Sam Wakoba, Author at TechMoran

Startups

L’Oréal invests in Partech Africa Fund

Monday, September 24th, 2018 at 4:52pm
Startups

Online shopping platform Mall for Africa expands its services to Mombasa
Startups

Andela’s first set of developers complete their four-year fellowship
Bitcoin / Blockchain / Startups / Women

BitPesa, SBI Remit Partner for Blockchain Cross-Border Payments Between Japan And Africa
Business / Startups

How PesaPal’s Mobile PoS Solution Sabi is Powering Mobile, Card & Cash Payments for Merchants

Friday, September 21st, 2018 at 4:36pm
Startups

Egypt’s healthcare marketplace Vezeeta raises $12m to expand into new markets

Thursday, September 20th, 2018 at 1:38pm
Startups

Uber Tuk Tuks launch in Dar Es Salaam, Mombasa as uberPOA
Startups / Women

As Uber, Taxify Strike Over Poor Rates, An Nisa Launches to Take Women & Children Home
Startups

Lori Systems Expands into Uganda, Rwanda & South Sudan; Partners Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway
Startups / Telcos

Helios acquires majority stake in MENA’s direct carrier billing firm TPAY

Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 at 3:51pm

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Moringa School’s Audrey Cheng says Kenyan co-founder left at own will, was not fired or evicted

Moringa School’s Audrey Cheng says Kenyan co-founder left at own will, was not fired or evicted

On Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 at 7:35pm by Sam Wakoba

Moringa School co-founder Frank Tamre did leave the company he co-founded with Audrey Cheng but he left at his own will and was not evicted or coerced to leave. Speaking to TechMoran, Cheng, Moringa School co-founder and CEO said, “We didn’t ‘evict’…

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Jumia Travel launches physical shops to attract the larger offline market

On Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 at 1:48am by Sam Wakoba

Offline traffic to hotels is still a gem and most hotel and accommodation owners don’t see the need for digital platforms like Jumia Travel to increase their bookings. The discounts and sales commissions also scare them away but Jumia Travel’s latest push…

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Ampion calls it a day, founder moves on to new things

Ampion calls it a day, founder moves on to new things

On Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 at 12:27am by Sam Wakoba

Ampion or Amplifying Pioneership, the firm that brought us Ampion Venture Bus and Ampion Fellowships in Africa has closed shop, and the founder says the firm will kind of remain active through its various social media groups on Facebook and WhatsApp. In an update…

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Kenya’s PayGo Energy raises $1.43m to build its next generation smart meter & expand across Nairobi

Kenya’s PayGo Energy raises $1.43m to build its next generation smart meter & expand across Nairobi

On Friday, April 21st, 2017 at 10:41am by Sam Wakoba

PayGo Energy, a smart-meter pay-as-you-go LPG provider has raised US $1.43M in Series Seed debt and equity financing led by Novastar Ventures, Energy Access Ventures and Village Capital with participation from Global Innovation Fund and Global Partnerships/Eleos Social Venture Fund to support…

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SaaS recruitment platform Employfy expands across Anglophone Africa, eyes English speaking Asian markets

SaaS recruitment platform Employfy expands across Anglophone Africa, eyes English speaking Asian markets

On Friday, April 21st, 2017 at 8:27am by Sam Wakoba

Launched in Kenya in mid-2014 and into South Africa late last year, Employfy has expanded its reach to Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana and Egypt and a majority of all English speaking African countries to aid hiring executives make faster, objective…

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MyDawa.com, Kenya’s first online store for prescription drugs goes live

MyDawa.com, Kenya’s first online store for prescription drugs goes live

On Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 at 7:05pm by Sam Wakoba

Set to launch on 28th March 2017 in Nairobi, MyDawa aims to be the country’s first online store allowing Kenyans to purchase authentic prescription drugs, health and wellness products as well as offer them value for money as it does not charge…

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Magic Bus Ticketing is armed with over $1m to bring sanity to Kenya’s public transport system

Magic Bus Ticketing is armed with over $1m to bring sanity to Kenya’s public transport system

On Friday, January 20th, 2017 at 6:32pm by Sam Wakoba

Magic Bus Ticketing is an SMS bus ticketing app that connects commuters to public buses in informal transportation systems allowing commuters to book or just know when the bus is coming, which is very valuable across Sub Saharan Africa where there is…

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Kenya’s Talent Board launches to help job seekers easily find jobs through referrals

Kenya’s Talent Board launches to help job seekers easily find jobs through referrals

On Friday, January 20th, 2017 at 1:04pm by Sam Wakoba

Kenya’s TalentBoard has launched to help job seekers easily find jobs from their friends through referrals taking on struggling job boards and headhunters. “The easy way to find a new job is to hear about one from a friend,” says Juliet Gateri,…

