Safaricom-endorsed Little does not want to brew up fights with what’s probably its fiercest competitor in town: Uber. In a recent interview with the Financial Times Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore said “Uber ..
Safaricom-endorsed Little does not want to brew up fights with what’s probably its fiercest competitor in town: Uber. In a recent interview with the Financial Times Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore said “Uber ..
As if the cab-hailing app business wasn’t crowded enough in Kenya, a new player is dribbling their iOS and Android apps to the playing field. Taxi Chap Chap. This new player aims to captivate users with ..
aKoma Media in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation wants talented African writers and creators for a six-month fellowship in Nairobi along with two other African cities: Kigali (Rwanda) and Lagos ..
Creating an outstanding startup could earn you a US VISA Other than all the obvious benefits of nurturing a winning startup, a two-year (extendable) visa to the United States could soon be one of the other ..
Five Kenyan startups sponsored by the ICT Authority to pitch at DEMO Africa Among the thirty African startups set to pitch at DEMO Africa 2016, five Kenya startups got endorsed by the Kenya ICT Authority ..
Jumia to get in the payments processing industry with Jumia Pay I’d say the payments processing industry in Africa, and specifically Kenya has been quiet for a while after the MPesa entry. The industry ..
Little (formerly Little Cab) now works with USSD Little, formerly Little Cab, the Safaricom-blessed, Craft Silicon project that aims to beat Uber in Kenya, now works with USSD. Here’s why this is awesome: ..
Kenyans are creative, enterprising people. We innovate our way around the little steeples that come our way. (See that Rio reference?) Some of the world’s best tech has been born here out of the need ..
Data from the newly published 2016 Venture Finance in Africa research, conducted by VC4Africa, shows that the growing international and local angel investor interest in early stage Startups in African ..
Another time for Connected Kenya starting today. For those who have no idea, what Connected Kenya is, it is a tech event organized by Government every year to bring together big tech hitters in Kenya, ..
One of the fastest growing startup in Africa – BRCK has secured Sh300 million funding. BRCK is a hardware and services tech company based in Nairobi. The company came up with a connectivity device ..
Sometime back while in Kisii town, I went to a KCB machine to get some money but the ATM was not working. While coming out I met a lady who asked whether the ATM was working and when I told her that it was not she got sad, ..
The demo finals were done five days ago and yesterday the Safaricom Appwiz winners were unveiled. The 3rd Edition of the Challenge kicked off in July and 13 finalists were selected to join a three-month ..
Many start ups struggle to gain recognition by trying to siphon investments from different places instead of building a brand and business that can benefit themselves and the society at large. Speaking ..
Technology start-ups are flourishing in Africa and investors are flocking the continent to invest in them. So should every tech blog be about start-ups? Yes. The media is the only platform that will be able ..
In the last nine months or so we have been hosting the BAKE digital services with Angani Limited. Angani provides local hosting services which makes it more ideal for the sites targeting local audience. ..
Safaricom invests part of the US$1 million Spark Fund in a local package delivery startup, Sendy. Sendy offers a marketplace for last-mile package delivery and logistics services, allowing customers to send ..
Two weeks ago Erick Vateta shared with you information about RabbitIQ, a platform where Rabbit farmers can tag their rabbits and use RabbitIQ to gain insight on the development and performance of their ..
Getting a job is hectic and stressing. The youth are the most marginalized and most of them end up on the streets. Fortunately, technological skills allows one to carryout freelance services to clients. ..
Farming can make you a millionaire if you identify the best strategy to tap the fruits of a business model. My uncle has many rabbits but they never give back. Ironically, he holds the cards as the best ..
The most hectic errand or duty in the city is house hunting. Most people manage to bluff there way through life in the name of house agents. Nairobi has fake agents who are always ready to steal honesty ..
Most innovators wish to fly to San Francisco and work with other well endowed innovators. Kenya has the capability of promoting any innovation and make it international. The biggest challenge facing startups ..
Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards celebrates the growth in mobile, technology and entrepreneurship in Africa. The awards recognize the positive technological impact and encourage future innovation in Africa. ..
A Kenyan Startup Nim$, won the 2015 edition of Startup Istanbul. Startup Istanbul is a global event that attracts startup sign ups and investors. Generally, it’s a gathering of the leading startups, ..
This week Sidney Ochieng on his blog took time to analyze the shortcoming of this blog. In many occasions I would read the post pick one or two things which I feel is/are valid and then move on. I wanted ..
Someone once said raising money is simple but not easy. First time entrepreneurs will tell you this for sure. Better known as startups, these entities find it almost impossible to raise funds for the company’s ..
Half a decade ago, start-ups were just a simple business idea waiting to be hatched into an actual revenue generating enterprise. No one cared much about a simple idea not making money yet. Today though, ..
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM ) has launched an innovation space at the iHub Nairobi. The move is in a quest to provide iHub’s 17,000 members with the company’s global expertise ..
Africa Innovation Foundation has called for innovators to apply for IPA 2016 an initiative of the innovation programme that honors and encourages innovative achievements that contribute toward developing ..
HiiL Innovating Justice, together with the Global Agenda Council on Justice and the Ford Foundation have partnered on a new pioneering new endeavor to accelerate justice ventures in East and West Africa, ..