On Wednesday, Roam, a Kenyan based EV Mobility startup announced that it had raised $24M equity and debt Series A funding. The US International Development Finance Corporation also made a $10M debt commitment to the…
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Ilara Health, a Kenyan health tech startup raises $4.2M pre-Series A funding.
Ilara Health, a health tech startup based in Kenya has raised a further $4.2 million pre-Series A debt+equity funding round. The startup helps small clinics in Africa provide quality medical services to patients by enabling…
Safeboda is back in Kenya with Safecar.
On November 27th 2020, after about two years of operating in Kenya, Safeboda ceased its operations in the country citing the negative impact of Covid-19 on its business. With this move, many motorcycle riders and…
“Please Call Me” Inventor Makate could be paid $1B by Vodacom. A Win.
In a legal battle that has been on for more than two decades, Kenneth Nkosana Makate, the South African inventor for the widely used “Please Call Me” mobile service, has finally won over Vodacom, a…
Make marketing easier by building Share-ability into your product
There are very many factors that can make a product valuable, but the two that go hand in hand are Usefulness to the consumer and Marketing. Building products online has always been the easy part….
Build your product faster. How? By Niching Down.
If your product works well for a specific group of people, you will not have to tell others to use it, they will simply start using it. It’s easy to get lost in the idea…
Giving to Receive. Gamifying Charity Tech.
The subtle art of online Marketing for digital products. Raising funds even for charity is probably one of the hardest things to do for most people and organizations alike. Within the 21st century there have…
Solving for the fun problems in Africa
The products we build in Africa don’t only have to solve the hard problems, they can also solve the fun problems. There are certain places in Nairobi that I’ve only ever heard about. Sometimes while…
Bookkeeping AI for small shop owners in Africa.
Designing and Building for how people behave, not how we want them to behave. Some Back Story Micro, small and medium-sized businesses are presumed to make up 90% or more of all businesses in sub-Saharan…
Innovating for phone & electronic device repairs in Kenya.
Maybe Great Idea Thursday. We don’t buy devices with every new release in Kenya, you either slap that TV back to life or go to a repair shop… Buying a new device or electronic in…