Kenyan government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) to host the 2020 edition of the NEF…

Kenyan hub Nailab busy identifying African partners for Jack Ma programme

Kenyan hub Nailab, which has been selected to run Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma’s $10-million Africa Netpreneur Prize, is in the process of identifying and selecting hubs and…

SA startups Pineapple, Preeva win place in Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa

SA startups Pineapple and Preeva will join nine other companies in Lagos soon, with the announcement today by Google of the second class of Launchpad Accelerator Africa. Pineapple last…

Expat founders: So where are all the African entrepreneurs? [Opinion]

I get utterly distraught every time I open a new TechCrunch article of a startup with a Swahili name disrupting a certain sphere of…

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Vumela Fund backs Kusini Water expansion

SAVCA findings: How Venture Capital can solve unemployment

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HUAWEI nova 9 smartphone and HUAWEI MateView GT monitor launch in South Africa

TCL QLED 4K C725 TV now available in South Africa: price and details

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Peugeot’s double-cab bakkie lands in South Africa

Land Rover introduces Defender with V8 engine to South Africa: Price and details

Road test: Renault Kiger 1.0 Turbo Intens