Can paid games made by Africans make any money? Yes, it seems. Meet Virago, to be precise, Virago: Naked Reality. A paid game in the Virago line of games, retailing at Ksh 300 in the…
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18 Million Downloads later – It was not easy
The first time I heard about Mekan games was in September 2016, at the iHub in Nairobi. They were taking part in the Chezo Serious Game Jam where teams were being tasked to come up…
Kenya’s Triply joins YC’s 2024 Winter Batch as one of only 3 startups from Africa.
Y-Combinator has been scaling down the number of startups that it accepts into its program over the last three years due to the downward spiral of the global economy. In 2022 they took only 60%…
LinkedIn introducing a Tiktok like feed on its app.
LinkedIn has always been the place where you go to for professional, career or work related material and content. With the introduction of the feed like scroll a few years back it slowly started to…
Music videos available on Spotify in Kenya.
You will now be able to watch music videos right within the Spotify mobile and desktop apps. The company is rolling out this feature this week and Kenya is among the first countries to have…
Silent Uber is now a real option in Nairobi.
The silent Uber is now in Nairobi, Kenya. Uber comfort, a premium service by Uber the giant ride hailing company is now in Kenya. On the continent the service has so far been available in…
PaySpace, An Africa based payroll and HR software company gets acquired by Deel.
There haven’t been that many exits in the startup world in Africa. There are only a few startups that have seen favorable or huge acquisition terms come their way such as Paystack, InstaDeep, Kopo, Appruve…
Can local solutions reduce your cloud/hosting expenses?
You are either oblivious to the facts or don’t care or have the money to splash if you haven’t yet noticed how much startups costs have increased in the past one year, especially if you…
The curse of VC funds, or is Africa just a tough market?
Just 4 months before Zumi shutdown, I told a friend of mine who had just been hired at Zumi the previous month as a developer that they would be closing shop soon thus it would…
Pickup Mtaani launches new app with a wallet & expands to Mombasa, Kenya.
Pickup Mtaani has slowly but surely cemented itself as a go to delivery and logistics partner for any merchant small or big who wishes to have a reliable, seamless and affordable experience for their clients…