Funding
E-Commerce Firms Copia, Kasha Secure US$6M Combine Funding From U.S Development Bank
The US development bank DFC has approved a US$6 million equity funding on Kenyan startup Copia...
Africa's Latest
Nigerian & Kenyan-based Credit Data Marketplace CARMA Launches in Zambia
August 3, 2020CARMA, a credit data marketplace available in Sub-Saharan Africa has signed an agreement with credit unions...
Startup Feature
Kyanda – Providing Affordable Digital Financial Services in Kenya
July 28, 2020A decade after the launch of M-Pesa, a transformative mobile phone-based platform for money transfer and financial services...
Africa's Latest
Anzisha Celebrates 10 Africans Who Embraced Entrepreneurship at a Young Age
July 22, 2020The Anzisha Prize, a partnership with African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation, is celebrating ten African...
How To
Meidimi Hugo Sokoto: How To Run a Button Mushroom Startup in Kenya
July 16, 2020There tends to be so much naivety when it comes to founding a startup. It’s almost...
Mergers and Acquisitions
Kenyan Online Parenting Platform MumsVillage Merges with Nigeria’s BabyBliss
July 16, 2020MumsVillage, a leading parenting website for expert advice and online community support in Kenya has merged...
Funding
SA Job Platform Giraffe Secures Grant Funding From UNICEF Innovation Fund
July 15, 2020South African automated job matching platform, Giraffe has closed a grant funding round from UNICEF’s innovation...
Funding
Kenya’s Komaza Raises US$28M Series B to Capture Africa’s US$30B Wood Deficit
July 14, 2020Komaza, a Kenyan-based tech-enabled and sustainable forestry company that is revolutionizing the wood industry in Africa...
Funding
In Brief: Nigeria’s TradeDepot Banks US$10M Funding from Partech, IFC
July 14, 2020Nigeria’s SaaS FMCG platform startup TradeDepot has banked a US$10 million investment to pivot into new...
Africa's Latest
Facebook Selects 12 Africans for the Facebook Community Accelerator Programme
July 14, 2020Facebook has selected 12 African community leaders to join Facebook’s Community Accelerator, a six-month programme that aims...
Give It A Shot
Blockchain Startups in Africa Can Apply for US$100,000 UNICEF Innovation Fund
July 9, 2020The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make up to US$100K equity-free investments (in USD and/or cryptocurrency) to provide early-stage (seed)...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Money
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