Latest startups 2019 stories from across Kenya.
As Kenya’s construction sector returns to growth, international building-materials firm ABC Group is entering the Kenyan market with the opening of ABC Hauz, its 18th showroom in East Africa, located on Mombasa Road, Nairobi. Launch comes…
Everyone reaches a point in their profession where the best thing to do is to branch out. It is not easy to see it coming but one Peter Ndiang’ui made the most out of a similar transition. Arguing that you don’t need to step back from an…
Sun King has moved to make its new solar inverter range appealing to larger businesses and households with high energy-energy demands. Experts say customers whose electricity needs go beyond basic lighting and phone charging has resulted…
In the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), shrewd investors are increasingly eyeing legacy industries such as plumbing, electrical engineering as well as Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) businesses. An analysis of 240…
Mary Wangui, Linet Mugwanja, Aisha Barasa, and Cynthia Chepkorir emerged as the overall winners of the third edition of the GirlCode Kenya Hackathon after their Naulisako Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered transport collection system…
In 2019, Abbas Hirei Gassem left France and went back to Somalia to set up Somstay, an online booking platform that helps users to book apartments and hotels. Mr Gassem says the service industry is big business, which covers a wide swathe…
In 2019, Gathoni Kimuyu and her colleagues at Story Zetu were facing a problem familiar to many creative businesses in Kenya. They had the ideas and an audience. They had already shown that Kenyans were willing to pay to watch their work.…
At the ongoing Nairobi International Book Fair at Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi, a new novel that explores the limits of law enforcement was launched. The Abduction Squad by Kenyan author John Kiriamiti, examines what happens when…
Many years ago when Agness Njau worked for a hotel chain, Heritage Hotels, as a receptionist, little did she know that one day she would be an entrepreneur. She is the founder and director of Zuri Travels, a company that was registered in…
Aliko Dangote’s fortune has climbed by about $20 billion to more than $50 billion following an oversubscribed $2.5 billion private placement, adding to the wealth of Africa’s richest person as his sprawling industrial empire moves toward a…
Aliko Dangote, the industrialist and billionaire, is African. And black, just like me. That fact may sound obvious, but to a young Black African entering the corporate world, it carries a particular weight. Dangote’s story is not simply…
Packaging Producer Responsibility Organisation (PAKPRO) and the Kenya Scouts Association (KSA) have inked a deal to advance environmental education, waste segregation and packaging recovery among young people and in schools across Kenya.…
Jimmy Jay, 36, runs a business that bears little resemblance to the single-chair barbershop where his entrepreneurial journey began just over a decade ago. Today, Jimmy Jay Spa combines a barbershop, salon, beauty and spa services and a…
A group of constitution workers, plumbers and contractors on Friday showed up in Kitengela town in pursuit of day-long practical training on modern, sustainable biodigester and wastewater technology. Speaking during an interview on Friday,…
In 2020, at the height of Covid-19 pandemic, Ms Nyandia Kamawe, the founder of a handcrafted products’ firm, Mokomaya, was busy cutting bottles and painting them. At the time, service-oriented businesses, particularly those in the retail…
Seven inspiring female founders are among the 12 innovators selected for the third cohort of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship, announced by iHUB Kenya.
The cosmetics business in Kenya is experiencing a huge growth, thanks to several key factors including the influence of social media, such as YouTube, TikTok and Instagram which are oftentimes used to advertise beauty products and services.
The Global Startup Awards (GSA) Africa, in collaboration with the Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG), has named the 15 African winners at the GSA Africa Finale held in Cape Town, South Africa at The Unique Summit.
African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) angel investors participating in a pitch session at the just-concluded CANEX WKND 2024 in Algiers have committed a total of $350,000 (about Ksh45 million) in investment into the three best pitches…
Balancing classes and social life, Ann Ongori launched Annie Styles, a second-hand clothing business that would promote affordable style among fellow students and also fund her studies.
Anold Kebati is a budding laundry business owner based in Kiambu County. Besides, he is a nursing student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).
As Wangui Waweru checks her snail farming business, she is optimistic that the planned upgrade of the Lanet Airstrip will open her to the larger export market.
Sunlight, a Unilever brand, has unveiled a financial literacy empowerment programme dubbed “Shika More Na Sunlight”, to enhance the skills of women entrepreneurial.
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) on 23rd August 2024 hosted the inaugural Annual SME Conference, Awards, and Exhibition in Nairobi, where it unveiled the SME Financing Gateway