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Accommodation reservation firm Booking.com pleased with its growth trajectory in Africa

Accommodation reservation firm Booking.com pleased with its growth trajectory in Africa

On Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 at 11:46am by Sam Wakoba

Booking.com, the global online accommodation reservation engine run by the Priceline Group is growing steadily in Africa with over 23,700 unique stays despite travel advisories and the continent’s reliance on seasonal wildlife tourism. According to Joost Vermeulen, Regional Manager Middle East &…

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Gebeya launches first on-demand IT Workplace in Kenya

Gebeya launches first on-demand IT Workplace in Kenya

On Friday, January 13th, 2017 at 2:22pm by Sam Wakoba

Gebeya, the brainchild of Africa’s network of software developers – CODERS4AFRICA, has today committed to satiate the growing demand for qualified Information Technology (IT) professionals in Africa through the Gebeya Workplace platform. “Gebeya Workplace will enable entrepreneurs, startups and corporations to…

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Sanivation to pitch for $1m Chivas Regal’s The Venture global competition

Sanivation to pitch for $1m Chivas Regal’s The Venture global competition

On Friday, January 13th, 2017 at 12:24pm by Sam Wakoba

Sanivation, a Naivasha-based social enterprise has been selected as one of 30 startups from across the world to be a finalist of Chivas Regal’s The Venture competition; a global search to find and support the next generation of start-ups that want to…

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Efritin to be run remotely after local operations were shut down

Efritin to be run remotely after local operations were shut down

On Friday, January 13th, 2017 at 11:25am by Sam Wakoba

Efritin, a general classifieds site run by Saltside Technologies will be run remotely after the Nigeria office was shut and staff retrenched as TechMoran reported earlier. In an interview with Aim Group, Saltside Technologies CEO Nils Hammar confirmed that Efritin staff of 50…

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Poa! Internet, struggling Internet for Kibera slums gets Liquid Telecom boost

Poa! Internet, struggling Internet for Kibera slums gets Liquid Telecom boost

On Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 at 1:12pm by Sam Wakoba

Launched in August last year after a series of trials and set up, poa! Internet has turned to Liquid Telecom Kenya to bolster its capacity and scale with the two unveiling a functional Internet model today. Focused on Kibera slums, the service…

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Safaricom could do more to woo loads of women into tech

Safaricom could do more to woo loads of women into tech

On Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 at 12:23pm by Sam Wakoba

Safaricom says it plans to recruit 62 interns by January 2017 as it progresses its agenda to woo more women to the technology field but we think it could do more than that. The giant telco which was trading today noon at…

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MyISP, a little known fiber to the office internet service provider is rolling out into homes

MyISP, a little known fiber to the office internet service provider is rolling out into homes

On Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 at 11:50am by Sam Wakoba

MyISP, a little known corporate internet service provider is expanding into the home internet market, joining giants like Seacom, Safaricom, Liquid Telecom, Jamii Telecom and Zuku. Founded in Kenya in 2005 as a hosting and ISP focused to corporate and small office…

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Brighter World Energy raises $610,000 to light up Africa

Brighter World Energy raises $610,000 to light up Africa

On Thursday, October 27th, 2016 at 6:16pm by Sam Wakoba

UK’s Brighter World Energy, just raised GBP500,000 seed capital round led by ClearlySo, a European impact investment bank to help tackle the continent’s power crisis as well for its customers in the UK. And this is a right move, according to a May…

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Afrimalin raises $437,000 in a record 3 days to be Francophone Africa’s Craigslist

Afrimalin raises $437,000 in a record 3 days to be Francophone Africa’s Craigslist

On Thursday, October 27th, 2016 at 4:43pm by Sam Wakoba

General classifieds startup Afrimalin with a similar Craigslist model has successfully raised €400K in only 3 days just less than a month after its launch to connect buyers to sellers in Francophone Africa. The record was led by the Milchior family, owner of the French group…

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Kenya’s Pesa Zetu entangled in a bitter feud with former employees over unpaid wages

Kenya’s Pesa Zetu entangled in a bitter feud with former employees over unpaid wages

On Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 at 10:39am by Sam Wakoba

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SchoolApply.ng Wants to Help Nigerian Students to get International Admissions

SchoolApply.ng Wants to Help Nigerian Students to get International Admissions

On Monday, October 17th, 2016 at 10:38am by Sam Wakoba

In today’s globalised world, it is becoming increasingly important for students to gain an International experience. This helps boost their resume as well as increases networking abilities for students who embrace these opportunities and challenges. With thousands of options available, it can…

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Caribou Digital’s DFS Lab to grant $100k into fintech entrepreneurs in Africa

