Startups
Tyme Raises $77.8 Million in Pre-Series C Funding Round
Tyme, the parent company of South African digital bank TymeBank, has successfully raised $77.8 million ...
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Kenyan Team Wins Microsoft Imagine Cup with Innovative APD Solution
In Microsoft’s annual student tech-for-good competition, the Imagine Cup, a team from Kenya called Tawi ...
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Amini Raises $2 Million to Solve Environmental Data Scarcity for Africa
Amini, Corp., an early-stage company focused on solving Africa’s environmental data gap through artificial intelligence ...
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M-KOPA Closes $250M Funding to Expand Financial Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
M-KOPA has successfully secured over $250 million in new debt and equity funding, marking one ...
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Riding With Thieves: When Asset Financing Turns into Motorcycle Theft
From Loaned to Lost Today marks the fourth day since a Twitter user, Asaad, woke ...
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TopUp Mama Rebrands as Caantin, Offers Enhanced Restaurant Solutions
Kenyan startup TopUp Mama, which provided solutions for restaurant procurement processes, has rebranded itself as ...
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Copia Global Suspends African Expansion and Shuts Down Ugandan Operations
Kenyan B2C e-commerce company, Copia Global, has announced the suspension of its expansion in Africa ...
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Visa Everywhere Initiative Applications Open in Kenya for 2023
Visa has announced that applications for the 2023 edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI) ...
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7 Uasin Gishu Tech Start-Ups Receive Sh1 Million Funding from Mozilla
Mozilla, in partnership with the Gladys Boss Foundation (GBF), has launched the Mozilla Mashinani tech-innovation ...
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Victory Farms secures $35 million Series B funding round to expand its operations in East Africa
Kenyan based aquaculture company, Victory Farms, has recently completed a $35 million Series B funding ...