Kenya

UNDP and Kenya launch GreenTech Hub Accelerator for Green Startups

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Kenya’s Ministry of Information, Communications, and Digital Economy (MICDE) have officially launched the call for applications for the timbuktoo GreenT...

Winners of Africa’s Business Heroes announced

Entrepreneurs hailing from Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt were in the top three following the final pitching session in the Grand Finale of the Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH). Africa’s Business ...

Kenyan startups invited to compete at Underdog Tech Award

inDrive introduced a new international prize, the Underdog Tech Award that is designed to honour the founders of the most promising tech startups outside of the well-established tech hubs and startup ...

Winners of the 2022 AYuTe Africa Challenge announced

Heifer International (www.Heifer.org) recently announced the 2022 winners of the AYuTe Africa Challenge that supports agritech innovators: ThriveAgric of Nigeria, Kenya’s DigicCow and Botwana-ba...

105 blockchain developers graduate from Africa Blockchain Center’s first cohort

The Africa Blockchain Center, the premier center of excellence for blockchain development in Africa, has announced the graduation of its first cohort of 105 blockchain developers under its Blockchain ...

Kenya based fintech, Pezesha raises a pre-series A investment of $11 million

Kenya based fintech, Pezesha has raised a pre-series A investment of $11 Million. The round was a mix of $6 million equity and $5 million debt. The funding round, which was led by Women’s World Bankin...

Kenyan FinTech startup, Paylend raises $2 million

Paylend, a Kenyan FinTech startup focused on providing access to finance and digitizing MSMEs in Kenya have today announced that it has raised $2 million dollars seed investment from Next Chymia Consu...

Winners of AYuTe Africa Challenge announced

Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, founder and CEO of ColdHubs, a Nigerian business that provides solar-powered, walk-in coolers for smallholder vegetable farmers and Jehiel Oliver, founder and CEO of Hello Tractor,...

Wamda Capital continues to invest in Twiga Foods

Kenya-based startup Twiga Foods has raised $23.75 million in a Series B equity round led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from existing investors, including Wamda Capital, the International Financ...