Daisy Atino

Journalist & Writer Covering Tech News from the East African Region.

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IXAfrica Appoints Snehar Shah As New CEO

IXAfrica Data Centre Limited (IXAfrica) has announced the appointment of Snehar Shah as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Snehar joins the team after an extensive period of over 15 years at Global Telecoms Operator, Orange, covering various leadership roles in Finance & Strategy across UK, Europe and East Africa.

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Emata, a Ugandan Startup Secures $2.4 Million in Seed Funding to Transform Agricultural Finance

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Nigeria's Flutterwave Invests Sh7.3 billion in Kenya

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Liquid Intelligent Technologies Announces Two Cross-Border Fibre Routes

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Kenyan Fintech Lipa Later Secures Ksh. 500 Million in Debt Funding, Sets Its Sights on Raising Ksh. 2BN

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Six East African Startups Selected For FuturizeU HealthTech Incubator Program

Futurize, a health startup incubator for African startups, and AstraZeneca, a global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, have jointly announced the launch of Futurize’s pioneering HealthTech incubator program, FuturizeU. Six healthtech startups from the East African region have been selected for the program. The startups are;- Vectorgram, Pulsesetters, Tawi

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SasaPay Unveils Cutting Edge Upgrade: SasaPay 2.0

Kenyan fintech company SasaPay has unveiled “SasaPay 2.0,” an innovative upgrade of its digital payment platform offering customers a host of groundbreaking features and services that are set to redefine the way Kenyans manage their finances. One of the most notable features of SasaPay 2.0 is the ability

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DRC's Ed Tech Startup ITOT Africa Empowers African Youth Through Online Learning

ITOT Africa, is an ed-tech startup based in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo that provides customized digital content, coding, programming, training and e-learning services to businesses, SMEs and entrepreneurs in Africa and the United States. Launched in 2017, the startup’s flagship product, Okademy, is an online learning, on-demand training,

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BioNTech’s InstaDeep Chooses Rwanda as Key AI Research Hub in Africa

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Aurora Tech Award 2024 Entries Open For African Women in Tech

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Kenyan Startups Urged to Participate in UAE-based Zayed Sustainability Prize

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African Development Bank Launches Funding for African startups

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Catalyst Fund Announces First Close of target $40M Fund to Accelerate African Climate Innovation

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Wasoko Expands to the Democratic Republic of Congo

Wasoko, Africa’s largest B2B e-commerce network has announced its expansion into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) leveraging its existing e-commerce hub in neighbouring Rwanda. The announcement marks the startup’s second country expansion this year after launching its Zambia operations in May 2023, which forms the latest phase

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Kenyan Crypto Payments Startup Kotani Secures $2M to Power Cross-Border Remittances In Africa

Kotani Pay, a Kenya-based crypto payments startup has secured $2 million in a pre-seed funding round led by San Francisco-based P1 Ventures and other investors like DCG/Luno and Flori Ventures. The startup intends to address the challenges faced by underserved populations in Africa when it comes to cross-border remittances,

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Geothermal Powered Data Centre Unveiled in Kenya

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Ugandan Fintech Asaak Expands into Mexico By Acquiring FlexClub

Asaak, a Ugandan fintech company, has expanded into Latin America by acquiring FlexClub, a Mexican startup. The acquisition, carried out for an undisclosed amount, will enable Asaak to expand its credit ecosystem and offer innovative financial solutions in the Latin American region. FlexClub provides car financing for Uber drivers and

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Uber Launches Electric Bikes in Kenya, its first in Africa

Uber has announced the introduction of electric bikes also known as “boda bodas,” in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. This marks a first for Uber in Africa and represents a significant milestone in sustainable mobility as part of the company's efforts to be a zero-emission company by 2040. The

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TCRA Partners with COSTECH To Boost Startups in Tanzania

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6 East African Startups Selected for TechCrunch's 2023 Startup Battlefield

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Kenya Tops Africa in Startup Funding in the First Half of 2023

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MEST Africa Opens Applications for its Startup Pitch Competition

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BNPL Firm Aspira Launches Solution to Finance Education

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Kenya Selected As Launchpad for Regional Expansion by US Based Tech Firm

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Hewlett Packard Announces New Partnership with Mitsumi