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Google eyes TaskMate global launch after Kenya rollout
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Google has today launched TaskMate in Kenya, a crowdsourcing app that lets people use smartphones to do tasks and get paid, tapping the growing gig economy. The tech giant said it has rolled out the beta version after a year-long experiment in the East African country and is preparing to introduce it to other countries […]
Topics: kenya, taskmate, google, eyes, rollout, africa, economy, techcrunch, global, services, launch, businesses, app, platform, tasks. -
Kenya's big box grocers are revamping their look (Video)
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As the middle class grows in Kenya, so does the spending potential. Traditional big box grocery chains in Nairobi are adapting to capture Kenya’s growing retail market.
Topics: concept, opened, kenyas, grocers, look, box, market, kenya, kind, big, supermarkets, food, operating, video, naivas, revamping. -
Kenyan fintech Zanifu nabs $1M to bridge MSME financing gap, eyes Ghana, Uganda expansion
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Kenyan fintech Zanifu is set to upgrade its platform and grow the number of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) it extends stock financing to after securing $1 million in seed funding. Saviu Ventures, which invested in the startup’s pre-seed round early 2020, Launch Africa Ventures, Sayani Investments and a number of angel investors from […]
Topics: fintech, msmes, ghana, unsecured, uganda, techcrunch, zanifu, financing, kenya, businesses, retailers, msme, kenyan, loans, credit, nabs, small, gap. -
Kenyan low-cost ISP Poa Internet secures $28 million in round led by AfDB-backed Africa50, plans to link region with cheap, limit-free connectivity
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In 2020, Africa50, an infrastructure financier backed by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) Group and a good number of African governments, hosted an innovation challenge that sought affordable and reliable solutions for last-mile internet connectivity across the continent. A proposal by Poa Internet, a Kenyan startup, beat 673 others from across the world as a […]
Topics: kenya, continent, lowcost, mobile, africa50, startup, connectivity, round, data, region, secures, poa, plans, bank, limitfree, internet, video, link, million, techcrunch. -
Microsoft opens Africa developer centers in Kenya and Nigeria
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Last year, when Microsoft executives were doing their due diligence ahead of paying $7.5 billion for GitHub, the software engineer marketplace, they might have been surprised by one unexpected data point.
Topics: github, kenya, africa, microsoft, yearthat, nigeria, insight, centers, opens, center, software, developer. -
Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source for African startups
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Pangea Trust, through its equity crowdfunding platform Connect, is unlocking diaspora remittance inflows as funding source for early and growth-stage startups in Africa. Remittances to sub-Saharan Africa reached $45 billion last year, with Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe leading the list of recipient countries. And as annual inflows grow, Anne Lawi, the country director […]
Topics: africa, zimbabwe, pangea, startups, source, remittances, unlock, african, platform, funding, investment, techcrunch, diaspora, kenya, working. -
Safaricom Sees Amazon as Model for Kenya E-Commerce Platform
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Safaricom Ltd. of Kenya plans to introduce an e-commerce platform within eight months targeting formal retail and informal online trading in East Africa’s biggest economy.
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Social commerce platform Tushop set for Kenya growth after raising $3 million pre-seed funding
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Tushop, a social-commerce platform in Kenya that enables the group buying of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs), is set for expansion across Nairobi after raising $3 million in pre-seed funding in a round led by 4DX Ventures. Founded last year by Cathy Chepkemboi, also the CEO, Tushop uses community leaders, who collect orders from their neighbors […]
Topics: kenya, delivery, tushop, raising, techcrunch, growth, platform, including, million, goods, wasoko, orders, chepkemboi, capital, preseed, social, manufacturers, set. -
Tech firms face higher levies as Kenya plans to double digital service tax
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Kenya plans to double the digital service tax (DST) to 3% beginning July this year, as the government taps the growing online economy to increase its domestic revenues and narrow fiscal deficit. It is expected that the new rates, proposed in the Finance Bill by the country’s Treasury department, will be passed by the lawmakers. […]
Topics: plans, firms, companies, services, treasury, higher, tech, service, dst, techcrunch, tax, revenues, digital, face, levies, kenya.