News - East Africa

The Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator (UGEFA), a four-year European Union (EU)-funded project that provides green businesses with customized loans...

Ascent, an African private equity fund manager, has announced the first rolling close of its Ascent Rift Valley Fund II...

Munyax Eco in Rwanda and WidEnergy in Zambia have received funding from Opes-LCEF, a female-focused impact investor that provides catalytic...

Pangea Accelerator has announced the launch of its 2021 scale-up initiative, which will fund and expand start-ups from seed to...

According to reports, Safaricom is in talks to provide M-PESA services in partnership with Amazon's eCommerce platform. This move is...

Huawei Kenya, in partnership with several business partners, launched a graduate recruitment program through an online Huawei ICT Job Fair....

The inaugural edition of "Wazo Challenge Tanzania," launched in February 2021, was the first step in Startup Réseau's East Africa...

Nairobi, Kenya-based Mazi Mobility, an Electric Vehicle Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) startup, debuted today in response to the city's deeply fragmented public...

Gloria Tumushabe's engineering and computer science studies at the University of California, Berkeley were funded entirely by a full scholarship,...

Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurance technology (insurtech) startup, has raised $1.8 million in seed funding to help low-income Kenyans gain...

MTN Rwandacell PLC (MTN Rwanda) became the first mobile network operator in Rwanda to list its shares on the Rwanda...

With an investment in Kasha Global Incorporated, Mastercard has deepened its partnership with the purpose-driven ecommerce platform. The companies will...