New Report Reveals Significant Growth of Kenyan Startup Ecosystem Over Past Decade
A new report on the Kenyan startup ecosystem has been released, presenting findings from a research project that was funded by the UK in collaboration with Kenyatta University, Maitri Capital, [...]
Data-Driven Innovation Meets Sustainable PC Design: Concept Luna's Evolution
Glen Robson, Chief Technology Officer ~ Dell Technologies Imagine a future where we don’t simply discard used electronics. Rather, we harvest individual components for a second, third or even fourth [...]
Identity Verification Platform, Smile Identity, Raises $20 Million in Series B Funding for Pan-African Expansion
Smile Identity, Africa's leading KYC onboarding and identity verification platform, has announced the successful completion of its Series B funding round, raising $20 million. The round was led by Costanoa [...]Flutterwave Expands into North Africa with New Egypt Payments Licenses
Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology company, has announced today that it has received its Payment Services Provider and Payments Facilitator licenses in Egypt. The licenses will enable Flutterwave to act [...]
African AI startup Fastagger Inc. announces funding from CV VC of Crypto Valley, Switzerland
Fastagger Inc, an African AI and Blockchain startup has announced that it has received investment from CV VC, a leading blockchain venture capital firm based in Zug, Switzerland. This marks [...]The State of KYC in Africa: Smile Identity’s end-of-year 2022 KYC report featuring trends, policies country deep dives
Smile Identity, a leading provider of digital identity verification solutions for Africa, has released its highly-anticipated end-of-year 2022 Know Your Customer (KYC) report. Using data from nearly 50 million KYC [...]14 start-ups announced to Pitch Live at Africa Tech Summit 2023
Africa Tech Summit has announced the final shortlist of ventures who will Pitch Live on stage to investors, corporate and media at the Africa Tech Summit in Nairobi from 15th to [...]Final Call for Startups to Apply to Pitch Live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2023
The final deadline for tech startups across Africa to apply for the fifth edition of Pitch Live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi is coming quickly with applications closing, Friday 20th [...]Africa Tech Summit 2023 Returns To Nairobi For Fifth Edition In February
Africa Tech Summit, the leading tech conference focused on connecting businesses and driving investments within Africa’s tech ecosystem, will host its fifth edition on the 15th to 16th of February [...]Why Every Small and Medium Business Needs to be Digital
Purity Njeri, Client Solutions Lead, Emerging Africa (South East Africa), Dell Technologies ‘Digital transformation’ can be perceived as being mainly for large enterprises however this isn’t the case at all. [...]NALA Money Expands to 19 European Countries in a Bid to Gain More Market Share
NALA, the Tanzanian fintech startup known for its African remittance services, has expanded to 19 additional European countries. With this expansion, the company hopes to gain a sizable market share [...]Visa targets Kenyan SMEs in Promoting the use of Digital Payments
Visa will collaborate with Kenyan small and medium-sized businesses to promote the use of digital payments. Over the next 12 months, the company also plans to launch dedicated Kenya editions [...]
