Non-profit organisation GirlCode will be holding a virtual hackathon inviting young women to create software solutions to help overcome challenges brought on by the…
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…
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,…
