Startups
Kenya’s Tesh Mbaabu, emerges as a finalist at the Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition
Tesh Mbaabu, Co-Founder and CEO of Marketforce Technologies, has emerged among the 10 finalists in the Africa’s Business...
Sendy sends home employees as it faces funding challenges
Sendy the logistics firm has shut down its retail and supplier trading platform known as Sendy Supply. It...
5 Kenyans emerge as winners in the RISE program by Schmidt Futures
Schmidt Futures, in partnership with the Rhodes Trust, have announced the second cohort of 100 Rise Global Winners,...
Zuri Health & Damu Sasa among African startups set to receive Ksh. 6M from i3 health startup support initiative
Investing in Innovation (i3), an African support initiative for African health supply chain startups, has announced its first...
Michael Joseph has been appointed as the Board Chair of Pula Advisors, an agritech startup
Pula Advisors has appointed Michael Joseph as the chairperson of its board of directors, effective September 19. Mr....
Esther Kimani, founder of FarmerLifeLine Technologies wins $50,000 at the Africa Food Prize Awards
Esther Kimani founder of FarmerLifeLine Technologies in Kenya has emerged a winner at the Africa Food Prize Awards....
Buupass among 12 Kenyan startups selected for the 2022 Google Black Founders Fund
Google has announced 60 qualifiers for the Google for their Startups Black Founders Fund (BFF) for African startups....
Wasoko, Kenyan e-commerce startup has launched an innovation hub in Zanzibar
Wasoko (formerly Sokowatch), an African B2B e-commerce startup has launched “Wasoko Innovation Hub” in partnership with the Zanzibar...
Pezesha, a Kenyan finance fintech raises Ksh. 1.3 Billion to fund expansion
Pezesha, a Kenyan finance fintech has managed to raise Ksh. 1.3 Billion ($11 million) in a pre-Series A...
Applications for the 5th edition of Catapult: Inclusion Africa Programme are now open
The LHoFT Foundation has announced that it has now opened applications for the 5th edition of the CATAPULT:...