Founded by Nairobi-based Nigerian marketer Collins Lukman Oyebode, Makanga is a mobile app that aims to be a marketplace and ticket booking platform for long distance buses in East Africa. "Inter-city travel using public means sometimes involves visiting a booking office to book a ticket in advance. This comes as ...
BookNow, a bus booking platform was founded in September of 2013 and headquartered in Nairobi - Kenya, and was the first and only bus travel market place for East Africa. BookNow aimed to aggregate multiple bus companies in East Africa in a move to help users to easily search for ...
Africa-focused startup accelerator 88mph today announced it will take a break in investing in startups in Africa for the next 18-24 months to help it focus on helping the companies get some good return for the investors and founders. In a blog post 88mph founder and CEO Kresten Buch said,"8mph ...
88mph and L5Lab and other investors such as Daniel Guasco & Wayne Gosling, formerly of Groupon SA, and Neil Emerick of Nightsbridge have launched DealWeek Cape Town to invest between $25k and $250k in startups. Set to be held at the Cape Town Garage, the week-long event will see investors ...
88mph-backed BookNow, a bus booking platform has raised $75,000 from 10 angels including businessmen Mahendra K.D. Shah, Ravi Shah, Ritesh Doshi and four of 88mph’s investors and team members. Confirming to TechMoran, Francis Gesora, Co-Founder and CEO of BookNow said, "We have raised $75,000 from angel investors and the bulk ...
Nairobi based Private seed fund, 88mph operating as an incubator for startups by offering accelerator programs to expose different ideas to their respective industries through training is set to rebrand to Nairobi startup garage in June. The program that runs in different countries in Africa; Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa ...
Investing in Tech start-ups that rely on internet access and mobile service use to connect and distribute their products, Private seed fund 88mph will launch officially in Nigeria early this year. Currently, based in Nairobi and Cape Town where accelerator programs take place, the company will now expand its operations ...
Kenya's top entertainment news site Ghafla has announced it will delete all the *nude photos it has in its database and won't publish any such photo again in a u-turn move that has shocked many. Known for its serial gossip on Nairobi's entertainment scene and controversial photos of Kenya's 'celebrities' ...
This is proof, Kenyans love Ghafla!, the country's top entertainment news site has today announced it has hit 9.5 million pageviews monthly, beating most entertainment portals started years before it. Speaking about the source of all those eyes on his site, Samuel Majani, Ghafla founder and CEO said, "We've added ...
Microsoft Corp. has expanded its Microsoft Ventures partnership program into Africa after selecting 88mph as its first African accelerator partner. The firm said it chose 88mph for its proven model of helping launch and secure funding for innovative African startups. The two will provide startups with mentorship, technology guidance, seed ...
