Being a woman in the workplace is already challenging enough but being a woman in the tech industry seems almost impossible. However, Dorcas Muthoni begun her journey when she was only 24 and since then she unlocked new opportunities in Kenya. She…
MEST Africa, (Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology), now in its 10th year investing in tech entrepreneurs in Africa, has announced a funding round of USD $700,000 in startups formed from its recently graduated 2018 training program cohort by investing $100,000 in each…
DEMO Africa has launched DEMO Ventures, an investment arm leveraging on the great successes of Demo Africa over the last 6 years to raise a $100m fund focused on early stage and growth startups across Africa. “Our proprietary deal flow of the…
On-demand wireless streaming service Able Wireless is still alive and kicking and yesterday sent out a public update on its progress after a two year-silence, celebrating its reach in Kenya after several months of working in the trenches. After launching its BlackBIRD Service-…
UNICEF is looking to make up to $100,000 of equity-free investments to for-profit early stage drone startups that have the potential to benefit humanity, through the UNICEF Innovation Fund. The fund is available to registered startups in any of UNICEF’s programme countries…
Gravity provides on the fly identity management services for low income populations in developing countries. People just need access to a mobile phone – any phone – to create a robust ID sealed on a block chain. For more than half a…
Workstation is a hip new co-working space in the heart of Lagos Nigeria. It was born out of the founder’S own need for affordable tech-enabled work spaces. Workstation’s mission is to drive innovation throughout emerging and frontier markets by providing dynamic, curated…
Ushuru.co.ke, is Kenya’s first premium online tax website. The site aims to lighten taxpayers burden, by making the process of filing their tax returns a little easier, which Kenyans have complained for years on end of its tediousness. Ushuru.co.ke is open to…
Triple Cord is one of the fast growing companies in the Information Technology world in Kenya. The company has a number of solutions for communication problems. Patience Atsango an Economist major from Kenyatta University and Edwin Oloo experienced a gap that…
SA based ed-tech startup SkillUp is a platform for tutors and students to get connected. The startup recently received an undisclosed amount in series A investment from South African investment firm Knife Capital. The startup was born out of a realization of…
Innovate Kenya is an idea competition organized by Global Minimum Inc(GMIn), a charitable international organization that encourages young innovators and leaders in Africa to engage with critical thinking skills and hands-on learning programs to tackle challenges affecting their communities. It provides…
TIFAT a farm technology that connects farmers to a buyer’s marketplace emerged the winner of the DEMO Africa Uganda Innovation Tour. Tifat beat a field of more than 15 other startups from Uganda in a two-round contest at the Hive Collab in…
After signing a deal with MEST to offer its training courses to startups in Accra, Lagos and Cape Town in partnership with incubator MEST, Moringa School has now started offering its training courses in Uganda, Kampala, after it signed a partnership deal with the Kampala-based…
Seedstars World, a startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes is coming to Zimbabwe for the third time and will hold at Impact Hub Harare on 29th of June, from 4 – 9 pm. In Harare, Seedstars is looking for 10 startups,…
Merck Accelerator Nairobi Satellite Program in conjunction with Mettā Nairobi selected ten startups for a 4 day coaching and mentorship bootcamp between 15th to 18th May, to provide an opportunity for startups innovating in healthcare, life science and performance materials sectors to…
Kenyan owned online shopping site OE.CO.KE has entered the Kenyan online retail space to enable local sellers market and sell their products online through the platform. The e-retailer that first launched in Kenya in August 2017 did not take up ecommerce immediately…
Selina Wamucii, a mobile platform that shortens the agricultural supply chain in Kenya, reducing food wastage and boosting farmers’ incomes has received $100,000 from global social impact programme Expo Live, run by organisers of the next World Expo, Expo 2020 Dubai. The…
Frontier Car Group which runs Cars45 in Nigeria, has closed $41M Series B funding from Balderton, TPG Growth, automotive funds Fraser McCombs Capital, and AutoTech Ventures. to expand its used-car marketplaces within emerging markets. The company additionally raised $17M in debt financing from leading institutions and banks bring…
Connecticut Innovations, a U.S. investor in early-stage technology companies has launched VentureClash, its global venture challenge in Nigeria targeting disruptive startups in digital health, fintech, IoT and insurtech. The $5 million contest kicked off in March with the first round of applications and…
Nigeria’s Alosfarm tackles some of the main market inefficiencies and challenges to growth for smallholder farmers within the agriculture value chain in Nigeria. Stephen Oloh, the CEO & Co-founder of Alosfarm told TechMoran that Nigeria’s agriculture is facing serious challenges such as low yield,…
Nigeria’s RedViolet has launched its online store to be the go-to platform providing everyday Nigerians with quality furniture and furnishing accessories crafted to accentuate the beauty of their homes and offices as well as guarantee their comfort. Established in 2010 as a traditional…
