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Lori Systems, Twiga Foods included on WEF’s 100 New Technology Pioneers list

Kenyan tech startups Lori Systems and Twiga Foods have been included on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2020 Technology Pioneers list which includes 100…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [09/04/2020]

Ghanaian healthtech mPharma plans to equip and re-purpose private labs into Covid-19 testing centres. The startups is one of many on the continent that…

Grant Brooke announces he’s stepped down from managing Twiga Foods

Grant Brooke, the co-founder of Kenyan startup Twiga Foods has announced that he has stepped down from managing the startup. Twiga Foods’ platform aggregates…

Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2019?

Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year. While not every startup wanted to disclose how much they raised, those that…

Big names are among 41 African startups in Lisbon this week for Web Summit

UPDATE (8 November): Subsequent to the publication of this story, Swiss medtech startup Nutrix was announced as Web Summit’s Pitch winner. Forty-one startups from…

Kenyan startup Twiga Foods closes $30m Series-B round

Nairobi-based mobile-based B2B distribution platform Twiga Foods announced today that it has secured almost $30-million in a new round led by Goldman Sachs. It follows the $5-million…

Kenya’s Twiga Foods secures $5m from French investor Creadev

Nairobi-based mobile-based B2B distribution platform Twiga Foods has secured a $5-million investment from French investor Creadev. Citing a statement it had received, Kenyan radio station KassFM said in an…

Are these the 10 biggest disclosed African tech startup deals of 2018? [Updated]

A whole lot of money. That’s what over 60 African tech startups raised this year. While not every startup wanted to disclose how much they…

Kenya’s Twiga Foods secures $10m investment from IFC, TLcom

Kenyan mobile-based B2B distribution platform Twiga Foods has secured a $10-million investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), venture capital firm TLcom and the Global Agriculture and Food Security…

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 supply platform Twiga Foods set to secure up to $7m from IFC, TLCom

Kenyan mobile-based B2B distribution platform Twiga Foods is set to secure up to $7-million from the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and venture capital firm TLCom…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [04/09/2017]

Looking to get into the South African startup scene or catch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place….

Google Launchpad Accelerator announces six African startup for fourth class

Four Nigerian startups and one each from Kenya and South Africa will join 27 other startups at the 4th class of Google’s Launchpad Accelerator. The…

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