Stories By Vallency Otieno
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5 African Startups Join Global Finalists to Compete for US$500,000 Seedstars World 2020/21
March 31, 2021Five African startups will join fifteen other global finalists in the race to compete for the...
Africa's Latest
Pine Kazi -Women-led Kenya Shoe Design Startup Wins ADB’s Fashionomics Africa Initiative Competition
March 30, 2021The African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative has named a women-led Kenya shoe design house –...
Funding
Kenyan Agency Banking Startup Tanda Secures Funding to Expand Regionally
March 27, 2021Kenyan agency banking startup Tanda is expanding its operations across East Africa after closing a funding...
Funding
Savannah Fund Bags US$3M From IFC to Invest in Africa’s Early-Stage Startups
March 10, 2021Savannah Fund, a leading technology seed fund in Africa has bagged US$3 million from IFC to...
Funding
SA’s Largest Independent Payment Provider Adumo Raises US$15M From IFC
March 10, 2021Adumo, South Africa’s largest independent payment provider has raised US$15 million in preferred shares from IFC...
Women Entrepreneur/Leader
Meet Angela Nzioki, The Executive Digitizing Informal Retailers & Merchants in Africa
March 8, 2021Angela Nzioki is the Kenya CEO of Sokowatch, Kenyan based B2B E-commerce startup that connects shop...
Funding
Kenya’s Kidato Joins Y Combinator Winter 2021 Batch, Banks US$125,000 Funding
March 6, 2021Kenyan EdTech startup Kidato has been accepted into the Silicon Valley-based accelerator Y Combinator, banking US$125,000...
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Moroccan Real Estate Platform Mubawab Secures US$10M For Maghreb Expansion
March 4, 2021Moroccan real estate platform Mubawab has raised US$10 million from EMPG MENA Group to increase its...
Funding
Nigeria’s Leading Tech Hub CcHUB Invests in 3 Startups with New Investment Syndicate
February 24, 2021Co-creation Hub(CcHUB), the leading technology innovation center in Nigeria has announced the closing of the first...
Give It A Shot
Bayer Foundation Launch US$60,000 Social Enterprise Prize For Female Entrepreneurs in Africa
February 19, 2021The Bayer Foundation is calling on female entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa leading innovative social enterprises to...
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