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As a local web and mobile app developer, Joshua Mutua, the co-founder of KejaMove, a logistics company; struggled to buy domain names online on sites such as Godaddy, Namecheap and domains.com because he had no credit card. His bank also…
The high demand for wood fuels is rapidly destroying Kenya’s forests and fueling the impacts of climate change locally. In an attempt to curb the decimation of forests, earlier this year the government temporarily banned logging and timber…
African research and education network associations the UbuntuNet Alliance, ASREN and WACREN have partnered with their European counterpart GÉANT in a €26.6m EU co-funded project to provide dedicated high-speed internet all over Africa.…
Gamsole, the largest game development company in sub-saharan Africa, has released a teaser video in anticipation of its soon-to-be-released game title, Gidi Run. Gidi Run is a three dimensional endless runner set in the bustling Lagos…
Kenya’s Closet49, an online marketplace for trendy,fashionable, unique and eclectic clothing used by over 9000 sellers is looking for $50,000 to fuel its local expansion plans in Kenya as the Internet business become popular in the leading…
Investing in Tech start-ups that rely on internet access and mobile service use to connect and distribute their products, Private seed fund 88mph will launch officially in Nigeria early this year. Currently, based in Nairobi and Cape Town…
Michael Onsando, Victor Muisyo and Dennis Lukhoba have come together to launch Portfolio Magazine, an online financial news startup. According to the three, “Kenya’s middle class is big, and only getting bigger. They have more money, and…
Nigeria’s gaming startup, Gamsole has said it has passed one million downloads on the windows phone store, making it a titan of its own in an industry that is steadily hitting up in Nigeria and continent-wide. Olaniran Elijah Abiola,…
PesaTalk, a Kenyan web news startup founded in March 2012 might close shop the end of this month if no investor is found to inject in the much-needed cash. (This is too sad.) Over 25K Readers Monthly Now over 25,000 readers monthly from…
