Startups & Ideas
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Don’t know whom to vote for? This website shows you everyone vying in your area
If you don't know whom to vote for in the 2022 Kenya General Elections in your locality, here's a tool to help you out.
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Africa-born Vehicle Financing Company, Moove, expands to India
Moove will be launching 5,000 EV and CNG vehicles within its first year in India, with plans of scaling to 30,000 in the next five years.
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Bloc has acquired Orchestrate, formerly Getwallets
Bloc, Nigeria’s full-service FinTech and Banking as a Service infrastructure provider, announces its acquisition of Orchestrate
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Nigeria’s AFEX expands to Kenya; To empower small farmers
AFEX has launched a $1 million loan program that will allow farmers gain access to seed and fertiliser to mitigate rising prices
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Kenya’s AfyaRekod launches Blockchain enabled Universal Patient Portal
Kenya based HealthTech company AfyaRekod has launched a fully automated first-of-its-kind Universal Patient Portal
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Nigeria’s Mono expands to Kenya to push the Open Finance dream
Mono has expanded to Kenya pushing the open banking idea to East Africa by allowing access of Financial Data & Bank Payments one API
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Standard Chartered and iBizAfrica announce 10 women-led startups joining their incubator
iBizAfrica and Standard Chartered Bank have announced the short-list of 10-Startups for their Women in Tech Program.
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Eloho Omame co-founder FirstCheck Africa joins TLcom Venture Capital as partner
TLcom has appointed Eloho Omame as a Partner, bolstering its capabilities as it ramps up deployment of TIDE Africa Fund II
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Kune Food is shutting down after filing for insolvency
Kune Food is shutting down operations in the Kenyan market. They've also filed for insolvency after failing to raise money from investors.
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Digital Insurance Platform mTek receives KES 340 Million Funding
mTek has secured an investment commitment of KES 340 Million from African-focused fintech platform, Finclusion Group
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Mozilla launches Data Course for SMEs and Startups in Kenya
Mozilla has unveiled a course for SMEs and startups in Kenya to increase their awareness and capabilities on the use of data collected
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South Africa’s HAVAÍC VC invests $400,000 in Nigeria’s ShopEx
HAVAÍC has this week announced investment in ShopEx, Nigeria's leading omnichannel direct-to-consumer retailer.
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Kune Foods raised millions to disrupt the market but became yet another online restaurant
Kune Foods will now be exclusively available through Glovo, Jumia Foods, Uber Eats and Bolt Food. This is not what was promised at launch.
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‘Grey’ fintech offering Foreign Bank Accounts and Instant Money Transfer expands to Kenya
Grey has announced its expansion into the East African market starting with Kenya where it is partnering with Cellulant.
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Egyptian health startup Esaal completes $1.7M Seed Round
Esaal has aggregated over 350 consultants covering different fields on the platform who deliver health and wellness services