Funding
Kenyan InsurTech Startup Lami Technologies Closes US$1.8M Seed Funding
Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurance technology (InsurTech) company that aims to democratize insurance products and services...
Give It A Shot
Startupbootcamp AfriTech, Telecel Group Opens Applications For ASIP Accelerator Program
March 27, 2021Africa’s top accelerator Startupbootcamp AfriTech and Telecel Group have opened up applications for the ASIP Accelerator...
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...
New Product/Launch
Kenyan Fintech Startup Asilimia Launches Leja – Digital Ledger for MSMEs
March 25, 2021Asilimia, a Kenyan Fintech digitizing payments for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has launched Leja,...
Funding
In Brief: Nigerian Digital Bank Startup Kuda Raises US$25M Series A
March 18, 2021Kuda, a digital bank startup that operates in Nigeria has raised a US$25 million Series A...
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...
Funding
Kenya’s Pula, M-KOPA Secure US$1.3M Grant From ADB to Accelerate Digital Financial Inclusion in Women
March 9, 2021The African Development Bank has approved two grants for research that will increase African women’s access...
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...
Funding
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...
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...
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