Kenyan micro-insurtech startup Turaco has announced the close of a US$2 million seed funding round to further grow the business and scale its operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Please read the article on Disrupt Africa ...
Kenyan company Komaza, a tech-enabled, sustainable forestry company that is revolutionising the wood industry in Africa through its innovative smallholder platform, has secured US$28 million in Series B funding to help it grow its impact. Please read the article on Disrupt Africa ...
Please read the article in the Financial Times ...
Nigerian mobility company, MAX has finally launched its electric motorcycles for the Nigerian market. Called MAX E Series, the new vehicles have been under development for the last two years. After a pilot phase, the company has now launched the new vehicles in the Gbamu Gbamu...
In 2002, Bay Area native Tevis Howard, a high school grad at the time, took a gap year to work on malaria research in Kenya. Read the article on Forbes. ...
With this latest funding, Komaza is well on their way towards their goal of planting one billion trees by 2030 benefiting more than 2 million farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read the article on Businesswire. ...
(London, 16th July 2019) Cooling technology company Sure Chill has secured £4m Series A investment from Africa-focused VC Novastar Ventures and London-based VC The Garage Soho. Sure Chill has developed a unique cooling technology to protect lifesaving, temperature sensitive vaccines in emerging countries where access to consistent...
TechInAfrica – poa! Internet has announced that Kenya’s largest public Wi-Fi network is completed. With over 3,000 hotspots in Nairobi and Kiambu counties, its subscribers will be able to experience seamless home broadband and street.http://www.techinafrica.com/poa-internet-announces-completion-kenyas-largest-public-wi-fi-network/ ...
Article published by Standard Digital:https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001322900/new-forest-product-plant-owned-by-komaza-forestry-limited-to-be-unveilled ...
Read the statement here on the Government of the Netherlands' website. ...