Funding
African Cross-border FinTech Startup Chipper Cash Banks US$30M Led By Jeff Bezos, Ribbit Capital
Chipper Cash, an African cross-border FinTech startup has secured a US$30 million Series B funding round...
Rules & Regulations
Kenya’s New Law Requires Foreign ICT Firms to Have 30% Local Shareholding
August 12, 2020Kenya has introduced a new law that requires foreign ICT firms setting up base in Kenya...
Africa's Latest
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...
Rules & Regulations
Uber, Bolt to Face Prohibitive Ride-hailing Regulations in Lagos
August 12, 2020Lagos state government has released new a set of regulations for ride-hailing companies operating in Lagos....
Africa's Latest
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...
Africa's Latest
Meet the 12 Finalists of GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition 2020
August 6, 2020Twelve startups from 10 African countries have been selected as finalists to compete for the US$100,000...
Africa's Latest
9 Startups to Compete in US$50,000 MEST Africa Challenge 2020 Finale
August 3, 2020Nine startups will compete in the MEST Africa challenge 2020 finale for a chance to receive...
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...
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...
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...
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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