Women Archives - TechMoran

Meet The Four Girls Who Created A Pee-Powered Generator

Sometimes even putting a bulb is a bit of challenge, but apparently not for these four African girls. At only 14 and 15 these four young girls have done a phenomenon thing. Their startup was first spotted at the Maker Faire Africa…

No comment

Tech Women

Best Free Period Tracking Apps

On Tuesday, July 31st, 2018 at 9:11pm by Vanessa Kamau

You honestly don’t need to mentally torture yourself trying to remember your menstrual cycle when you can get a period tracker. Technology is best used when it helps you. There are those days when you don’t remember when your periods came or…

No comment

Startups Women

Miss.Africa Digital Announces the Winners for the 2018 Seed Fund round

On Saturday, July 21st, 2018 at 12:04am by TechMoran

The Pan-African trust program of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) today announces the winners of the 2018 Miss.Africa Digital Seed Funding for STEM Programs. Kumasi Hive from Ghana wins the 2018 5,000 USD Grand Prize while, INTELLECT-Team at Laboratory of Technologies for Smart Systems (CRNS)…

No comment

Startups Women

Demo Ventures to raise $100m to fund early stage & growth startups across Africa

On Wednesday, July 11th, 2018 at 7:24pm by TechMoran

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…

No comment

Startups Women

As a Startup, clients don’t trust your ability to handle large sums of money-Founder Triple Cord Consulting

On Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 at 3:00pm by Vivianne Musumba

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…

No comment

Women

Salah Goss appointed new head of Mastercard Labs for Financial Inclusion

On Monday, June 11th, 2018 at 1:55pm by TechMoran

Mastercard announced today that Salah Goss has been appointed as Head of the Mastercard Labs for Financial Inclusion, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Salah brings extensive experience in financial inclusion specializing in mobile enabled solutions, agent banking and community-managed microfinance. In her new role, Salah…

No comment

Tech Women

Women Entrepreneurs encouraged to apply for World Bank Group’s “SDGs&Her Competition”

On Friday, June 8th, 2018 at 7:28pm by Charity Mbaka

All 193 United Nations member countries signed in approval of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in a collective effort to “create the future we want in 2030.” SDGs&Her is an online competition for women entrepreneurs to showcase how they are carrying…

No comment

Startups Women

Egypt based Skolera simplifying management of schools

On Monday, April 23rd, 2018 at 9:15am by Charity Mbaka

Skolera is a unified learning platform that allows teachers to deliver streamlined and integrated learning to students, and can interact with students and parents. It simplifies the management of the school, from student affairs, HR, accounting, payroll, amongst other day to…

No comment

Startups Women

Why Nigeria’s VP Osinbajo Choosing Not To Visit Any Women-Owned Spaces on the #VPTourofTech Sets A Dangerous Precedent

On Friday, April 20th, 2018 at 1:43am by TechMoran

Article by Mary Olushoga, founder of awpnetwork.com, a platform powering small business success for African entrepreneurs. *** Why are women innovators largely ignored in Nigeria’s male-dominated technology spaces? Why didn’t Vice President Osinbajo visit any women-owned spaces during the highly popular and…

No comment

Tech Women

Piehole.TV launches to help firm’s use video to build emotional connections

On Friday, April 6th, 2018 at 12:34am by TechMoran

Priscilla Kennedy, founder of Piehole.tv, a video production company, says that now is the time to experiment and embrace video within a business environment. A native African strategist and creative director, Kennedy says they started Piehole.tv and then made a strategic decision to…

No comment

Startups Women

Wemo Kitawa on how Mama Ventures is empowering women and girls with transferable skills

On Monday, February 19th, 2018 at 3:53pm by TechMoran

Wemo Kitawa started Mama Ventures in 2015 and she was overwhelmed by the entire process. She found herself listening to podcasts and reading on how other founders across the world managed their time. She found herself strained – managing to give herself…

No comment

Tech

Uber for Ambulance startup Flare launches Rescue, an affordable annual accident cover for its users

On Thursday, January 4th, 2018 at 11:51am by TechMoran

Flare has launched a new product, Rescue to allow users to sign-up in advance of an emergency to have the peace of mind that someone will be there to help you. For as little as Ksh 1,500 annually, individuals and families have access…

No comment

Startups Tech

Moringa School Partners with MEST to Expand Across Africa

On Monday, December 4th, 2017 at 6:22pm by TechMoran

This article has been updated to reflect the true status of Moringa School. It’s not struggling financially and it’s co-founder left the company willingly. Moringa is set to offer its training courses to startups in Accra, Lagos and Cape Town after it…

1 Comment

Women

UNECA launches the Women and Girls Startup Challenge to promote female digital entrepreneurship

On Saturday, December 2nd, 2017 at 5:18am by TechMoran

The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ms. Vera Songwe has launched the Women and Girls Startup Challenge, in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire to help promote female digital entrepreneurship, economic empowerment and business projects. The fund also aims to help…

No comment

Funding Tech

MENA events platform Eventtus raises $2m led by Algebra Ventures and 500 Startups

On Friday, November 24th, 2017 at 3:50pm by TechMoran

This content is for Monthly and Yearly members only.
Log In Register

Comments Off

Startups Tech TechMoran TV Women

Kenya’s Majik Water to harvest drinking water from air for off-grid communities

On Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 at 4:15pm by TechMoran

Founded by Anastasia Kaschenko, Beth Koigi and Clare Sewell, Kenya’s Majik Water has launched a prototype and started its water harvesting process in pilot to help people in off-grid communities in Kenya harvest water from air using simple techniques and equipment. The three-girl team, comprising…

