TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture , which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers it is serving by the end 2022 and to introduce other products that deliver more value per acre of land. The agritech is scouting for growth opportunities in East and West Africa. “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Kenya-based fintech company 4G Capital , which provides unsecured credit to micro enterprises, has raised $18.5 Barrett launched 4G Capital in 2013 after a short stint as a loans manager based in Kenya for a lending corporation, an opportunity that saw him travel across Africa and gain insights on the continent’s lending space. “I

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Fresh regulations are often met with skepticism from startup founders, but digital lenders in Kenya largely seem to be upbeat about the new Digital Credit Providers law, saying it will bring order to the sector.

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Medium Technology Section

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Have you been looking for a legit way to earn online, Join Lipaearn kenya to start earning 2000 ksh daily by completing tasks online… Continue reading on Medium

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

We sell to mass market Africans via a high innovative RTM cold chain which uses predictive data to push fish to thousands of market ladies every day all across Kenya with less than 1% spoilage.”. Maintaining this growth rate can exude utmost confidence.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Kenya-based EV startup BasiGo has closed $4.3 million in seed funding, three months after setting up operations in East Africa’s biggest economy , to provide clean-energy mass transit vehicles in a country that is heavily-reliant on fossil-fuel buses.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

A wholesale e-commerce platform based in Kenya, with hubs in the Americas, Asia and Europe, Powered by People , has secured $5 million in seed funding to increase its transaction volume by growing the number of small brands using its B2B online marketplace to reach international buyers.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Bento , Nigeria’s digital payroll and human resource management platform is expanding to Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda with plans to set up operations in six other markets in Africa over the next one year. In its next phase of expansion, Bento is eyeing Egypt, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola and Ethiopia by the end of next year.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2021

Loon launched its first commercial internet service in Kenya in July , comprised of a fleet of about 35 balloons that covered an area of around 50,000 square kilometers. Loon’s service in Kenya will run until March, an X spokesperson tells The Verge.

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Medium Technology Section

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Join StateHela Agencies, the leading online earning platform in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. Earn money through affiliate marketing, watching

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Out of court negotiations between content moderators, Meta and Sama, the social giant’s former content review partner in Africa, over a labor dispute before a Kenyan court have collapsed.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Two years before that, Boampong traveled to Kenya and was fascinated by how unbanked Kenyans sent and received money while paying bills with mobile money, a system of payments pioneered by Safaricom’s M-Pesa, which has close to 30 million customers. Dash claimed to process over $300 million in TPV in January, up 300% monthly from Q4 2021.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

for instance, costs about $400 in Kenya. Since 2014, Twiga Foods has been using technology to build supply chains in food and retail distribution on the continent, starting with Kenya. Kenya’s Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after $30M raise led by Goldman. We’ve been fairly successful in Kenya.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

M-KOPA started with solar-power home systems targeted at lower-income and rural customers without electricity in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Six years ago, it was heavily focused on East Africa, but having pulled out of Tanzania, M-KOPA is present in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana.

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Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Rethinking donor relationships When I started Imani Collective, it was a small nonprofit training program in Mombasa, Kenya. Such meaningful relationships can expand nonprofits’ networks, ensure funding for critical initiatives, and strengthen bonds with longtime supporters.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Kenya-based Uncover Skincare is one of them and it seeks to revolutionize the sector through data-led manufacturing that is aligned with the needs of the modern African woman. Backed by a $1 million seed funding, Uncover is scaling its operations in Kenya and expanding to Nigeria in January. Image Credits : Uncover Skincare. “We

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2023

According to the company, its food delivery business didn’t align with the current operational landscape and prevailing macroeconomic conditions in the seven markets, including Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Ivory Coast. As a result, Jumia Food will […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Egyptian B2B e-commerce startup MaxAB and Wasoko, a Kenya-based e-commerce player with operations in Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, are in talks to merge operations, TechCrunch has exclusively learned from multiple sources. They say talks are still ongoing and the agreement hasn’t been finalized yet.

