The first time I bought paint, I was 25 years old. We were painting our new office/studio and decided that it was better to do it ourselves. All white walls with a single orange strip…
Posts tagged East Africa
Kanairo 101, the Temple Run Sequel, but in Nairobi.
If you have ever played Temple run or Subway Surfers, then you will enjoy Kanairo 101. This is a game that had some thought, time and effort was put into and it shows. The scene/environment…
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…
No business, No budget… Be Scrappy
When you check the Cambridge dictionary it says that scrappy is an adjective that means badly organized, untidy and not very attractive or well developed. But at the same time it also means to have…
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…
Roam, a Kenyan-based EV startup raises $24M Series A funding.
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…
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…
Zidallie transports 700+ Kids to school daily in Nairobi. “Uber for Schools”.
Nelly is tackling a lack of sufficient transport/school busses for schools in Kenya and Africa at large. Hi Nelly, give us a short intro as to who you are and a bit about your background?…
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…