No comment

Women

Jumia Food Hires New Managing Director to Drive Customer Acquisition

On Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 at 10:59am by TechMoran

Jumia Food, a Rocket Internet-backed online food ordering and delivery firm has hired a new Managing Director to drive restaurant sign ups to its platform and drive customer acquisition as the festive season approaches. Shreenal Ruparelia has worked in Management Consulting and…

No comment

Funding

Fabwoman raises funding to bolster its news & product discovery platform for Nigeria’s millennial women

On Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 at 2:45am by TechMoran

This content is for Monthly and Yearly members only.
Log In Register

Comments Off

Tech Women

Uber hires new GM for West Africa as Little readies to launch

On Monday, October 16th, 2017 at 11:26am by Dennis Mathu

Uber has hired a new GM for West Africa as Safaricom-backed Little prepares to launch in a few weeks. Uber says its new GM for West Africa, Lola Kassim, who is replacing Ebi Atawodi will oversee the firm’s West Africa strategy, improve…

No comment

Fintech Startups Women

Peer-to-peer marketplace Pezesha to participate at the Blackbox Connect 20 in Silicon Valley

On Tuesday, October 10th, 2017 at 12:15am by TechMoran

Kenya’s Pezesha.com a peer-to-peer micro-lending marketplace for Africa has been selected to participate at the upcoming Blackbox Connect 20 accelerator programme, a two-week residential programme for startup founders from across the globe. Holding in Silicon Valley in November this year, Blackbox is…

No comment

Startups

Zumi Magazine, a Kenyan lifestyle & fashion site raises $250,000 to expand into Nigeria & Ghana

On Monday, October 2nd, 2017 at 11:26pm by TechMoran

Nairobi-based women-focused lifestyle & fashion site Zumi Magazine raised $250,000 to expand into Nigeria & Ghana. Co-founded by Ex-Rocket Internet executives William McCarren and Sabrina Dorman, Zumi entertainment, lifestyle and love, fashion, beauty and style news to a smartphone enabled, female audience….

No comment

Women

County Support To Informal Business Sector Can Help In Job Creation

On Saturday, September 30th, 2017 at 3:17am by TechMoran

By Nikki Summers Kenya marks the first transition of power under a devolved system of governance, one of the major opportunities and challenges for the newly appointed governors will be to create an environment where Small & Medium Businesses can prosper and…

No comment

Women

Economic empowerment of women at the center of AWIEF 2017 Conference

On Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 at 1:21pm by TechMoran

Themed Equity, impact and inclusive growth towards Agenda 2030 and a sustainable African future, the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference (AWIEF 2017) has its sights firmly set on the economic empowerment of women, who have historically been side-lined and disregarded in…

No comment

Fintech Startups Women

How a subsistence farmers’ problem led to the launch of Wala, a digital banking platform for Africa

On Thursday, September 21st, 2017 at 12:43pm by TechMoran

Wala is a digital banking platform for Africa making banking FREE for everyone and completely changes the way consumer’s access, engage with, and use financial products and services. From accounts, to payments, to insurance, Wala aims to make personal finance easier or…

No comment

Women

Zim Ugochukwu’s Travel Noire acquired by 500 Startups-backed Blavity for an undisclosed amount

On Tuesday, September 19th, 2017 at 4:03am by TechMoran

Founded in 2013, by Zim Ugochukwu, an American born of two immigrants from Nigeria, Travel Noire has been acquired by Blavity, a new media platform focused on black millennials a for an undisclosed amount. The Minnesota born founder and travel enthusiast said…

No comment

Tech

Online luxury goods store Luxity opens first flagship store in Johannesburg

On Monday, September 18th, 2017 at 4:20pm by TechMoran

Luxity, Cape Town-based online boutique focused on buying and selling pre-owned, authentic luxury goods for men and women throughout South Africa has opened doors of its first flagship store. “Luxity’s online boutique at www.luxity.co.za has already enjoyed enormous success. With this new…

No comment

Fintech Tech

Tulaa mobile marketplace launches to enable farmers access inputs, finance, info & markets

On Friday, September 15th, 2017 at 1:08am by TechMoran

Tulaa, is a new mobile commerce business set to enable farmers to access inputs, finance, information and markets in a virtual marketplace. The platform is incubated by Ghana’s Esoko in a move to enable farmers to save and borrow to purchase…

No comment

Startups Tech

Andela Opens Applications for its 1st all-female Bootcamp in Uganda

On Thursday, September 14th, 2017 at 2:08am by TechMoran

Andela has opened its first all-female fellowship in Uganda giving young girls a full-time employment opportunity to hone the skills their need to become global technology leaders regardless of their previous career choices. The four year intensive learning and real work experience…

No comment

Women

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Women’s Entrepreneurial Activity Increases by 10% in Just Two Years

On Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 at 2:04pm by Christie Uzebu

Over the past year, 163 million women were starting businesses across 74 economies worldwide—this is according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2016/17 Women’s Report released on September 7th 2017. “This not only shows the magnitude of impact women entrepreneurs have across…

No comment

Tech Women

Co-working space Nairobi Garage moves to bigger premises as demand skyrockets

On Thursday, August 31st, 2017 at 5:13am by TechMoran

Office, co-working and event space provider Nairobi Garage has moved to a 33,000sqft premise as demand for shared offices skyrockets in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa’s biggest economy. Now taking up three floors of an entire office development, the new Nairobi Garage is…

No comment