News - East Africa

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...

Guidewheel, a manufacturing technology pioneer founded in Nairobi, Kenya as Safi, has raised $8 million in Series A funding to...

Voltron Capital, an Africa-focused venture capital fund for businesses, has been launched by Olumide Soyombo. Olumide Soyombo is a serial...

Google has announced the launch of a new five-month training program for game developers in Africa to successfully build, scale,...

AIfluence, a Kenyan influencer marketing platform, has raised $1 million in seed funding. EQ2 Ventures, Antler East Africa, Oui Capital,...

Visa has launched Somalia's first Visa card payment service in collaboration with the International Bank of Somalia (IBS Bank). In...