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 –...
Nigerian-based Job Placement Platform Jobberman Appoints Rolake Rosiji as New CEO
February 8, 2021Jobberman, the single largest job placement platform in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the appointment of Rolake...
Google Commits US$10M Towards Kenyan Startups, SMEs & Underserved Communities
January 29, 2021Google has committed US$10 million (around 1.1B Kenyan shillings) to help drive economic recovery in Kenya...
Catalyst Fund Selects 6 African Startups For Its Inclusive Fintech 2021 Cohort
January 28, 2021Catalyst Fund, a global accelerator managed by BFA Global has announced an all-African list of startups to...
Kenya’s Eneza Education Partners With Mastercard Foundation to Launch SMS-based Learning Platform in Rwanda
October 14, 2020Eneza Education has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to launch an SMS-based learning platform in Rwanda....
World Bank Group Bans Kenyan Tech Firm Techno Brain Over Fraud in Liberia
October 13, 2020The World Bank Group has banned Kenya-based Techno Brain Limited, an IT-services company for twenty-eight months...
Nairobi Garage, METTA Partner to Create Kenya’s Biggest Innovation Community
September 15, 2020Nairobi Garage, a leading co-working space in Kenya has joined forces with METTA to create Kenya’s...
Young Africans Consider Facebook Least Trusted Source of News
September 7, 2020Young Africans don’t trust Facebook, a troubling indicator for the social media giant as it pertains...
Kenya’s MarketForce 360 Joins Y Combinator Summer 2020 Batch
August 12, 2020Kenyan startup Marketforce 360 which is digitizing retail distribution in Africa has been accepted into the Y...
Tanzania’s SSC Capital Partner’s With Halal Angel Network to Tap the Fast-Growing African Market
August 10, 2020Halal Angels Network is among the first to penetrate the US$5 trillion Halal consumer market has...