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Fri, September 12th 2014, 14:03 · Susan Mwenesi

Taskwetu wants to get errands done for Kenyans in the diaspora

A new Kenyan startup TasKwetu is making lives easier for Kenyans in the diaspora as well as those living locally by carrying out tasks delegated to them by their clients by use of an online task management and tracking platform. → Read more
Mon, September 8th 2014, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi

University of Eldoret Wins Unilever Idea Trophy Innovation Competition

The University of Eldoret was the winner at this year’s Idea Trophy inter-university innovation competition finals sponsored by consumer goods manufacturer Unilever Kenya. → Read more
Fri, July 4th 2014, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi

OkHi wins Kenya leg of Seedstars World competition

Kenyan startup OkHi has won the Nairobi leg of the Seedstars World competition with its solution which looks to solve the country’s addressing problem by enabling secure creation and sharing of physical addresses via mobile phones. → Read more
Thu, June 12th 2014, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Kenyan innovators selected for GIST event in Washington

Three Kenyans with solutions impacting education, information management and agriculture have been selected amongst 12 entrepreneurs from African, Middle Eastern and Asian countries to participate in this year’s 2014 GIST Entrepreneurship journey. → Read more
Mon, June 9th 2014, 12:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 01/06/14 – 08/06/14

The rise of the smartphone has led to an app race around the world, with the past week in startups testament to this as a range of apps were launched focusing on everything from education to social taxi hailing. → Read more
Tue, May 27th 2014, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

PIVOT East announces finalists

PIVOT East has picked 25 East African startups as finalists for this year’s edition of the mobile startups event, offering them the chance to pitch to investors at the main conference in June. → Read more
Thu, May 22nd 2014, 18:00 · Agatha Nduku

Kenyan startup develops wearable tech to boost motorcycle safety

A wearable technology company based in Nairobi, Kenya has developed the Smart Jacket fitted with bright lights controlled wirelessly from a motorcycle’s indication system, assisting motorcyclists in allowing them to indicate in which direction they are going. → Read more
Sun, May 18th 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 18/05/2014

Startup events dominated HumanIPO headlines this week, with African participants taking part in the international uStart conference and judging beginning for mobile startup competition PIVOT East. → Read more
Tue, May 13th 2014, 17:00 · Chris Udemans

AfriLabs welcomes 5 new board members

African tech hub association AfriLab has announced the addition of five representatives from various technology hubs around the continent to its board. → Read more
Mon, April 28th 2014, 09:00 · Chris Udemans

DEMO Africa launches innovation tour

Startup launchpad event DEMO Africa has announced an innovation tour of numerous capitals across Africa, allowing the DEMO team to meet tech startups from 16 countries to get them ready for the event in September. → Read more
Sun, March 30th 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 30/03/2014

African startups have seen major expansions in the past few months, both in capital and geography, along with 88mph Cape Town opening its doors to introduce the media to its latest round of startups. → Read more
Sun, March 9th 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups: 09/03/2014

This week saw Cape Town as a hub for startup activity, as well as a number of new applications being launched across the continent. → Read more
Wed, January 29th 2014, 12:20 · Chris Udemans

Kenyan e-textile startup introducing wearable tech for motorcyclists

Kenyan e-textile startup CladLight hopes to release the Boda Pack, a wearable technology that aims to increase the safety of motorcyclists by making them more visible. → Read more
Sun, January 12th 2014, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

FEATURE: The week in startups 12/01/2014

The first week of 2014 has seen startups, incubators and entrepreneurs across Africa run back to work and start the year as they mean to go on, with new apps launching, an established hub rebranding, and five African startups winning a place in the final of a global competition. → Read more
Sat, January 4th 2014, 08:00 · HumanIPO

HumanIPO: Incubator and accelerator hubs 2013

Western Cape minister of finance, economic development and tourism Alan Winde told HumanIPO in September he was looking at a continental rollout for Cape Town’s Bandwidth Barn and was looking at partnerships. → Read more
Sun, September 29th 2013, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher

FEATURE: The week in startups 29/09/2013

Africa’s startup scene received another boost this week when the world’s biggest accelerator, the Founder’s Institute, confirmed it was expanding its presence on the continent to Nairobi. → Read more
Thu, September 26th 2013, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Kenyan tech community mourns death of blogger Idd Salim

Kenya’s tech community is mourning the death of Idd Salim, a hardened IT professional and concepts creator using Unix (FreeBSD) and Linux (Debian) Systems. → Read more
Sun, September 22nd 2013, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher

FEATURE: The week in startups 22/09/2013

VC4Africa demonstrated the continent’s startup scene stretches far beyond the recognised hubs of Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria this week when it announced the ten entrepreneurs that will make up its September cohort. → Read more
Wed, August 28th 2013, 16:30 · Nick Sato

SEACOM “connects” Kenya’s tech innovation centres

International fibre-optic cable provider SEACOM has given 100mbps internet connectivity to Kenya’s innovation centres, in a move to enhance the hubs’ ability to generate local content for a global audience. → Read more
Mon, July 1st 2013, 08:00 · Martin Cheruiyot

Kenya celebrates Social Media Day

Kenya’s Social Media Day was celebrated in Nairobi on Friday with bloggers, media experts and entrepreneurs joining together to discuss how it can impact business development and contribute to the country. → Read more