Entrepreneurship

Kune, a Kenyan food start-up founded by Frenchman Robin Reecht in 2020, has closed its doors after failing to raise Sh30 million from a French investor for operations amid rising …

The shortage of raw materials to run Rivatex has handed producers in the East African Community (EAC) a major windfall, with the Eldoret-based textile manufacturer now relying on the region …

Fish traders in Busia are a happy lot after the Kenya and Uganda government came up with a framework to ensure smooth transit of the commodity from Lake Turkana to …

Kenya and Zambia have agreed to work together towards removing barriers that hinder trade and investment between the people of the two countries. President Kenyatta said his discussions with visiting …

Modern online payment platform Paystack on the Tuesday announced its new partnership scheme with Xero. Xero is an accounting software app that helps business owners to optimize numbers, receipts, banks …

The haulage and scaffolding industry has always been considered a “man’s world.” When we look back to the early days of these industries, the names of women are rarely mentioned. …

Cocoa has been Ghana’s main commercial crop for several decades and although the West African country is the second largest cocoa producer and exporter in the world, some are still …

A facial recognition app designed by software engineer Charlette N’Guessan, a woman with unique identity issues. She is an Ivorian tech entrepreneur based in Ghana, co-founder of BACE API (www.bacegroup.com). …

Zenda, a Dubai based fintech app for school fees, has secured $9.4 million in a seed funding round. Founded in 2021, Zenda is an app that is appealing an satisfying to parents …

Nexta, an Egypt-based fintech and next-generation banking platform, is scheduled to debut with $2.2 million in investment after successfully meeting all CBE regulations and requirements. Disruptech was in charge of …