News - East Africa

With the support of the Government of Rwanda, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Mastercard Foundation have launched a transformational...

Bruce Nsereko-Lule has joined the team as a General Partner on a full-time basis with a base in Nairobi, according...

The Zanzibar government and Wasoko, an African e-commerce startup that uses cutting-edge technology to change the unorganized retail supply chain,...

Pezesha, an embedded finance fintech startup based in Kenya, has raised US$11 million in pre-Series A funding to help it...

Phyllis Migwi will now be responsible for managing Microsoft's operations in Kenya in her new role as Country Manager.  Phyllis...

The Roam Rapid is an all-electric mass transit bus that was just introduced by the Kenyan startup Roam, formerly known...

iProcure, a business-to-business (B2B) agritech startup based in Kenya, has just raised $10.2 million in Series B funding to expand...

Lami Technologies, an insurtech startup based in Kenya, has successfully raised 3.7 million dollars in seed funding in order to...

Firms in Rwanda are invited to submit applications for the second round of the Fintech Incubation, which will assist eight...

MEST Africa has officially announced that the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge is now accepting applications.  Technology startups in Ghana, Nigeria,...

Umba, a digital bank in Nigeria, has bought a majority share in Daraja, a microfinance bank in Kenya, for an...

Bloom, a Sudanese fintech startup, has raised $6.5 million in seed funding from Visa, Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital (GFC),...