Author: Weddy Thuranira

Chaji Energy intends to play a key role in the boda boda industry by providing a charging infrastructure. Chaji Energy plans on charging 1000 batteries at a time and at least 3000 motorcycle batteries per day. Majority of the people in Kenya use motorcycles for their public transportation .This is because they are faster and convenient as well as faster compared to the “matatus” the most common means of transportation in Kenya. The frequently used word for the motorcycles is boda. Startups have been started to electrify the boda boda industry which include Eco boda, Fika Mobility and Opibus. Chaji…

Ficar Delivery is a food and beverage delivery service provider that is currently operating in Nyeri,Kenya.They are a customer friendly brand that is depended on by many across the country to deliver your choice of meal at your doorstep.Ficar Delivery provides you an opportunity to order from your most preferred dealer and the Ficar Delivery team does the delivery. Payment options are provided where you can make payments via Visa Card,Master Card,Paypal,Cash on delivery or through MPesa.Their objective is to offer the best services to clients and vendors .Ficar Delivery has featured brands like: Ananas,Pizza Inn,Chicken Inn and Naivas.Working hours…

Blueloop, a Nigerian fintech startup, has been accepted into the Winter 2021 batch of Y Combinator, a US-based accelerator. The startup will join ten other African startups in the 2021 batch and will receive a seed fund of $125,000. Founded in 2020 by two Obafemi Awolowo University students, Ben Eluan, co-founder and CEO, and Osezele Orukpe, co-founder, the company created Flux, a cross-border payment app that combines a cryptocurrency wallet and a digital banking app. Users can receive cryptocurrency from anywhere in the world and convert it to fiat instantly. Blueloop joins an increasingly prestigious list of startups that have…

Farmshine is a worldwide platform for agricultural matters where farmers, vendors and purchasers can trade on mutually agreed terms. These terms are meant to favor everyone. Farmshine aims at providing the best market-based solutions for farmers. Kenya has over 8 Million smallholder farmers,40 Million in East Africa and 1 billion worldwide. Accessing fair-minded prices on the global market is a challenge to most of these farmers since they mostly live in rural areas and rarely go to markets. Agricultural buyers on the other side choose to merchandise with one vendor mostly avoiding having to deal with multiple sellers. Smallholder farmers…

Haofinder.com is an online platform offering accommodation for houses for individuals, hostels for students, offices and businesses. Hao Finder aims to make house hunting a simple process in Kenya as this is a very tedious process for many people especially when new to that certain area. Founded by Gilbert Waliuba, Hao Finder an IT and Real Estate Company leads you in discovering reasonably priced houses in Kenya. Hao Finders ensure that all their clients and Real estate partners are well attended to. Hao Finders Ambassadors and Hao Finder Guardians have powered the services of IT solutions as well as peer-to-peer…

Usafi Comfort aims at creating a reliable onsite wastewater management solutions provider for the Eastern Africa people. A 3-year research has been done to find out what could be the trials experienced that made providing standardized onsite wastewater management a problem. Usafi Comfort has linked with global engineering research and product development companies to create, produce and issue water saving devices as well as wastewater recycling products suitable for the market of East Africa. The systems that were developed were the Johkasou systems which in Japanese means a purification tank. It is used in Japan countrywide. A fibre reinforced plastic…

M post works on making access to postal services an easy-going process whereby you can enjoy the services in the office, via mobile phone, or at home without having to go to the postal office anytime you want to use the post office services. Anyone willing to have an address does not necessarily need to have a physical address. Upon registration you are allowed to change your personal details anytime you wish to. You can access Mpost through the following ways: Mobile phone after downloading the app from the play store and using Mpost from there.Using the USSD code*890*90 which…

Wazinsure in Kenya aims at making it easier for insurers to administer their policies competently by providing Al-based insurance solutions which also reduces their operating costs. Wazinsure is an agnostic product established to deliver across numerous lines of business. Wazinsure focuses on ensuring that customers experience the best customer service which later on leads to rise in maintaining the customer for a longer period. In order to join Wazinsure, you are to ask for a call back to be set up on the platform of Wazinsure. Wazinsure is the place to be as there are no limitations of data uploads.…

Capture Solutions is concerned with making it an easygoing process for firms and organizations to reorganize their operational activities not only for the current problems but also for future reference. Capture solutions has been effective for the last 19 years and is still moving on. Capture Solutions offers exclusive B2B ICT applications through the entire period you need their services. Diligence and creativity is noticed during the period they offer their services as they come up with tailor-made solutions accompanied by unique defined procedures to handle different problems and circumstances. Capture solutions manages to accomplish all this with the help…

Zydii is an online program for Africans to access modules online thus enabling them to improve on the knowledge which goes on to improve their living standards. Zydii offers courses that are relatable and marketable in the current competitive generation. The tutors are Africans who have succeeded and are willing to equip wisdom and tips on how to be successful as well. You have an opportunity to choose the mode of learning that you want, it can be through a desktop, mobile as well as laptops. The payment is accessible through mobile money such as Mpesa which after making the…

