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The NINJA Accelerator in Kenya will offer a blend of local, Japanese, and international mentoring, expertise, coaching, and investor relations, all customized to meet the needs of each venture over the course of three months with a Demo Day scheduled for July 29th, 2021. The 5 startups will have a chance to take part in an international experience from Nairobi to Tokyo, and now Silicon Valley. The five Kenya-based ventures are: “We were extremely impressed by the quality of the applicants for this first cohort”, says Keiji Katai, Senior Director – Private Sector Development Group at JICA....

While New York City, the San Francisco Bay area, London, Boston, and Stockholm were ranked the top-five cities for women in business, Johannesburg and Nairobi came 28th and 33rd respectively. The 50 cities were chosen for their reputation as established or emerging hubs of innovation and entrepreneurship, and they were ranked based on the impact of local policies, programs and characteristics in addition to national laws and customs. Cities were ranked on five important characteristics: capital, technology, talent, culture and markets....

Submission of competitors will be followed by the Judging phase where the judges get to shortlist submissions in various categories to make it easier for voters. This will take place from February 11th to Feb 28th 2017. Online voting will be open to the public beginning 3rd March 2017 to May 1st 2017. Now in its 6th year of celebrating Kenyan bloggers, the event has been dated 13th May 2017 at an undisclosed venue....

Bebabeba currently has 2300 drivers, each of whom are charged a 15% commission, with a KES150 set base fare and a charge of KES25 per kilometre charged to riders. The app is available on Android Playstore and will soon be launched on Apple app store. DPAK chairman Simon Njuguna said the app offers normal taxi services for singular clients, families, executives and premier services that include pre-booking of luxurious rides and mini-buses for large-group travels....

The startup building addressing systems for emerging markets was launched in 2014 and registered in UK and Kenya by Timbo Drayson, an ex-Google engineer behind Google Maps and Chromecast. According to Timbo Drayson, “This raise is a vital stepping stone to unlock our growth into Nigeria as well as explore new markets across Africa, Middle East and Asia. The Angel Investment Network was instrumental in our fundraising success and has really helped us on our Mission to enable half the world without a physical address to “be included....

The equity fund was led by Susa Ventures and Golden Ventures with participation from a number of investors including Flexport Ventures, J Ventures, and the founders of DraftKings, Fabric. This funding round brings the total funding raised by the startup to $7 million as it previously got support from other investors including the Founders Factory Africa, Mercy Corps and the Mastercard Foundation. Powered by People is a mobile-first, distributed manufacturing system offering online tools, financing solutions, and a B2B marketplace....

Just the other day as I was in a matatu heading to town I wondered when Kenya would have computerized or digitized transport system. As the passengers complained that they were either dropped too far from their wanted destination or sometimes they protested about the price. There are many mishaps when it comes to our transport system in Kenya. Unfortunately Kenyans do not have much of an option when it comes to public transport; we are left with rumors about the preferred good matatus but nothing more than that....

The birth of Unimall came about when Kennedy Omondi one of the founders and his friends were inside their hostel after a stressful day of searching for a certain equipment. As engineering students from Moi University one of the leading universities in Kenya, they had a project that need the specific product which was supposed to be used in prototyping the project they were working on. Unfortunately they were not able to find it from the local shops so they had to go to the nearest town Eldoret and blindly search for it door to door....

Speaking at the 2015 International Tourism Bourse (ITB), in Berlin Germany, KTB Managing Director Muriithi Ndegwa said the campaigns to be undertaken both below and above the line media platforms will kick off from next month. “The media campaigns will showcase diversity of the destination in tourism product offerings mostly in our key source markets in Europe, America, Asia, Africa, and the rest of the potential markets to Kenya” said Ndegwa....

Solarise Africa, founded by Patrik Huber, Jan Albert Valk, and Sakkie van Wijk, is an energy leasing company that focuses on commercial and industrial clients for solar and other energy assets (C&I). Last year, the company raised a US$10 million Series B funding round through a select group of partners, and it has now added EUR5 million in debt from Trine, an investment service built specifically to provide debt capital to innovative solar-focused businesses in emerging markets....

