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Kenya’s Biasharabot, Onesha & Tozzaplus raise funding from Pangea, a Norway-based accelerator

Milcah Lukhanyu by Milcah Lukhanyu
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Pangea accelerator has invested in 3 Kenyan startups, from their cohort of over 40 startups (from Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria) and over 400 applications.

The three include Biasharabot, Onesha and Tozzplus. Biasharabot (a social media management system and customer service chatbot), Onesha (a digital marketplace for with over 700 creatives) and Tozzaplus (a cloud-based accounting & payroll system).

Pangea’s CEO, Jonas Tesfu, explains ‘Our ambition is to use our network to help the startups grow even though the accelerator has finished. Pangea has a large network within the investor community and look to help more startups recieve funding.Pangea’s CEO, Jonas Tesfu, explains, “This is just the beginning of the journey for us.”

Pangea’s investor network of 31 Scandinavia-based investors, drawn from Accenture, KPMG, Proctor & Gamble among others, mentored Pangea’s 11 finalists for 1.5 months before handpicking their investment cases.

Pangea has been running an acceleration program, in partnership with Liquid Telecom, @iBizAfrica and BDO, among other partners, for over 40 startups aimed at providing milestone-based capacity-building for 12 weeks.

Building on the investment, Pangea has introduced a 12 month follow-up mentorship program for several of the program’s participants.

Here are the Pangea finalists who pitched at Pangea’s Demo Day:

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Biasharabot– Biasharabot is a social media manager and marketing tool which helps in handling customer queries, makes shopping and checkout process simpler, and also enables easy options for driving sales.

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SaveKubwa– In less than 3 minutes one can get personalised motor insurance quotes from multiple insurance companies, transparently compare and buy them on SaveKubwa’s platform, making buying motor insurance easy and stress-free.

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Milcah Lukhanyu covers daily news briefs at TechMoran. She is the person who will probably read your press release and get the story out of it or totally trash it. Send tips to [email protected]

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