Tag: Startups

Another death knell sounds in the Kenya startup ecosystem. Lipa Later, the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) platform management has shifted, with Joy ...

Safaricom, in collaboration with Sumitomo Corporation and M-PESA Africa, has successfully hosted the inaugural Spark Accelerator Demo Day, marking a ...

Kenya's startup ecosystem is about to be hit hard as a new bill that awaits presidential approval plans to introduce ...

African startups raised $2.2 billion in 2024, after overcoming a slow start to the year with a much-improved second half. ...

In the fast-paced realm of global venture capital (VC) funding, Africa has long been hailed as the next frontier of ...

Standard Chartered Bank and Village Capital, an investment firm targeting early-stage entrepreneurs, have recently announced a new partnership seeking to ...

Klarna Bank AB, often simply known as Klarna, is a Swedish financial technology (fintech) firm that specializes in offering a ...

Sanari Capital, a South African private equity firm, has achieved a significant milestone by raising R1.25 billion (approximately $65 million) ...

Safaricom shareholders have approved two new subsidiaries dedicated to empowering and investing in Kenyan tech startups with one subsidiary dedicated ...

Although trends really have nothing to do with the growth of industry, we think they are essential to cultivating knowledge ...

Throw me stones if you may, but the fintech narrative is the biggest gainer in Africa topping Nigeria and Kenya, ...

 Kenya’s integrated healthcare platform, MyHealth Africa has revealed that it has closed a seed funding of USD 1 million. The ...

The Standard Chartered Bank Women in Tech program has awarded 5 participating businesses KES 1.2 million each in the culmination ...

Second-hand phone commerce platform, Badili has raised Kshs. 230 million in preseed funding in a bid to increase its operations ...

develoPPP Ventures is offering an opportunity for startups in Kenya and Tanzania to get a chance to scale their companies ...

MEST Africa has announced a shortlist of 36 qualified technology startups from 5 African countries that will be going into ...

Startups have been having a rough time in 2022, and according to reports, the current trends are not going away ...

Every other day, a startup receives money from investors. Africa, for instance, is one of the hottest markets for such ...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of $170 million to finance a digital ...

Google has announced the new class of startups that have been selected for this year's Startups Accelerator 2020, which was ...

Facebook has announced that they are inviting applications for their third edition of their London accelerator program. The company says ...

Norwegian accelerator Pangea launched its services in Kenya in January and in that time, the firm has highlighted plans to link ...

Social media has had an unparalleled impact on the world. While the jury is still out on whether the general ...

DEMO Africa, a LIONS@FRICA initiative that seeks to create new opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa by providing a platform designed to ...

Not only is Dubai the largest city in the United Arab Emirates, but it has also become one of the ...

The past 11 months have been spent designing, developing and validating our financial application called Shika. Shika is a short ...

In 2012, Safaricom partnered with Call-A-Doc in launching a healthcare consultation app called Daktari 1525. The service initially gained traction ...

What exactly do Twiga Foods do and how are they trying to solve the complex food problem in Africa?

The inaugural Global FinTech Hackcelerator has been announced which is a platform for Fintech startups to showcase their solutions.  The hackcelerator, ...

A creative entrepreneur is unlikely to be able to secure a bank loan, interest rates, repayment requirements for high risk ...

Sunday sermon for the 1% I randomly ask entrepreneurs I meet a bunch of questions just to dodge a rehearsed ...

IMG Credit AFP It has been all over the news over the last couple of weeks. Regular taxi operators are complaining ...

Satya Nadella visits a high school in Kenya that has Internet service provide by TV White Spaces. In continuing with ...

When starting your business, there are various metrics you need to consider in order to track and measure your progress. ...

So I got a very interesting email last Saturday morning that really got me thinking, which I have to admit ...