Taimba was started with an aim of creating a direct link between the farmers and traders. Through this direct connection, the income for farmers multiplies, and minimal food wastage is recorded. The traders get a chance to link with the farmer and acquire an opportunity to buy goods at a lower cost compared to the market prices. Taimba is able to link them by sourcing directly from farmers whereby they come to an understanding on a date and the rates of harvest and the payment of farmers are when the products are picked. Whenever a vendor needs some goods they…

The process of finding workers to offer services such as the domestic ones can be a real hustle especially when it comes to finding a qualified one, trustable and one who is punctual as well. Kazi was started with the purpose of helping find all kinds of native workers without any hustle at any time even on a short notice. Kazi provides you with an opportunity to work at your own pace providing the jobs available. The services include the manual jobs, warehouse, cleaning services and maintenance of homes as well. Any person who would want to get a job…

Onesha enables you to outsource your design work whereby they offer full branding services from graphic design, social media, and animation thus making it easier for businesses to brand their jobs better despite the hustle of getting so busy to acquire a design. Onesha offers their services for: Branding which they do merchandise branding, stationery branding, branding of clothes, wall branding, guides on styles of branding, calendar design, notebook, and diaries design as well as car wrapsProfiles for companies entail creating a new design, new content and structure, and content research only.A graphic design which they create brochures, design of…

Hayvest is a groundbreaking platform which aims on excellence when delivering services to both the farmers, laborers and consumers. Hayvest makes it easier for farmers, consumers and service providers to connect using technology without the need of having to meet physically. Hayvest provides different packages which entails of Farmer packages. In the farmer package farmers are classified into: Free farmer, Bronze farmer, Silver farmer, Gold farmer, Platinum farmer. For a beginner one is recommended to use the free farmer because the transaction cost is free, you can vend 2 products, bid for 1 tender, there is also a free trial…

Hudhud was started in 2018 with an aim of better transportation services. It is an online platform that is focused on making transportation an easier and convenient method. Hudhud focuses on providing job opportunities for many as well as providing a platform whereby the customers can place pricing as well. The providers are not left behind as well as they are assured of improved productivity. A creation of engineers came along and reflected on the accessibility of transportation methods in the country as well as how secure it was. They came up with a single app whereby clients can access…

Hudhud was started in 2018 with an aim of better transportation services. It is an online platform that is focused on making transportation an easier and convenient method. Hudhud focuses on providing job opportunities for many as well as providing a platform whereby the customers can place pricing as well. The providers are not left behind as well as they are assured of improved productivity. A creation of engineers came along and reflected on the accessibility of transportation methods in the country as well as how secure it was. They came up with a single app whereby clients can access…

GiftPesa is an online platform that was started in 2018. Gifting in Kenya was not familiar and less people had knowledge about it. GiftPesa wanted to make the whole process of gifting easy, convenient, open and secure for everyone. GiftPesa is a platform that is really aimed at changing how gifting is done in Kenya. It has provided a platform where individuals and businesses can reward their staff as well as their clients with digital gift vouchers. GiftPesa systematizes the entire process of ordering, distributing and redeeming gift awards. GiftPesa provides a variety of options to its clients thus making…

Tupay app has enabled making everyday purchases a secure and a laid-back procedure through their online platform. Tupay is accessible and is within your means thus making it more preferable. In order to access the Tupay services conveniently you are to provide your personal number registered on mobile money or the linked card to profile. Tupay offers the following services: Transferring money whereby you can transfer money through Tupay to make payments to services like NSSF, NHIF, and M changa as you offer donations.Payment of expenses from mobile wallets like M Pesa, Eazzypay etc. through Tupay.Making hotel and restaurant bookings…

Havenhill Synergy Limited, a Nigerian cleantech startup, has raised $4.6 million from Chapel Hill Denham Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NDIF) to help build 22 smart solar mini-grids in Nigeria. Havenhill, founded in 2010 by CEO Olusegun Odunaiya, focuses on using mini-grids to improve access to electricity in rural areas. Renewable energy services are also available for businesses in Nigeria’s industrial and commercial hubs. According to recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigerians have limited access to reliable electricity, with the rural electrification rate hovering around 39%.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated in 2019 that Nigeria loses US$29 billion…

Koinz, an Egypt-based food ordering and restaurant aggregator platform, has raised US$4.8 million in seed funding to expand its team and reach new markets in the Middle East. Koinz, founded in 2018 by Hussein Momtaz, Ahmed Said, and Abdullah Al Khalidi, uses a data-driven approach to help restaurants make better business decisions and increase revenue. Restaurants can use the platform to collect and track real-time data on customer behavior, improve customer satisfaction, and implement a digital reward system. Tinder founder Justin Mateen led a US$4.8 million seed round for Koinz, which also included 4DX Ventures and strategic angel investors from…

