Latest startups stories from across Kenya.
Erick Mathew Mkingule started Atlas Digital Systems after watching family members and friends struggle to manage small businesses in Tanzania. Sales were recorded in notebooks, customer debts went untracked, and payments through mobile…
Medikea, a Tanzanian healthtech company that runs its own clinics, labs and pharmacies, raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding to open sites in Arusha and Morogoro, bringing its network to four clinics. Baobab Network, Catalyst Fund and…
Talent Nation, a startup founded by Nigerian serial entrepreneur Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and South African-born entrepreneur Kesiah Valkin, has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round to train and deploy one million AI engineers from Africa into…
Cascador and Sterling Bank are seeking to unlock as much as $1 billion in loans for Nigerian startups and small businesses through a $200 million credit backstop fund, offering founders an alternative to selling equity to finance growth.…
Naked has launched pet insurance in South Africa, with premiums starting at R40 ($2.20) a month for cats and R55 for dogs, entering a market already served by established insurers including OUTsurance, dotsure.co.za, Oneplan, MediPet and…
Madica has secured an additional $6 million from Flourish Ventures to extend its African pre-seed investment pilot by three years, giving the programme capacity to back another 25 to 30 startups as it tests whether early-stage capital and…
Endeavor Catalyst, the venture capital arm of global entrepreneurship network Endeavor, has raised $320 million for its fifth fund as it targets high-growth startups in markets beyond traditional technology hubs. The oversubscribed fund is…
Saudi event-technology startup INVE has raised $300,000 in pre-seed funding from Outliers Venture Capital as it expands its digital invitation and event-management platforms for consumers and businesses. The funding will support the growth…
Nomba is extending its cross-border payments infrastructure into Zambia through licensed local partners, targeting businesses trading along a corridor where bilateral commerce is growing. The expansion builds on the business banking and…
Disrupt Africa, a pan-African tech media platform, has partnered with app development firm Touch Inspiration to launch Disrupt Launchpad, to offer founders technical development support and access to potential customers and investors. The…
Sila Kaloki is the founder of miGuy, a digital services marketplace owned and operated by Asazia Technologies Limited, a Kenyan technology company. The platform connects customers with service providers across everyday and professional…
Brian Otieno, a Kenyan technology entrepreneur, is building KulaMtaani, a food-commerce platform designed to help restaurants, food vendors and private chefs manage their operations, receive orders and coordinate business activities…
Her Startup’s second cohort is open to African women tech founders until 26th October, with training, a stipend and funding.
Andrew Milne, co-founder and co-chief executive of digital lending infrastructure company Kuunda, has died at 54, the company said, two days after announcing a $5 million secondary share sale. Kuunda did not disclose the cause of death. In…
Four innovators from Kenya, South Africa and Niger have been selected as finalists for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, with the winner set to receive £50,000 as engineers develop solutions to healthcare access, medical…
Latitude59, the Estonian startup and technology event, has added pre-events Uganda and Zambia before its Kenya startup pitch competitions later this year. The organization is holding pre-events in Uganda and Zambia for the first time,…
Satlyt, started by Kenyan-American engineer Rama Afullo, raised USD 8 million to run AI on satellites.
Kuunda, a digital lending infrastructure company expanding access to credit across Africa, has raised $5 million led by E4E Africa with participation from existing investors Accion Ventures, Portugal Gateway Fund, and Seedstars Africa…
Seedstars has backed Morocco’s solar irrigation company, Jordan’s water-monitoring startup and Uganda’s food-preservation business for cash prizes as 22 ventures advance through SANAD ElevateHer. Three startups developing technologies for…
Solarise Africa has secured a €1 million grant from the Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP Africa) to expand into Uganda and Zambia, targeting 3 MW of new renewable energy capacity over 24 months. The company will provide…
Tanzania’s East Africa Foods has raised $40 million to expand its agricultural supply chain into Kenya, targeting 100,000 smallholder farmers as Kenya’s once high-profile food distribution startup Twiga Foods enters administration after…
MAM Telecom Ltd., a Uganda-based financial infrastructure company, has secured a $250,000 grant from an anonymous South African businessman to develop technology aimed at addressing liquidity and settlement challenges in East Africa’s…
Naulisako, a fare collection app that reconciles takings for vehicle owners, won GirlCode Kenya’s hackathon and enters the Pan-African final.
Moove exits Nigeria after Uber’s departure, promising eligible drivers vehicle ownership without further vehicle payments and free cars for staff.
