News - East Africa

Netflix, the world's largest streaming video service, has begun offering a free mobile package in Kenya that includes nearly a...

Yellow, a Malawian off-grid solar company, has received a $4 million loan from SunFunder, a company that finances solar energy...

Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB), StarCloud LLC Estonia, Risk Africa Innovatis, UNICEF, and Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid. Tech) partnered to digitize...

As part of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, the Mastercard Foundation and the University of Rwanda today announced a 10-year,...

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...