Africa's Latest
8 African Startups Named WEF Technology Pioneers 2021
Eight African startups have been named World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers of 2021. The eight will...
Mergers and Acquisitions
Kenya’s MarketForce Acquires Digiduka to Consolidate Distribution of Consumer Goods with Digital Financial Services
June 15, 2021Kenya’s MarketForce, the end-to-end retail distribution platform for consumer brands in Africa, announces the strategic acquisition of Digiduka,...
Funding
SunCuture, mPharma Collectively Win US$500,000 Morgan Stanley Sustainable Solutions Award
June 11, 2021Kenya’s SunCulture and Ghana’s mPharma have been named among five global winners of the inaugural Morgan...
Funding
SA’s WhereIsMyTransport Raises US$14.5M in Series A Extension
June 8, 2021South Africa’s Mobility technology company WhereIsMyTransport has successfully closed the second funding round for capital raising...
Funding
5 African Startups Receive SAIS Grant & Entrepreneurial Support
June 8, 2021Southern Africa Innovation Support Programme (SAIS) and Seedstars have awarded five startups from this year’s startup...
Africa's Latest
Kenyan Startups to Gain More Access to International Resources in New Government Initiative
June 4, 2021The Ministry of Industrialization, Trade, and Enterprise Development (MoITED) have today launched Startup Savanna, an international...
New Blood
Kenya’s Lori Systems Appoints Uche Ogboi as New CEO
May 31, 2021Lori Systems, a startup building the cutting-edge logistics infrastructure for trucking in Africa has announced the...
Give It A Shot
Kenyan Entrepreneurs Invited to Apply for €100,000 Grant Launched By German’s Development Ministry
May 31, 2021The Federal Development Ministry (BMZ) is launching the DeveloPPP Ventures that aims to empower local Kenyan...
Funding
In Brief: African Cross-border FinTech Startup Chipper Cash Banks US$100M Led By SVB Capital
May 31, 2021Chipper Cash, an African cross-border FinTech startup has secured a US$100 million Series C funding round....
Funding
Kenya’s Off-Grid Solar Provider d.light Secures US$10M From Proparco
May 28, 2021d.light, a Kenyan based off-grid solar provider has secured US$10 million in equity financing from Proparco....
Funding
Nigerian Fintech Startup Mono Closes US$2M Seed Round
May 24, 2021Nigerian fintech startup Mono has announced the closing of a US$2 million seed round to power the...
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...
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...
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...
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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