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Mawingu and Microsoft Tap Starlink to Bridge Rural Digital Divide

A long-standing partnership between Kenyan internet provider Mawingu and tech giant Microsoft is set for a major upgrade, following a new collaboration with Elon Musk’s satellite firm, Starlink. The deal aims to accelerate high-speed internet access in Kenya’s most remote...
Business

Kenya’s Mawingu Raises $20 Million to Expand Rural Internet Access

Mawingu Networks Ltd., a Kenyan internet service provider focused on underserved communities, has raised $20 million in Series C funding to expand affordable broadband across rural areas. The round was led entirely by Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Managers, a Johannesburg-based private...
Startups

Mawingu raises $15 million | Acquires Tanzanian ISP Habari

Mawingu, a Kenyan Internet Service Provider (ISP) has raised $15 million in debt and equity financing to fuel its East African expansion and has acquired Habari, an Arusha-based ISP with operations across 7 regions in Tanzania to accelerate its...
Startups

Mawingu expands its network to Mandera County

Mawingu, a rural-focused Internet Service Provider (ISP), has announced the expansion of its network to Mandera county, bringing the number of counties to 30 that the ISP has connected to its network across the country. According to Mawingu’s Chief Executive...
Startups

ISP Mawingu expands to rural counties as Starlink popularity increases

Internet Service Provider (ISP), Mawingu, has announced the expansion of its network to Bondo, in Siaya County, making affordable Internet accessible to households and businesses in the area. This brings the number of counties to 29 that the ISP has...
Tech

Mawingu Connects Taveta Town

Mawingu, a leading Kenyan internet service provider has announced its expansion, connectig its network to Taveta Town. This marks a significant milestone as Mawingu reaches its 26th county, bringing affordable and reliable internet to even more Kenyans. "Our expansion into...
Tech

Mawingu to connect 25 more counties

Mawingu, an internet service provider (ISP) operating in rural areas of Kenya, plans to extend its internet coverage to 25 additional counties. According to local dailies, the expansion follows a successful funding round in February, which raised Sh1.12 billion from...
Funding

Mawingu Receives Ksh1.12B Funding for its Network Expansion Drive

Internet service provider, Mawingu, has begun its network expansion drive to 25 additional counties across Kenya after receiving a 1.12 Billion funding secured in February 2023. Giving a progress update, Mawingu’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Farouk RAMJI says: “With...
Startups

Mawingu raises $9m to expand operations across Kenya & increase access to affordable internet

Mawingu, a Kenyan based Internet service provider has successfully closed $9 million Series B investment to support its roll out infrastructure across Kenya that will increase access to affordable internet connectivity to underserved households and businesses. The investment was...
Internet

Mawingu rebrands, eyes to expand its network coverage in Kenya

Internet Service Provider, Mawingu, is on the verge of closing a new investment round in the coming months, as it moves to capture a larger share of the digital market in the country. The ISP provider boosts over ...
Startups

Mawingu Networks Finally Receives $4.1M from OPIC to Connect Millions to the World Wide Web

Kenya's Mawingu Networks, a solar-powered wireless Internet provider, has received a $4.1 million loan from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a U.S. Government’s development finance institution to provide last-mile connectivity access to areas that cannot economically access the internet. OPIC’s...
Startups

Kenya’s Mawingu Networks Recieves $4 million from OPIC to Turn Expand its Rural Wireless Internet Coverage

U.S. Development Finance Institution the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) signs a mandate letter to begin financing discussions with Mawingu Networks, a provider of solar-powered wireless Internet across rural Kenya. From left: Scott Nathan, U.S. State Department, Special Representative...
Tech

Microsoft’s TV White Spaces Mawingu Project Goes Live in Nanyuki

In early 2013, Microsoft, the government of Kenya under the ministry of ICT and Indigo Telcom Ltd began testing TV white spaces in Nanyuki, Kenya to help users access low-cost internet expected at opening up opportunities for them. Dubbed the...
Business

Africa GoGreen Fund Raises $33m to Invest in Climate Startups Across Africa

The Africa GoGreen Fund (AGG), managed by Cygnum Capital, has raised €30 million ($33 million) from Germany’s development finance institution DEG to expand financing for climate-focused businesses across Africa, the fund said on Friday. The funding will be used to...
Business

Safaricom Targets Public Wi-Fi Market With Low-Cost Fibre & Pay-As-You-Go Hotspots

Safaricom Plc is set to launch a token-based home internet and public Wi-Fi service, moving into Kenya’s low-income broadband segment, according to sources familiar with the matter. The rollout introduces $6.15 (KES 800) monthly home fibre plans and micro-priced tokens...
Business

Microsoft & G42’s $1 Billion AI Plan Starts to Take Shape in Kenya

Microsoft and G42's partnership to bring advanced AI solutions and digital infrastructure to Kenya, part of a larger $1 billion investment by Microsoft and UAE's G42 into the Kenya’s digital ecosystem, is starting to take shape. Announced in May last...
Business

Microsoft and G42 to inject $1 billion into Kenya’s digital ecosystem

Microsoft will invest $1 billion into Kenya's digital ecosystem in partnership with G42, among others. Microsoft and G42 will also design and build a state-of-the-art data center campus in Olkaria, Kenya, run entirely on renewable geothermal energy. The data center...
Startups

Kenya’s e-commerce, Badili successfully raises seed round

Kenya-based Badili has secured funding in a seed round led by E3 Capital, marking a milestone for the first re-commerce platform in Africa. The investment amount, spearheaded by E3 Capital, remains undisclosed, with participation from both existing and new...
Tech

Microsoft Airband to Connect nearly 40 Million People across Latin America and Africa

Microsoft  has announced new and expanded Airband partnerships set to provide high-speed internet access to nearly 40 million people across Latin America and Africa. These partnerships in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala and Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda...
Microsoft

President Uhuru Kenyatta Unveils Microsoft’s $27 Million Development Centre In Nairobi

 President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday evening unveiled the 27 million dollars Microsoft Africa Development Centre, expressing optimism that the facility will bolster the Government’s quest to secure high-tech jobs in the digital space for the youth. Speaking during the launch...
Startups

In the first seven months of 2021, Japanese VC Kepple Africa Ventures makes 22 investments.

Kepple Africa Ventures, the most active VC company in the African tech space in 2020, is having an even better year in 2021, having backed 22 startups in the first seven months. Kepple Africa Ventures, founded by Ryosuke Yamawaki and Takahiro...
Energy

This last-mile wireless service provider has raised funding to get more Kenyans online

According to various studies, there is a connectivity gap between the backbone network and the last-mile access network in Kenya. According to the study, some of the major hindrances to last-mile connectivity included infrastructure, cost, breadth and depth, rules...
Tech

Botswana Innovation Hub & Microsoft Launch New TV White Spaces Pilot Project

The Botswana Innovation Hub has partnered with Microsoft, the Botswana-UPennPartnership (BUP), Global Broadband Solutions, Vista Life Sciences, BoFiNet, Adaptrum and USAID-NetHope to start a new TV white space (TVWS) pilot project. The project, dubbed Kgolagano, is set to provide internet...
Tech

Why TV White Space Technology Will Propel Kenya’s Future In ICT

  Kenya became the very first country that had the chance to experience TV white space, through the Mawingu pilot project. The project was an initiative between Microsoft, the government of Kenya under the ministry of ICT and Indigo Telcom...

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