Ethiopian taxi-hailing app Catch expands into Kenya
Ethiopian taxi-hailing startup Catch has launched its offering in Nairobi, Kenya after seeing strong initial…
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12 African startups to watch in 2021
It has been a tough past year in many respects, but the African startup space…
Applications open for 7th Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme
Applications have opened for the seventh edition of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP), which…
How Rwanda’s Karisimbi is helping hospitals go paperless with electronic medical records
Rwandan e-health startup Karisimbi Technology Solutions is helping hospitals go fully paperless, offering digital patient…
An ode to Africa’s startup ecosystem – thriving in spite of a challenging year
When the COVID-19 crisis hit Africa earlier this year, and countries went into varying degrees…
Our 12 startups to watch in 2020 – how did we do?
Back at the start of the year, Disrupt Africa unveiled its 12 African startups to…
The top 5 pan-African startup sector developments of 2020
Individual startup ecosystems across the continent, be they in South Africa, Nigeria or Kenya, may…
Kenya’s MarketForce formalises its “Troops” project into new B2B e-commerce marketplace
Kenyan retail-tech startup MarketForce has formalised its Troops project into a B2B wholesale e-commerce marketplace,…
Kenyan e-health startup Damu-Sasa secures $20k from Villgro Africa to enhance COVID-19 capabilities
Kenyan e-health startup Damu-Sasa, which runs an innovative end-to-end blood services information management platform, has…
The top 5 Kenyan startup sector developments of 2020
Having had our concerns in the past about whether the Kenyan startup space was developing…