Ingressive Capital led the round, which also included Zephyr Acorn, Voltron Capital, Future Africa, and Tahseen Consulting. Paystack CEO Shola Akinlade and Tony Nicalo, the former CEO of marketing company Dondé, were among the other significant investors in the round. It also includes US$100,000 from Forum Ventures, a US-based B2B SaaS-focused accelerator program, after Alvin was selected to participate in its W22 batch, which begins this month, as well as a few additional American and Kenyan angels....

Techno Brain has been accused of fraud after a financial management meeting was had in Liberia. The Kenyan unit will no longer have accessibility to World Bank financial aid for the next 28 months. This will gravely affect the United Arab Emirates parent company Techno Brain Global FZ-LLC. The parent company will be on the blacklist for 10 months which is a lot less than the time given to the Kenyan company....

“Africa remains a top priority for our business,” says Inderpal Singh Mumick, CEO of Kirusa. “While there has been astonishing progress of the mobile industry, the biggest impact of mobile in Africa is yet to come. We believe there are advantages to building products specifically for this region and have made the strategic decision to acquire Saya in line with that thinking.” Kirusa has acquired the technology, intellectual property, and workforce of Saya, which will now be working on Kirusa’s mobile applications to deliver compelling messaging applications tailored for the African market....

Twitter now allows you to promote other people’s tweets. It’s an interesting feature and is mainly useful in terms of PR and brand promotion. If you’re looking for brand exposure, you can promote a tweet from a celebrity or ambassador who is tweeting about your product or brand. You’re likely to receive high engagement if the content or celebrity is relevant. To access this feature, however, you will need written permission from the person that you wish to re-tweet....

The CSV Prize has been running for over 10 years and has identified multiple initiatives for some of today’s most critical environmental and social issues around the world. This year’s competition, conducted in partnership with the non-profit organization, Ashoka, was entitled ‘How do we create a waste-free future?’, It aimed to identify and award innovative solutions with a system-change approach and a strong growth potential, or a replicable model for other social, cultural or geographical settings....

Every firm would have been more successful and efficient if all it took to thrive was a desire to sell more. The reality is that we exist in a very competitive environment in which the sales process is largely dependent on a variety of things, particularly buying habits and the sales tools companies utilize. Old business practices are no longer effective since consumer behavior has evolved considerably in recent years....

The Galaxy A occupies the upper midrange sector, for people for want the premium features found on the flagship S and Note line without spending a fortune. Samsung will be bringing the fingerprint at the back, right under the camera, a location that has been tried and tested by manufacturers like Huawei and LG with great success. — 萌萌的电教 (@MMDDJ_) September 25, 2017 You might be wondering why the fingerprint reader wasn’t left on the front facing home buttons like other Galaxy A series phone thus far, well it’s because Samsung is incorporating the highly coveted full screen Infinity Display found on the S8 and Note 8....

With the growing importance of data privacy in organizations, businesses, and industries, there are specialized courses to learn about data privacy laws and data protection measures. Cyber Degree Hub is one such online source that brings useful information about data security and data privacy courses. What is Data Privacy? Data privacy is a concept that deals with how a piece of information or data can be handled based on its relative importance....

Starting with the RX 350, its specs are as follows 2.4-Liter Turbo Four-Cylinder 8-Speed Automatic gear 275 horsepower 317 LB-FT of torque Fuel economy of 24 MPG Acceleration of 7.5 Seconds FWD / 7.2 Seconds AWD from 0 to 100km/h Next is the RX 350H 2.5-Liter Four-Cylinder Hybrid CVT gear 246 horsepower 233 LB-FT of torque Fuel economy of 33 MPG Acceleration of 7.4 Seconds from 0 to 100km/h in AWD Lastly we have the new RX 500h F Sport Performance....