Ilara Health, a Kenya-based health-tech enabling private clinics to access diagnostic devices and pharmaceutical products, has secured $4.2 million debt-equity in a pre-Series A round. The funds will be used to scale operations in the East African country, and to deepen health care access to the masses through the rollout of a B2B health and … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s president says corruption and officials’ incompetence allowed a liquid petroleum plant to operate in one of Nairobi’s most crowded residential neighborhoods, where its explosion and fire killed three people and injured more than 280 others. President William Ruto said the officials who gave licenses to the plant must be dismissed and … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s high court on Friday blocked the U.N.-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country bring gang violence under control. Judge Chacha Mwita said Kenya’s National Security Council, which is led by the president, does not have the authority to deploy regular police outside the country. Kenya’s … Read more
Kenya-based EV startup Roam has unveiled a brand new shuttle bus mannequin dubbed Transfer, coming because the East African nation continues to push for the adoption of electrical automobiles. Roam (previously Opibus) now plans to ramp up its manufacturing of the Transfer bus, and increase its charging infrastructure because it anticipates a progress in EV … Read more
Kenya’s president is wooing American tech corporations, promising a business-friendly surroundings — despite the fact that he has raised taxes on companies at dwelling ByEVELYNE MUSAMBI Related Press September 15, 2023, 3:46 PM Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, M-Pesa CEO, speaks throughout a U.S.- Kenya Enterprise Roadshow hosted by Prosper Africa, a U.S. Commerce and Funding Initiative, in … Read more
FarmWorks, a Kenyan agtech that gives farmers with entry to farm inputs, and marketplace for their produce, has raised $4.1 million in a pre-Sequence A spherical led by Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund, an present investor. Livelihood Affect Fund, Vested World, a variety of household places of work, and angel traders additionally participated within the spherical … Read more