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Featured case studies: UK-Kenya Tech Hub and Viktoria Ventures
Founded in 2010, the company provides access to telecommunications infrastructure for developers through simplified SMS, USSD, Voice, Airtime and Payments APIs. The startup raised USD 17,000 from whom they considered their angel investors.
Founded in 2018, MarketForce provides a unified digital commerce marketplace to facilitate trade among Africa’s informal merchants and leading consumer brands. They raised USD 350,000 from VBAN and 3 other angel investors to fund their initial operations.
Founded in 2013, it is an online marketplace for event tickets and music. Mookh raised $450,000 in equity from two local investors in 2017 – a media production company that invested strategically in Mookh and the other an individual angel.
Founded in 2016, Pezesha has created a holistic digital financial infrastructure that is on a mission to the leading enabler platform and marketplace that connects small and medium-sized businesses to working capital through a collaborative approach where banks. Pezesha raised USD 700,000 from angel investors to fund its initial operations.
Nairobi based Agri-tech company that is transforming Africa’s agricultural supply chain between rural
smallholder farmers and urban traders.
A payroll, benefits, and compliance software company with embedded finance for local and remote teams in Africa. It helps startups, small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), and gig workers manage employee information, payroll, time off and leave, reimburse expense claims, track time and attendance, and performance management. The company also helps organizations hire top talent from across Africa. They received their first round of angel funding (of USD 50,000) from angels in the Pangea Accelerator in 2018.
African Yuva
Producing High-Quality, Affordable and Stylish Fashion for Women in Kenya and the World
With one employee, the company was founded in 2018. Now a business with 5 employees and a revenue of up to 120,000 USD
Cellulant
One-stop shop payments platform for businesses across Africa
The story of Cellulant begins more than 15 years ago. Through the years, they have experienced great pivotal moments that have all climaxed to the success story we know today.
Checkups
Medical Hub
The future healthcare is now
Named number 3 in the market for volumes of COVID tests conducted and number 1 in the market in terms of customer satisfaction.
Eldakk Logistics
A leading light in logistics
Eldakk Logistics, in less than 3 years of existence has grown to a fleet of 16 trucks, with a full contract with a cement company. George Konde is a happy man, saying that making an exit from his banking career is a move that he is proud of.
Value Villages
Food & Leather
A fish, feeds and fish leather processing company
based in the desert of Turkana
Starting out as Victorian Foods in 2007, Value Villages Food and Leather has withstood many challenges, including two closures, but have also championed fish leather processing in Kenya and setting up a fish processing plant in Turkana
SilAfrica
Packing it Right, The Story of a Giant in the Plastics Industry
Founded in the 1960s with a presence in Tanzania, Silafrica boasts of a magnificent footprint across Africa with potential growth outside the continent.
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