Stories By Vallency Otieno
Give It A Shot
DFS Lab Opens Applications For The Female-Focused FinTech Prize
May 2, 2019Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS Lab), an early-stage accelerator that supports entrepreneurs to refine, grow and...
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...
Africa's Latest
The 2019 MEST Africa Summit to Take Place in Nairobi
April 17, 2019MEST Africa has announced the dates of the fourth annual MEST Africa Summit. In collaboration with...
Daily Grind
How Building A Youth Foundation Opened Doors For This Young SA Entrepreneur to Build a Successful Marketing Firm
April 15, 2019Through this series dubbed, Daily Grind Founder360° CEO and Head of Content Vallency F. Otieno chats...
Africa's Latest
AfricInvest and Cathay Innovation to Launch US$169M Pan-African VC Fund
April 10, 2019AfricInvest, a leading private equity firm in Africa with US$1.5bn in assets under management, and Cathay...
Funding
Nigerian FinTech Kudi Secures US$5M Series A Led By Partech
April 4, 2019Kudi, a Nigerian FinTech startup focusing on digital payment and collection for the cash economy, raises...
Africa's Latest
African Development Bank Invests US$14M in Adiwale Fund 1 Targeting French-speaking West Africa
March 30, 2019The African Development Bank has approved a € 12.5 (US$14) million equity investment in Adiwale Fund...
Funding
PEG Africa Secures US$25M to Accelerate Off-grid Solar Expansion in West Africa
March 21, 2019PEG Africa, a West Africa based pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar company, has raised US$25 million Series C...
Africa's Latest
Gray Matters Capital Selects 2 African Startups For its EdTech Accelerator
March 14, 2019Mosabi, a Sierra Leone-based mobile learning platform for financial inclusion and Mums Village, Kenya’s leading Parenting...
Funding
Nigeria’s FinTech OneFi Secures US$5M Debt Financing For its Paylater Lending App
March 8, 2019Nigerian FinTech startup, OneFi has secured a US$5 million debt facility for its mobile lending platform, Paylater...
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