Nuru, a solar energy firm founded in Congo DRC, has secured $1.2 million from Proparco, a French investor. Nuru’s expansion will be supported by Proparco’s $1.2 million investment, which will help the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern region expand. The Congolese-based energy startup, formerly known as Kivu Green Energy, was founded in 2015 and specializes in providing affordable and dependable energy to businesses, private individuals, and families in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nuru, which means “light” in Swahili, builds and runs urban solar hybrid mini-grids in the central African country’s eastern region. Nuru deployed the country’s first solar-powered mini-grid…

Stitch, a South African fintech startup, has raised $4 million in a seed round from an impressive global investor lineup as it prepares to expand across the continent. Stitch was founded by Kiaan Pillay, Natalie Cuthbert, and Priyen Pillay with the goal of providing full API access to financial accounts across Africa, starting with South Africa. Developers can connect apps to financial accounts using its API. Users can share their transaction history and balances, confirm their identities, and make payments using this feature. The startup has now raised a seed round of $4 million, which it claims is the largest…

Diool, a Cameroonian fintech startup, has raised US$3.5 million to expand its operations. Diool began as a mobile recharge project in 2015, providing small merchants with a way to sell prepaid recharges to their customers through a single app, but later pivoted into financial services aggregation after realizing that payment interchanges and financial services access were the pain points of its target users. Small businesses can use the startup’s platform to accept payments from customers and repay suppliers using a variety of payment methods. Diool has signed up over 2,000 merchants who have transacted over US$120 million on its platform…

Gradely provides an Artificial intelligence (AI)-based personalized learning platform that provides regular feedback to parents and schools thus enabling them intervene in real time to plug students learning gaps. The startup, which has raised US$150,000 in pre-seed funding from angels and venture capital firms such as Ventures Platform and Microtraction , has recently launched its LMS known as “Gradely for schools.’’ Launched in 2019 by Boye Oshinaga, Femi Ibiwoye ,Seyi Adelaju and Babatunde Caleb ,Gradely is a teacher led LMS,created for personalized learning with characters such as live classes to organize and hold engaging class experiences, assessment tools to set…

Mortgage Market a fintech startup based in Johannesburg has secured a R10-million funding round led by IDF Capital for expansion.  Tim Akinnusi, the co-Founder had an aim of simplifying the process of getting a home loan when he founded the startup. The need was to eliminate unnecessary paperwork and inefficiency in the home financing process. Founded in 2019, Mortgage Market has created a home online marketplace via its online platform for the users. In order to ensure that clients receive the best home loans on the market, the fintech start-up runs on the basis of a shared value model. The…

Sakneen, a Cairo-based property tech startup, has raised US$1.1 million in a seed round led by Algebra Ventures, with Sarwa Capital and Foundation Ventures also participating. In addition to Hem + Spire, a real estate private equity firm based in the United States, Nakhla VC, a Saudi investment firm, and angel investors from Google, BlackRock, and McKinsey, the round featured angel investors from Google, BlackRock, and McKinsey. Sakneen, a property platform founded by Ramy Khorshed and Hussein El Kheshen in late 2019, makes buying and selling homes easier. Users looking to purchase a home can use the website to search…

Afriktrip, a Nigerian startup, has developed an online marketplace to enable travelers and locals discover and book unique tours and activities offered by independent enterprises and local tour operators in African countries. Afriktrip, which was founded in February 2020 and went public in November, offers travelers a simple and quick booking experience while also helping them save money thanks to its best price guarantee and cancellation policy. It also aims to instill trust through its tour partner vetting process, review system, and in-app messaging platform, which allows travelers to engage with local tour guides without disclosing their personal information. “These…

Egyptian startup Opio,a direct to consumer everyday women’s wear brand,has secured $300,000 in seed funding to expand its operations. Opio launched as a digital native vertical in 2017, founded by Shady Mokhtar and Reem Abdellaftif to capitalize on the long-abandoned Egyptian apparel industry and the growth in online shopping demand. The platform licenses several manufacturers to produce white label and toll manufacturing women’s wear apparel, which it then sells to its customer base via its digital platform. Following the close of its US$300,000 seed round, the firm plans to grow its services and scale of operations, with funding from AUC…

Zuri Health, a Kenyan startup, has launched a mobile app that aims to provide certified, affordable, and accessible healthcare solutions via mobile. Zuri Health allows users to book appointments with any doctor or hospital in their area, order lab tests, communicate with practitioners via message or video, and request home visits. The app includes an SMS feature that allows it to reach a large range of people who don’t have access to WAP or internet-enabled devices. “Zuri Health is very personal to me. Millions of people in Africa do not have access to quality medical care. At Zuri Health we…