News - East Africa

The 19th annual Imagine Cup, which brought together thousands of students from 163 nations to explore technological solutions that would...

Chipper Cash, an African fintech startup that allows cross-border payments, has raised $100 million in a Series C financing. This...

Mondia Pay and M-Pesa have joined forces to provide Tanzanians with easy access to Mondia's top portfolio of online content...

Toyota Tsusho Corporation has invested in AiCare Group, a Kenyan telematics insurance provider. The investment will be made through Toyota...

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...