Funding Report Briefs 2019
Kenyan Startups Raised a Record US$187.4M in 2019 Over 41 Disclosed Deals
Women Entrepreneur
This 20-Year-Old Kenyan Entrepreneur is Building an Organic Cosmetic Premium Brand While Pursuing a Law Degree
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FinTech Startups Can Now Apply For CATAPULT Inclusion Africa 2020 Bootcamp
December 17, 2019CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa 2020 is back with a 1-week training and networking Bootcamp, hosted in Luxembourg...
Funding
Kenya Social Enterprise Startup Raino Tech4Impact Receives Investment from Katapult Ocean Accelerator
December 13, 2019Raino Tech4Impact, a social enterprise that is leveraging technology to provide solutions in health, agriculture has...
Funding
Kenya-Based Micro-Insurtech Startup Turaco Closes US$1.2M Seed Investment
December 11, 2019Kenya-based micro-insurtech startup, Turaco, has secured a seed capital raise of US$1.2 million to further scale...
Expansion
Nigeria’s Car Marketplace Cars45 Expands to Ghana, Kenya
December 11, 2019Cars45, Nigeria’s leading automotive trading platform, has launched into Ghana and Kenya. Cars45 is aiming to...
Africa's Latest
Jumia Foods Shuts Down Operation in Rwanda, Shifts Jumia Travel to Travelstart
December 9, 2019Pan-African E-commerce Company, Jumia has suspended its operations in Rwanda, its third country to offload at it...
Funding
Kenya’s Farmshine Raises US$ 250,000 from Gray Matters Capital’s coLABS
December 5, 2019Farmshine, a Nairobi based agritech start-up has raised funding of USD 250,000 from US-based impact investor Gray...
Funding
Kenya’s Off-Grid Solar Provider d.light Secures US$5M from OPIC, Ford Foundation, Citi
December 2, 2019d.light, a Kenyan based off-grid solar provider has secured US$5 million financing from a consortium from...
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GrowthAfrica Accelerator Expands to Ghana and Opens Applications for 2020 Cohort
November 27, 2019Africa’s premier business growth partner, GrowthAfrica, has announced its expansion and launch into Accra, Ghana. Its...
Funding
Nigerian EdTech Startup uLesson Secures US$3.1M Seed Funding Ahead of 2020 Market Launch
November 26, 2019Nigerian EdtTech learning platform uLesson has closed a US$3.1 million seed-level round led by TLcom Capital...
Founder’s Yard
All That Happened at The Inaugural Founder’s Yard 2019 Event (Photos)
November 26, 2019Last Friday (22nd November 2019), we hosted the Founder’s Yard 2019 Event at the ALX, Pinetree...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
Leadership
10 Books Every Aspiring African Entrepreneur Should Read in 2018
October 21, 2018In today’s world, the ability to create time and learn constantly is one attribute successful entrepreneurs...
Innovation
11 Innovative Kenyan Startups to Watch in 2019
January 19, 2019Every start of the year we seek to highlight some of the trailblazing startups making disruption...
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
This Entrepreneur Left His Bank Job and Built One of the Most Successful Fintech Products in Africa
January 19, 2018When Kariuki Gathitu finished his “O” levels exams, his aspiration was to study in the United...
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...
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