IT総合 Zanifu raises $11.2M to scale its inventory financing offering in Kenya
Zanifu, a Kenyan fintech providing inventory financing to micro, small and medium-sized businesses, has raised $11.2 mil...
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IT総合 IT総合 Worldcoin ignored initial order to stop iris scans in Kenya, records show
Months before Kenya finally banned iris scans by Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin, the Office of the Data Protectio...
IT総合 Worldcoin plans to resume iris scans in Kenya
Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin yesterday faced its first major hurdle in Africa when authorities in Kenya suspend...
IT総合 Kenya suspends Worldcoin scans over security, privacy and financial concerns
Kenya was one of the first countries where Worldcoin — the controversial startup that aims to create a new “...
IT総合 Nigeria’s Remedial Health gets QED backing in $12M round
Remedial Health, a Nigerian startup digitizing pharmacies and bringing efficiency to the pharmaceutical value chain, has...
IT総合 Kenya’s FarmWorks raises $4M pre-Series A funding
FarmWorks, a Kenyan agtech that provides farmers with access to farm inputs, and market for their produce, has raised $4...
IT総合 Blow for Flutterwave as Kenyan court declines request to withdraw case
Plans by Kenya’s Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) to withdraw its second case against African fintech giant Flutterwave have...
IT総合 Public transit is driving EV sector growth in Kenya
The public transit sector in Kenya is driving the country’s electric vehicle adoption as global calls for a switch to su...
IT総合 Workers that made ChatGPT less harmful ask lawmakers to stem alleged exploitation by Big Tech
Kenyan workers who helped remove harmful content on ChatGPT, OpenAI’s smart search engine that generates content based o...
IT総合 Kenya’s Lawyers Hub gains traction helping startups meet regulatory compliance
African startups clashing with regulators due to non-compliance are often faced with far-reaching consequences, includin...
IT総合 UK’s early-stage media tech VC GMG Ventures rebrands to Mercuri, closes £50M fund
UK-based early-stage media technology venture capital firm GMG Ventures has rebranded to Mercuri. It has also raised £50...
IT総合 Kenya’s MyDawa aims to be an all-in-one health platform backed by $20 million funding
Kenyan e-health startup MyDawa has raised $20 million funding from private equity investor Alta Semper Capital, to expan...
IT総合 Techstars raising $150 million for new accelerator fund
Startup accelerator Techstars is raising $150 million for its new fund, SEC filings show. The accelerator is seeking new...
IT総合 ShopZetu raises pre-seed funding to fuel growth of its fashion marketplace beyond Kenya
Kenyan fashion e-commerce startup ShopZetu is set to add beauty and home décor categories to its portfolio, in response ...
IT総合 Plastic upcycling startup Kubik closes $3.34M seed to scale production in Ethiopia
The amount of plastic waste produced globally is on track to triple to over 1,000 million tonnes by 2060. The OECD repor...
IT総合 PayGo solar startup Yellow raises $14 million to scale in africa
Yellow, an asset financier for solar energy and digital devices in Africa has raised $14 million series B funding in a r...
IT総合 Seedstars, Fondation Botnar launch new fund to back African startups focused on youth wellbeing
Seedstars Capital and Swiss philanthropic foundation Fondation Botnar have launched Seedstars Youth Wellbeing Ventures, ...
IT総合 Meta to appeal court ruling declaring content moderators as its employees
Meta is set to appeal Kenya’s court decision declaring it as the primary employer of the moderators that review content ...
IT総合 Meta found liable as court blocks firing of moderators
A Kenyan court has ruled that Meta is the primary employer of content moderators suing the social media giant and its co...
IT総合 MarketForce forced to tighten its belt as tough times hit
MarketForce, a Kenyan B2B e-commerce platform, had the ambitious plan of growing the number of informal merchants sourci...
IT総合 E3 Capital and Lion’s Head climate fund hits first close at $48M to back African startups
The E3 Low Carbon Economy Fund for Africa (E3LCEF), a fund by early-stage VC E3 Capital, and emerging markets-focused in...
IT総合 Jia, a blockchain-based lender of small businesses in emerging markets, raises $4.3 million seed
Jia, a blockchain-based fintech providing loans to micro and small businesses in emerging markets, has raised $4.3 milli...
IT総合 Cold-chain startup Figorr raises $1.5M, backs the roll out of data-driven perishables insurance
Oghenetega Lortim built Nigerian-based cold chain startup Figorr after imagining better means of storage and transportat...
IT総合 Meta content review partner Sama told by court to pay moderators
Meta’s content moderation partner in Africa Sama was earlier today compelled by a Kenyan court to pay April salaries to ...
IT総合 Kenya plans special startups’ employee-equity tax regime
Kenya is proposing a special tax regime on startups’ Employee Share Ownership Plans (ESOPs), as it aligns to its plan to...
IT総合 Confusion sets in as Meta content moderators go without pay
Content moderators under Sama, Meta’s content review sub-contractor in Africa, earlier today picketed at the compa...
IT総合 Crypto, influencers targeted in Kenya’s new tax bid
Kenya is proposing new taxes to tap the growing digital economy in a bid to grow domestic revenues and narrow its fiscal...
IT総合 Kenyan court paves way for lawsuit alleging Facebook played role in fuelling Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
Ethiopians suing Meta for failing to adequately moderate content that amplified violence that left over half-a-million p...
IT総合 Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful layoffs and blacklisting of moderators, court rules
A Kenyan court has ruled that Meta can be sued in the East African country over alleged unlawful sacking and blacklistin...
IT総合 Senegal’s logistics tech startup Chargel raises $2.5M seed funding
After selling their hospitality tech startup, Teranga, in 2018, Senegalese brothers Moustapha and Alioune Ndoye ventured...