Funding
Nigeria’s Leading Tech Hub CcHUB Invests in 3 Startups with New Investment Syndicate
Co-creation Hub(CcHUB), the leading technology innovation center in Nigeria has announced the closing of the first...
Funding
Nigerian Online Credit Startup Evolvecredit Banks US$25,000 From Microtraction
October 27, 2020Evolvecredit a Nigerian online marketplace for reviewing and comparing loan products has banked US$25,000 from Microtraction....
Give It A Shot
Catalyst Fund, Mastercard Foundation, MEST Launch US$4.3M Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana
October 19, 2020Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial...
Funding
Kenyan FinTech 4G Capital Receives US$2.85M From Citi For Onward Support to MSMEs
October 16, 2020Kenya’s 4G Capital will receive a US$2.85 million (Kshs 285 million) term loan from Citi that...
Funding
Stripe Acquires Nigerian Payment Platform Paystack For a Rumoured US$200M
October 15, 2020San Francisco based FinTech Stripe has agreed to acquire Nigerian payment platform Paystack to accelerate online...
Africa's Latest
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....
Africa's Latest
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...
Events
Africa-focussed VC TLcom Capital Unveils 2020 Africa Tech Female Founder Summit
October 12, 2020TLcom Capital, the Africa-focussed venture capital firm, has officially announced the launch of its second Africa...
Funding
Uganda’s Tugende Closes US$6.3M Toyota Tsusho-backed Series A Investment Round
October 5, 2020Tugende, a technology-enabled asset finance company operating in Uganda and Kenya has completed a US$6.3M Series...
Women Entrepreneur/Leader
Meet The 25-Year Old Kenyan Entrepreneur On a Mission To Hydrate You With Eco-Friendly Glass Water Bottles
October 5, 2020Grace Kisilu is the Founder of Wish Bottles, an environmentally sustainable startup that sells eco-friendly premium...
Funding
Kenyan Digital Addressing Startup OKHi Banks US$1.79M from Angel Investment Network
September 24, 2020OkHi, a Kenyan/UK startup addressing system for emerging markets, has raised more than US$1.79 million (£1.4million),...
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...
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...
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...
Money
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