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Africa's Talking

https://africastalking.com/
Last activity: 14.08.2025
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We are a technology infrastructure company that specializes in creating APIs that developers can build on. Our current APIs are SMS, USSD, Airtime and Voice.
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Location: Kenya, Nairobi
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +254 729 891801
Total raised: $17.2M
Founded date: 2010

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DateSeriesAmountInvestors
08.05.2018-$8.6M-
25.04.2018-$8.6MIFC Ventur...

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14.08.2025Ajua and RMS merge as battle for customer experience services heats upAjua, a Kenyan consumer experience startup, has merged with Rate My Service (RMS), another Kenyan firm that builds tools for businesses to measure and improve customer and employee interactions. The merger reflects a growing push among Keny...
30.05.2022How is Stax’s plan to solve USSD’s user experience problem paying off?Despite the growing ubiquity of sleek, internet-powered apps to carry out digital transactions, the fact remains that 9 out of 10 mobile transactions in sub-Saharan Africa flow through Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD). TechCab...
18.09.2018Here are the eight Kenyan startups selected to pitch at Seedstars NairobiSeedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has selected the eight Kenyan startups to pitch at Seedstars Nairobi this Friday (21 September). The eight will pitch in front of a panel of judges who include Africa’s Talki...
18.09.2018Here are the eight Kenyan startups selected to pitch at Seedstars NairobiSeedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has selected the eight Kenyan startups to pitch at Seedstars Nairobi this Friday (21 September). The eight will pitch in front of a panel of judges who include Africa’s Talk...
14.08.2018Debate rages over whether VC investors biased towards expat-founded startupsConcern is brewing over the large number of venture capital (VC) deals in East Africa involving expat founders — with both local and foreign entrepreneurs in the region weighing in in recent months over whether venture capitalists have a cl...
14.08.2018Debate rages over whether VC investors biased towards expat-founded startupsConcern is brewing over the large number of venture capital (VC) deals in East Africa involving expat founders — with both local and foreign entrepreneurs in the region weighing in in recent months over whether venture capitalists have a cl...
08.05.2018Africa Roundup: Safaricom unveils Bonga, Africa’s Talking gets $8.6M, TechCrunch visits Nigeria, GhanaJake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises $30M backed by Jeff Bezos Nigeria’s Autochek raises ...
03.05.2018‘$8.6m Series A round well timed as Africa’s Talking was looking at expansion’Africa’s Talking Series A $8.6-million funding round led by IFC Venture Capital was the startup’s first major round of investment and came just as the Nairobi-based software company is looking to expand into more African countries, the comp...
03.05.2018‘$8.6m Series A round well timed as Africa’s Talking was looking at expansion’Africa’s Talking Series A $8.6-million funding round led by IFC Venture Capital was the startup’s first major round of investment and came just as the Nairobi-based software company is looking to expand into more African countries, the comp...
26.04.2018Term Sheet — Thursday, April 26EURO $$$ Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop Here are some key takeaways: • In the first quarter of 2018, European investors deployed €4.4 billion across 571 deals, which is on pa...
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