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Microsoft AI

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The post Improving lives with AI and digital and financial inclusion in Kenya, one smartphone at a time appeared first on Source.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Africa Health Holdings , a healthcare startup running several hospitals, has secured $18 million in a Series A round, funds that will go toward building its “tech-forward healthcare system” across Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. The Meridian Health Group owns 16 hospitals in Kenya, including a drug and alcohol recovery center.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Kenya has the largest and most thriving furniture industry in East Africa, but the sector’s potential is hindered by several challenges among them production inefficiencies and quality concerns, forcing most major retailers to settle on imports. There’s still so much room to better serve millions of families in Kenya.

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Microsoft AI

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The post Improving lives with AI and financial inclusion in Kenya, one smartphone at a time appeared first on Source.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

Despite this success, SafeBoda struggled in its third market, Kenya — a market it expanded to and left before Nigeria. In addition to rider troubles, Sussock noted that Kenya’s motorcycle taxi market wasn’t as highly dense as Uganda and Nigeria which, according to him, contributed to the exit. Image Credits: SafeBoda.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Kenya-based EV startup Roam has unveiled a new shuttle bus model dubbed Move, coming as the East African country continues to push for the adoption of electric vehicles. Roam (formerly Opibus) now plans to ramp up its production of the Move bus, and expand its charging infrastructure as it anticipates a growth in EV bus […]

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The company is planning to enter other markets within the East Africa region after establishing ground in Kenya. “For years, diesel-powered buses have been the only viable solution for bus operators in Kenya. BasiGo’s COO, Alex Mwaura, said they will tap the country’s renewable energy resource to fuel public transportation. .

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 3, 2025

million acres of rhino habitats, and has recently expanded to help conservation efforts in Kenya and Namibia. Rouxcel, based in Cape Town, has deployed over 1,200 RhinoWatches trained and optimized using NVIDIA accelerated computing across more than 40 South African reserves.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

When Reetch first came to Kenya from France in November 2020, it wasn’t easy to get affordable ready-to-eat meals. “After three days of coming into Kenya, I asked where I can get great food at a cheap price, and everybody tell me it’s impossible,” he told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

HotelOnline , a Kenya-based Yanolja-backed travel technology scale-up that fashions itself as an e-commerce and digital marketing enabler in the hospitality industry, has acquired HotelPlus, a software provider with clients in 22 countries. US-based fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenya’s Daraja microfinance bank.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

She’s an incredible social entrepreneur I just visited with in Nairobi, Kenya. They made a great team: Steve was an enthusiastic salesman/CEO, passionate about building up Kenya through good IT jobs, and Carol ran the team. The doctors in Kenya struggled with a diagnosis. Carol Wanjiku is the CEO of Daproim.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The public transport sector in Kenya is largely traditional and a majority of operators, especially those in road travel, still require their clients to physically book tickets at their offices even when making advance travel plans. Others do not have provisions for seat reservation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Impact investor Goodwell Investments and Oxfam Novib , a Dutch foundation and Oxfam International affiliate, have set up Pepea, a €20 million ($21.7m) fund, to provide financing to early-stage startups in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The planned launch of insurtech accelerator programs in the West African countries follows the introduction of the same in Kenya earlier this year, in partnership with Insurance Regulatory Authority, the country’s regulator, and cloud solution provider Tellistic Technology Services. “At cents) a day.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The company said its food delivery business is not aligned with the current operational landscape and prevailing macroeconomic conditions in the seven markets, including Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Ivory Coast. As a result, Jumia will cease […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The future of Kenya-based Sky.Garden — an Amazon-style marketplace for third-party merchants to sell electronics, home goods and more — is in the balance after the startup failed to close a round of financing, according to a memo the startup sent out to employees.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Badili , a Kenya-based smartphone re-commerce startup, has raised $2.1 The Venture Catalysts, V&R Africa, Grenfell holdings, and SOSV, participated in the round, as did family offices and angel investors from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and India. It buys devices from individuals too. percent.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

The first electric bus by Swedish-Kenyan EV startup, Opibus , has hit Kenya’s roads marking the beginning of the company’s venture into the mass transit industry. The startup is now running a pilot in readiness for the commercial launch of EV buses in Kenya later this year, and across Africa by the end of 2023.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Amini, a Kenya-based climate-tech startup bridging the environmental data gap in Africa, has raised $4 million in seed funding in a round led by Salesforce Ventures and the Female Founders Fund.

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