News - East Africa

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),...

In order to expand its service offerings throughout Kenya and East Africa, the Kenyan startup Duhqa, a B2B platform for...

Kukua, an educational entertainment company based in Nairobi and London and the creators of "Super Sema," the first African animated...

XENO Corporation, a Ugandan fintech startup, has raised $2 million in seed funding Led by Beyond Capital Ventures. Eva Yazhari,...

Kenyan insurtech company mTek has received an additional investment commitment from African-focused fintech platform Finclusion Group totaling $3 million to...

In a pre-seed round led by Enza Capital, a B2B construction technology platform, Jumba has raised $1 million in funding. ...