Funding Report Briefs 2019
The US$10M Club: African Startups That Have Raised More than US$10M in 2019
Funding
Nairobi-based Recycling Startup Mr. Green Africa Secures Funding From DOB Equity, Global Innovation Fund
August 20, 2019Mr. Green Africa, a Nairobi-based recycling startup has secured undisclosed funding from DOB Equity and Global...
Africa's Latest
Facebook, Africa Check Partner to Combat Fake News in Swahili & Other African Languages
August 19, 2019Facebook has partnered with Africa Check to add new local language support for several African languages...
Personal Finance
5 Tactics You Can Use to Get Out of Debt on Your Own
August 19, 2019Debt paralyzes you and inhibits your ability to make progress in every aspect of your life....
Give It A Shot
Bosch Africa, Founders Factory Africa to Sink US$30,000 in African Smart Mobility Startups
August 14, 2019Bosch Africa in conjunction with Founders Factory is offering the first of its kind smart mobility...
Funding
In Brief: Nigerian Logistics Startup Kobo360 Banks US$30M Led by Goldman Sachs
August 14, 2019Nigerian freight logistics startup Kobo360 has secured a US$20 million Series A round led by Goldman Sachs and US$10...
Active Investors
Most Active Investors in the Kenyan Startup Scene
August 13, 2019Raising funding from a venture capitalist can be a make or break time for any early-stage...
Africa's Latest
US Marijuana Firm Bangi, Inc. Seeks Cross Listing in Kenya’s NSE
August 11, 2019BANGI, Inc, a diversified investment vehicle that acquires and leases specialized real estate assets in the...
Funding
Nigerian Payment Company TechAdvance Raises US$1M From Lamar Holding
August 9, 2019Nigerian Payment Company TechAdvance has raised US$1 million from Lamar Holding, a Bahrain-based energy investment company...
Africa's Latest
In Brief: Tecno, Infinix Parent Company Set for IPO on Shanghai Stock Exchange
August 8, 2019Transsion Holdings, the mobile phone company behind Tecno and Infinix is set to list on an...
Africa's Latest
In Brief: Jumia Shares Crash Below Its IPO Price
August 7, 2019Pan-African E-commerce Company, Jumia shares have been on a monthly downtrend and currently trading below its...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Innovation
This Entrepreneur Left His Bank Job and Built One of the Most Successful Fintech Products in Africa
January 19, 2018When Kariuki Gathitu finished his “O” levels exams, his aspiration was to study in the United...
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
11 Innovative Kenyan Startups to Watch in 2019
January 19, 2019Every start of the year we seek to highlight some of the trailblazing startups making disruption...
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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