Caribou Digital’s DFS Lab to grant $100k into fintech entrepreneurs in Africa

On Monday, October 17th, 2016 at 10:20am by Sam Wakoba

Caribou Digital is set to grant $100 into fintech startups in Africa after a 5 day bootcamp in Dar es Salam, Tanzania from Sunday, October 23, 2016 to Saturday, October 28, 2016. The one week bootcamp is targeting startups serving low-income consumers who believe…

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MyBucks acquires stake in Opportunity International to set up banks in Africa

MyBucks acquires stake in Opportunity International to set up banks in Africa

On Saturday, October 15th, 2016 at 12:11am by Sam Wakoba

Luxembourg-based fintech firm MyBucks, which runs GetBucks in Kenya, Uganda and several other markets has acquired a significant stake in Opportunity International, to help it set up banking operations in various markets across the continent. The deal will give MyBucks, Opportunity International’s Trademark…

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Nest partners MTN Solution Space in Cape Town to Host a 2- Day Mobile Bootcamp

Nest partners MTN Solution Space in Cape Town to Host a 2- Day Mobile Bootcamp

On Saturday, October 15th, 2016 at 12:00am by Sam Wakoba

Nest and MTN Solution Space will provide founders and developers with a space, community, and platform to pitch and gain continued support to scale their startups globally. Startups to finish programme with pitch at AfricaCom. Early-stage venture capital firm and global innovation accelerator, Nest is…

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Rwanda officially kicks off the Zipline drone delivery service of life-saving blood

Rwanda officially kicks off the Zipline drone delivery service of life-saving blood

On Friday, October 14th, 2016 at 6:01pm by Sam Wakoba

The government of Rwanda has officially launched Zipline , the world’s first national drone delivery service expected to make up to 150 on-demand, emergency deliveries per day of life-saving blood to 21 transfusing facilities located in the western half of the country. According to the…

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CBA goes downtown Nairobi targeting the hugely untapped Kshs. 807 trillion SME market

On Friday, October 14th, 2016 at 5:27pm by Sam Wakoba

The Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has launched a new branch on Kirinyaga Road, a popular location for car spare part dealers and traders in a move to target the hugely untapped SME market worth an estimated Ksh. 807 trillion. Jeremy Ngunze,…

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Inukapap wins the Kenya round of Seedstars World

Inukapap wins the Kenya round of Seedstars World

On Saturday, October 8th, 2016 at 2:53pm by Sam Wakoba

Inukapap won the Kenya round of Seedstars World and will represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland to compete for up to USD 1 million in equity investment. InukaPap, is a mobile platform that allows subscribers to access free medical…

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Former CEO of MTN South Africa joins Kirusa’s Advisory Board on its Africa expansion

On Friday, October 7th, 2016 at 12:46pm by Sam Wakoba

Telecom visionary, Zunaid Bulbulia, one of the founding members of the MTN Group with over 22 years of experience in the telecommunications industry has joined Kirusa’s advisory board on its Africa expansion. Zunaid holds a BCom in Accounting from the University of…

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Best startups that facilitate bitcoins

On Friday, October 7th, 2016 at 12:18pm by Sam Wakoba

Bitcoin has been all over the headlines already for quite some years, however, the main reason for that was the speculation around the rate of this cryptocurrency. While there are many early bitcoin adopters that fully support the advanced and transparent technology…

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Frontier Digital Ventures to own 49% of Morocco’s car classifieds site moteur.ma

On Friday, September 30th, 2016 at 7:12am by Sam Wakoba

Emerging markets classifieds operator Frontier Digital Ventures has announced it would increase its equity shareholding in Morocco’s auto marketplace, ‘moteur.ma’, to 49 percent in October, as it eyes a total majority stake in the company in the near future. The increase in…

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TECNO eyes Middle East & LatAm markets after a clear market share in Africa

TECNO eyes Middle East & LatAm markets after a clear market share in Africa

On Thursday, September 29th, 2016 at 6:10pm by Sam Wakoba

Smartphone and feature phone brand, TECNO is aim to capture the Middle East and South American markets after a considerable success in Africa. TECNO says it has a dominant market share in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Cameroon and the entry into…

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Kenya’s Direct Pay Online Group acquires South Africa’s payments provider PayGate for $7.3m

Kenya’s Direct Pay Online Group acquires South Africa’s payments provider PayGate for $7.3m

On Thursday, September 29th, 2016 at 4:29pm by Sam Wakoba

With fresh funding from PE firm Apis Partners LLP, Kenya’s payments processor Direct Pay Online Group, formerly 3G Direct Pay has acquired a majority stake in South Africa’s online payments processor PayGate (Pty) Ltd for $7.3m in its pan-African expansion drive. Founded in 1999, PayGate…

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