[embed]https://hapakenya.com/2022/09/13/kenyas-flexpay-buupass-among-60-startups-to-receive-ksh-479-2-million-in-funding-from-google/#:~:text=479.2%20million%20(%244%20million,that%20are%20unique%20to%20them.[/embed] Google has announced that 60 black founded startups across Africa have been selected for the second cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund (BFF) for Africa. The startups joining the program will receive a total of Ksh. 479.2 million ($4 million) in funding and support to enable them to scale their work. Each [...]
Planning for a trip can be a tedious and costly affair. Growing up in rural Kenya, Wyclife Omondi had to visit physical bus and train stations to book travel tickets. The stations being far from his home, he was often forced to spend precious time and money on bus fares just to secure the all-important [...]
WellaHealth has been named among the 100 most impactful companies by the Norrsken Foundation. The leading health-tech organisation was one of the two Nigerian companies that made the list, which included foremost startups from across the globe. “What if, we build a cutting-edge digital health platform for the largest country in Africa?” The Norrsken Foundation [...]
Customers expect more these days from those they do business with — more than simply providing a product or service. In fact, research indicates that 71% of millennial consumers in the United States are actually willing to pay more for a product or service when they know that some of the company's profits go to [...]
[embed]https://techcabal.com/2022/05/02/wellahealth-expands-its-healthcare-services-with-the-launch-of-wellahealth-2-0/[/embed] The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the need for and importance of virtual services. Everything from shopping, to work and even medical services shifted to the digital space. With increasing digital adoption globally and in Africa specifically, telemedicine services are becoming even more essential to the well-being of those who would normally not [...]
In a LinkedIn post, CEO of Qene Games Dawit Abraham expressed his confidence that Ethiopia (Africa) can soon become a leading game and digital entertainment producer in the world. “However,” he told Yahoo Finance, “The first step we need to take to make this a reality is to give African creators easy access to sell [...]
Ethiopian video game publisher Qene Games, on Monday (April 11), signed a partnership agreement with Ethio Telecom to facilitate access to its games for local users. Thanks to the agreement, Qene Games will leverage the telecom operator’s fintech solutions to ease users’ subscriptions and in-app purchases. For Dawit Abraham, Qene Games CEO, " Africa has [...]
Qene Games, in partnership with Ethio telecom, will make high-quality mobile games available to the Ethiopian market. Qene Games is the first game development studio in Ethiopia. The creator of Kukulu, Gebeta, and Feta mobile games, Qene won the best entertainment app and best app of the year at the Apps Africa Awards for its [...]
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