| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.12.2024 | Keep IT Cool, a Kenyan startup, has raised funding to support its pan-African goals | Keep IT Cool, a Kenyan startup that is transforming food preservation through its innovative approach to sustainable refrigeration solutions, has received funding from global impact investor Acumen to further its pan-African goals.
Founded ... |
| 19.11.2024 | Eneza Education from Kenya has merged with a Pakistani company to build an African-Asian ed-tech venture | Eneza Education, a Kenyan ed-tech startup, has partnered with Knowledge Platform, a leading Pakistani company, to form the world’s first African-Asian educational technology company.
Knowledge Platform offers digital learning materials for ... |
| 09.11.2021 | Kenyan edtech startup Craydel raises $1 million to grow its higher education platform | Kenyan edtech startup Craydel, a platform for comparing colleges, course options and tuition fees, has secured $1 million in a pre-seed round that will go toward improving its search and recommendation technology and enhancing its online re... |
| 18.05.2021 | Future of Work Africa 2021 accelerator participants announced | Village Capital, with support from Moody’s Foundation and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced the 23 early-stage startups that have been selected to take part in Future of Work Africa 2021.
Twenty-three early-stage startup... |
| 18.05.2021 | Future of Work Africa 2021 accelerator participants announced | Village Capital, with support from Moody’s Foundation and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced the 23 early-stage startups that have been selected to take part in Future of Work Africa 2021.
Twenty-three early-stage startups... |
| 27.11.2020 | Amitruck partners with Eneza Education for impact in Kenya | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), November 2020. GreenTec Capital is very proud to share that our Kenyan logistics portfolio company Amitruck has parterned with Eneza Education to expand access to education for Amitruck drivers’ fami... |
| 27.09.2019 | Nigerian innovation centre CcHub acquires Kenya’s iHub | Lagos-based innovation centre Co-creation Hub (CcHub) has acquired Nairobi-based tech innovation hub iHub for an undisclosed fee.
CcHub explained in a statement yesterday that the deal will see iHub’s team become part of its wider central ... |
| 27.09.2019 | Nigerian innovation centre CcHub acquires Kenya’s iHub | Lagos-based innovation centre Co-creation Hub (CcHub) has acquired Nairobi-based tech innovation hub iHub for an undisclosed fee.
CcHub explained in a statement yesterday that the deal will see iHub’s team become part of its wider central s... |
| 07.03.2019 | GSMA reveals first speakers of 2019 Mobile 360 Series West Africa | The GSMA has announced the first speakers of the 2019 Mobile 360 Series West Africa conference which will take place on 16 and 17 April at the Radisson Blu Abidjan Airport Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
April’s event is part of a series of ... |
| 07.03.2019 | GSMA reveals first speakers of 2019 Mobile 360 Series West Africa | The GSMA has announced the first speakers of the 2019 Mobile 360 Series West Africa conference which will take place on 16 and 17 April at the Radisson Blu Abidjan Airport Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
April’s event is part of a series of... |
| 18.12.2018 | Six African startups selected for GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund | Six African startups have been selected for the third cohort of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund.
The names of the six companies were announced last Wednesday (12 December) in a post by GSMA’s Mobile for Development Utilities ... |
| 18.12.2018 | Six African startups selected for GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund | Six African startups have been selected for the third cohort of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund.
The names of the six companies were announced last Wednesday (12 December) in a post by GSMA’s Mobile for Development Utilities... |
| 28.09.2018 | African innovation scores wins at 2018 MIT Solve Global Challenge finals | At least nine African-based startups and projects have been selected to join the 2018 MIT Solver class after scoring wins at last week’s MIT Solve Global Challenge finals.
In all, 33 Solver teams were selected at an event held in New York ... |
| 28.09.2018 | African innovation scores wins at 2018 MIT Solve Global Challenge finals | At least nine African-based startups and projects have been selected to join the 2018 MIT Solver class after scoring wins at last week’s MIT Solve Global Challenge finals.
In all, 33 Solver teams were selected at an event held in New York o... |
| 24.09.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Kenya’s tech startup ecosystem | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to the right... |
| 24.09.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Kenya’s tech startup ecosystem | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to the right... |
| 31.08.2018 | ‘Three decades of microfinance key to social investing – Finca Ventures head | Finca International’s 30-year experience in microfinance has given newly launched impact investor Finca Ventures a good grasp on what it takes to scale social enterprises, says the new entity’s managing director Ami Dalal.
The comments by D... |
| 31.08.2018 | ‘Three decades of microfinance key to social investing – Finca Ventures head | Finca International’s 30-year experience in microfinance has given newly launched impact investor Finca Ventures a good grasp on what it takes to scale social enterprises, says the new entity’s managing director Ami Dalal.
The comments by ... |
| 10.11.2016 | Delivering education through technology in Africa | Share this:
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| 27.10.2016 | Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards Finalists 2016 are revealed | Share this:
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| 07.10.2016 | Eneza secures investment from US$1-million Spark Venture Fund [update] | Update: the article has been corrected to reflect the funding amount was not US$1-million, but rather a share of it.
Edu-tech company, Eneza Education recently secured equity investment through Safaricom’s Spark Venture Fund‘s US$1-million ... |
| 07.10.2016 | Eneza secures investment from US$1-million Spark Venture Fund [update] | Update: the article has been corrected to reflect the funding amount was not US$1-million, but rather a share of it.
Edu-tech company, Eneza Education recently secured equity investment through Safaricom’s Spark Venture Fund‘s US$1-million... |
| 05.10.2016 | Safaricom’s Spark Venture Fund has invested in Kenyan edtech startup, Eneza Education | Mobile learning startup, Eneza Education, has received an undisclosed amount in funding from Safaricom’s Spark Venture Fund.
Established in 2012 by co-founders Kago Kagichiri, Toni Maraviglia, and Chris Asego, Eneza provides remote tutoring... |
| 25.04.2016 | How social entrepreneurship is making a difference in the world | We have grown accustomed to the Silicon Valley zeal driving startups to develop new technologies that will disrupt the market in yet another way. On-demand apps like Uber are aimed at making our lives easier by saving us time and money.
In ... |
| 23.09.2015 | EduTech solutions to use amidst Kenya’s teachers’ strike | Share this article:
It has been almost 4 weeks since the national teachers strike began in Kenya. Here are some EduTech startups that are providing the much needed relief to students and parents with their innovations since the absence of t... |
| 19.09.2014 | Disrupt everything: 11 exciting Kenyan startups worth your time right now | We love Kenya. So much so that we recently headed to the East African country for some fun times with startups. Ahead of the trip, we thought we would list some noteworthy startups. How do you pick 11 great startups to write about? You reac... |
| 19.09.2014 | Disrupt everything: 11 exciting Kenyan startups worth your time right now | We love Kenya. So much so that we recently headed to the East African country for some fun times with startups. Ahead of the trip, we thought we would list some noteworthy startups. How do you pick 11 great startups to write about? You reac... |
| 28.05.2013 | Meet the top 20 entrepreneurs at the Global Forum | Recognizing entrepreneurs that are doing amazing work around the world is quite important and that’s what the Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship is all about. This year’s event is currently taking place in South Afri... |
| 28.05.2013 | Meet the top 20 entrepreneurs at the Global Forum | Recognizing entrepreneurs that are doing amazing work around the world is quite important and that’s what the Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship is all about. This year’s event is currently taking place in South Afri... |
