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...
Africa's Latest
Google Commits US$10M Towards Kenyan Startups, SMEs & Underserved Communities
January 29, 2021Google has committed US$10 million (around 1.1B Kenyan shillings) to help drive economic recovery in Kenya...
Funding
Nigeria’s Cowrywise Closes US$3M Pre-Series A Round Led by Quona Capital
January 28, 2021Nigerian digital wealth management platform Cowrywise has raised US$3 million in a pre-Series A round. The...
Africa's Latest
Catalyst Fund Selects 6 African Startups For Its Inclusive Fintech 2021 Cohort
January 28, 2021Catalyst Fund, a global accelerator managed by BFA Global has announced an all-African list of startups to...
Digital Banking
Nigeria’s Sparkle, Network International Partner For Virtual, Physical Payment Cards Offering
January 25, 2021Sparkle, a mobile-first digital ecosystem providing financial, lifestyle and business support services to Nigerians across the...
Funding
Kenyan Insurtech Startup Pula Raises US$6M Series A Led By TLcom Capital
January 25, 2021Pula, a Kenyan-based InsurTech service provider startup that specializes in digital and agricultural insurance to de-risk...
Global News
Google Shuts Down Internet Balloon Company – 6 Months After Launching in Kenya
January 22, 2021Google’s parent firm, Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company – 6 months after...
Give It A Shot
Applications Open For Women Focusssed Accelerator Programme in Somaliland
January 21, 2021Female-owned startups in Somaliland have been invited to apply for the Innovate Ventures Women in Business...
Funding
Nigeria’s Daystar Power Secures US$38M Series B Investment Led By IFU
January 13, 2021Daystar Power, a Nigeria-based hybrid solar power solutions provider, has secured $38 million in a Series...
Funding
Egypt’s Nawah Scientific Raises US$1M Pre-series A Funding Round
January 8, 2021Egyptian life science startup Nawah Scientific has closed a second pre-series A round of US1 million in...
HealthTech
Play Zuri Health Launches Their First mHealth App in Kenya
January 8, 2021Play Zuri Health Limited, a branch of the Play Communications Limited has announced the launch of...
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...
Money
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