Usiku Games targets 8 million primary pupils with mobile edutainment games to improve math, sciences, and languages 26 Feb 2021 Usiku Games, a Kenyan mobile games company, has unveiled edutainment games to help primary school-aged children improve on their learning skills especially in Math and English languages. The mobile web-based platform dubbed “Tizi Games” are designed to be fun and entertaining as they help educate the pupils. Each game is designed around a particular subject based on the new Competency …
Safeboda halts operations in Kenya due to the pandemic strains 17 Nov 2020 Safeboda halts operations in Kenya due to the pandemic strains You would think that SafeBoda would be booming right now in the current circumstances where everyone has been relying on deliveries especially after the Corona pandemic. Companies like bolt and Glovo have been expanding to other countries but unfortunately for Safeboda at a time when they are meant to be …
Meet the 10 Africa Netpreneur Prize finalists 16 Oct 2019 The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) recognizes the top 10 finalists for its final event in Accra, Ghana on 16 November 2019. The finalists were chosen from a pool of 10,000 candidates from 50 African nations. The 10 will pitch their business to the eCommerce business mogul, founder of Alibaba Group and the Jack Ma Foundation, Mr. Strive Masiyiwa founder …
Tingg Launched across 8 African Countries 8 Oct 2019 Driving innovation firm Cellulant has today reported the dispatch of Tingg, a customer installment, business and budgetary administrations application. In Kenya, Tingg offers outsider help from utility installments for water, power, broadcast appointment and PayTv through associations with; KFC and Simbisa Group, (Pizza Inn, Chicken Inn and Creamy Inn) to offer Tingg Food, and with Go Beba to offer gas …
Epesi Cloud Platform is out here to Unifying your Business 8 Jul 2019 In this era everything is going cloud, reducing your paper work and space usage, making us work at the comfort of our homes and remote places, managing business and handling eras with ease and speed. A Kenyan Startup ScopicAfrica is changing the dynamics by introducing it’s megabot cloud solutions dubbed Epesi Cloud. Epesi Cloud platform has the following products : …
Apply for the Google Africa Certification Scholarships 25 Apr 2019 Google has partnered with Pluralsight and Andela to offer 30,000 scholarship opportunities and 1,000 grants. This scholarships and grants are aimed to certify African techies on Mobile Web, Associate Cloud Engineer and Google Associate Android. The scholarships and grant opportunities are part of the Grow with Google initiative The main aim of the Google Africa Certifications Scholarships is to help …
Nigerian medtech startup MDaaS Global raises over $1m in equity funding 3 Apr 2019 MDaaS Global, a Lagos-based medtech startup that builds and operates diagnostic centres in Nigeria, has raised just over $1-million in equity funding, reveals a US Securities and Exchange Commission filling made on (1 April). The filling states that up to 12 investors were involved in the round which commenced on 15 March. According to the filling the total offering amount was …
Egyptian end-to-end distribution platform Brimore raises $800k seed round 3 Apr 2019 End-to-end distribution platform Brimore has announced that it has raised $800 000 in a seed round co-led by Algebra Ventures and Endure Capital. In a statement today (2 April) the Cairo-based startup said 500 Startups, Flat6labs and some undisclosed angel investors also participated in the round. Brimore’s platform provides manufacturers with direct access to local communities who can both use and promote the products. The startup was founded …
Kenya’s Sokowatch, Asoko Insight, WaystoCap, TousFacteurs & MaxAB raise funding from Morocco-based Outlierz Ventures 27 Mar 2019 Morocco-based Outlierz Ventures, an early-stage VC fund backed by private investors from Silicon Valley, Middle East and Africa has made five investments in fast growing tech-enabled companies across five different markets. The startups include, Morocco’s WaystoCap, Kenya’s Sokowatch, UK’s Asoko Insight, France’s TousFacteurs, and Egypt’s MaxAB, The startups received investment tickets range between $50k and $500k in Seed stage and …
Bolt is yet to enter the scene with an idea of a food delivery service 27 Mar 2019 By now you’ve likely experienced the convenience of services such as Uber Eats. For those that haven’t, there’s talk of a new player entering that market, We’re talking about the company formerly know as Taxify, Bolt. The ride-sharing service has today announced plans to expand Bolt’s services into food delivery. “Combined with our technology, efficient operations and thousands of drivers …
Usiku Games targets 8 million primary pupils with mobile edutainment games to improve math, sciences, and languages