Startups

SafeBoda, the Ugandan innovative motorcycle taxi app, has announced the launch of #YourCityRide, a series of events meant to run for a year with an aim to encourage citizens to discover more about Kampala. The campaign, which will include monthly mini-campaigns will feature a tour... Read More

It is not so often that a start-up company comes in to challenge a technology that is yet to garner popularity, in a developing country at that. Quick Tap is turning the tables all around with a brave motive of becoming a leading provider of... Read More

Africa’s largest co-working space Nairobi Garage today announces the launch of Nairobi Garage Business Services, giving innovative young member companies unprecedented access to market leading business firms. For the first time in Kenya, Nairobi Garage Business Services makes the country’s top professional service providers accessible to startups and... Read More

Jumia Uganda is pleased to launch our first White Paper. The paper presents a unique insight into key Mobile Penetration trends across Africa - and Uganda specifically; the impact mobile has on Internet penetration and mcommerce in Uganda; and the profile and behaviour of customers... Read More

​African tech startups raised funding in excess of US$129 million in 2016, with the number of startups securing funding up by 16.8 per cent compared to the previous year. According to the DISRUPT AFRICA TECH STARTUPS FUNDING REPORT released today, 146 startups from across Africa... Read More

The developers of Noga, a 3D maze android game have boldly laid claim to it being the first of it's kind in Uganda and rightly so. Developed by Tamithi, one of Uganda's foremost animation startups, Noga is a remarkably stable 3D mobile game. The storyline... Read More

Fezah artists will now get regular airplay on 106.1 Jazz Fm in a partnership with Jazz FM aimed at promoting the growing number of talented artists available on the Fezah App. Fezah is entertainment’s booking app available through Google Play, with over 150 musicians, bands, and... Read More

Ugandan company Styx Technology Group has released an Ag App called "Poultry Farm Revenue Calculator". The app helps you determine the feasibility of decisions on a poultry Farm before you make them. Leveraging on the experiences shared in this post Poultry Feed Economic 101 – Changing the Supplier Scenario,... Read More

A quiet revolution is taking place in the beautiful mountainous landscape of Rwanda and this has nothing to do with any form of civil unrest as Western media would have us believe whenever Africa is mentioned in a byline. The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) in... Read More