News - East Africa

Solarise Africa, a Kenyan energy leasing company, has received US$5.9 million in debt funding from Trine, a Swedish impact investing...

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has signed a Record of Discussion with Rwanda's Finance and Education Ministries for the...

Autochek, a Nigerian automotive company, announced that it has purchased Cheki Kenya and Cheki Uganda from Ringier One Africa Media (ROAM)...

LoftyInc Capital, a pan-African venture capital firm, announced today the launch of its third fund, LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund 3, with...

CashBackApp, a Kenyan customer loyalty startup, has raised a pre-seed fundraising round of US$475,000 to help scale its service in...

Kenya Airways has announced an agreement with Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer to operate flying taxis in Nairobi, the country's capital,...

The NINJA Accelerator Program is a 12-week acceleration program targeted at improving the ability of high-growth post-revenue companies in Kenya to...

Hindsight Ventures, Startup Réseau's Africa-focused vertical, has unveiled Wazo Challenge East Africa as its latest program aimed at tech entrepreneurs...

BYON8, a Kenyan healthtech business, has acquired $1.5 million in seed funding backed by Danish early-stage investor People Ventures. T&W...

Wapi Pay, a Kenyan fintech startup, has raised a $2.2 million pre-seed capital to help financial transactions between Africa and...

Seedstars and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs' (FDFA) Peace and Human Rights Division have announced the 20 global...

To prevent personal information from being sold to advertising or fraudsters, Safaricom will implement a feature that blocks customer contact...