Global News
Google Shuts Down Internet Balloon Company – 6 Months After Launching in Kenya
Google’s parent firm, Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company – 6 months after...
Give It A Shot
Applications Open For Women Focusssed Accelerator Programme in Somaliland
January 21, 2021Female-owned startups in Somaliland have been invited to apply for the Innovate Ventures Women in Business...
Funding
Nigeria’s Daystar Power Secures US$38M Series B Investment Led By IFU
January 13, 2021Daystar Power, a Nigeria-based hybrid solar power solutions provider, has secured $38 million in a Series...
Funding
Egypt’s Nawah Scientific Raises US$1M Pre-series A Funding Round
January 8, 2021Egyptian life science startup Nawah Scientific has closed a second pre-series A round of US1 million in...
HealthTech
Play Zuri Health Launches Their First mHealth App in Kenya
January 8, 2021Play Zuri Health Limited, a branch of the Play Communications Limited has announced the launch of...
Innovation
Kenyan AgriTech Selina Wamucii Launches AI Tool to Help Farmers Fight Locusts
January 8, 2021Kenyan AgriTech startup Selina Wamucii has launched Kuzi an AI-powered early warning tool, delivered by SMS,...
Innovation
6 Innovative Kenyan Startups to Watch in 2021
January 6, 2021The year 2020 was a turbulent year for most of the startups in Kenya. With the...
Funding
Villgro Africa Awards US$20,000 to Kenya’s Damu Sasa For Its Blood Management System
December 18, 2020Villgro Africa has awarded US$20,000 to Damu Sasa System Limited (DSL), which runs an innovative end-to-end...
Expansion
Kenya’s MarketForce 360 Launches RejaReja, a B2B Wholesale Marketplace For Shop Owners
December 17, 2020Kenyan startup MarketForce 360 which is digitizing retail distribution in Africa has launched RejaReja, a B2B wholesale e-commerce...
Funding
Kenyan Health Startup Ilara Health Banks US$3.75M Series A Round
December 15, 2020Kenyan healthtech startup Ilara Health has banked US$3.75 million in Series A funding led by TLcom Capital, with...
Funding
Senegalese-based Solar Energy Startup Oolu Raises US$8.5M Series B Round
December 15, 2020Oolu, a leading solar distributor in West Africa, has closed an US$8.5 million Series B investment...
Women Entrepreneur/Leader
If I Had To Do It Again: Vanessa Mehri, Food Influencer & Author – Swahili Food Made Easy
May 14, 2020Vanessa Mehri is the 34-year-old food influencer and author behind the book Swahili Food Made Easy....
Africa's Latest
Kenya’s Twiga Foods Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
June 16, 2020Kenyan based digital business-to-business platform Twiga Foods has been selected among hundreds of candidates as one...
Inspired
11 Kenyan Women Entrepreneurs Making Inspiring Waves across Africa
June 8, 2019With the growth of the Kenyan entrepreneurial ecosystem, so has been the rise of female-owned businesses...
Africa's Latest
MoSound Founder, Kevin Mulei Launches Kenya’s Hot New Hit Radio Station
March 12, 2018Kevin Mulei, the Founder of M0Sound, an event planning, production, and management company based in Kenya...
Starting Up
11 Best Coworking Spaces in Nairobi Entrepreneurs Can Work From
October 25, 2018A coworking space provides flexible payments options with no need for signing any kind of leases...
Starting Up
3 Reasons Why the Car Wash Business in Kenya is Thriving
May 1, 2019As many people in Kenya are venturing into entrepreneurship, the one business that has caught the...
Innovation
The 10 Hottest Kenyan Startups to Watch in 2018
December 11, 2017Founder360° Magazine spoke to some of founders and players in the startup ecosystem in identifying the...
Innovation
7 Agri-Tech Startups Disrupting Small-scale Farming in Kenya
May 23, 2018Kenya is home to approximately 50 million people with the population expected to reach more than...
Startups
These are the 9 Top Most Funded Startups in Kenya
March 26, 2018According to a report by Wee Tracker on African Startup Funding 2017, Kenya was ranked second...
Funding
Kenya’s MarketForce 360 Bags US$350,000 Seed Round Led by ViKtoria Ventures (VBAN)
May 26, 2020Kenyan startup Marketforce 360 has secured US$350,000 in a Seed investment round led by ViKtoria Business...
Funding
Egyptian B2B Marketplace MaxAB Closes Landmark US$6.2 Million Seed Round
September 26, 2019MaxAB, an Egyptian B2B e-commerce marketplace that connects informal food and grocery retailers with suppliers via...
Money
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