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Disrupt AfricaUgandan startup Munakyalo Agrofresh is helping farmers avoid post-harvest losses by preventing food spoilage via solar-powered cold storage and preservation stations. Formed in May 2021 in the Kyaka 2 refugee settlement in western Uganda, Munakyalo Agrofresh provides its Cold Hives to smallholder…
Disrupt AfricaCast your mind back to January 1st 2013, a time when the world was still grappling with the new concept of cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, the brainchild of the enigmatic Satoshi Nakamoto, was still in its early stages, struggling to gain traction and acceptance. Back then, one Bitcoin could be acquired…
Disrupt AfricaNairobi-based insurtech startup Bluewave will remain an independent entity following the failure of its planned acquisition by counterpart Lami, originally announced in February 2022. Bluewave was founded by Adelaide Odhiambo in 2016, and has developed a robust micro-insurance system that offers…
Disrupt AfricaKenyan startup tappi, which helps SMEs build their online identity through a chat tool that automatically creates a webpage, has raised US$1.5 million through an oversubscribed pre-seed round of funding to help it digitise and build online trust for African SMEs. Founded by Kenfield Griffith and…
Disrupt AfricaSouth African recruitment platform One Degree says it is changing the way employers hire tech contractors, removing intermediaries and unconscious bias to make the hiring process more fairer and more efficient. Formed in 2022, and launched earlier this year, One Degree provides employers with…
Disrupt AfricaEgyptian online car parts marketplace Mtor has raised US$2.8 million in pre-seed funding to help it expand its product suite to digitise local car workshops. Founded in 2022 by Mohamed Maged, Moaz El-Megharbel, Mohamed Altaf and Khaled Kandil, Mtor provides a unified platform for local car…
Disrupt AfricaKenya-based MPost, a digital addressing startup that transforms mobile numbers into virtual addresses and has operations in Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi, has announced the relocation of its headquarters from Nairobi, Kenya, to Kigali, Rwanda. Launched in 2016, MPost is a platform that enables the…
Disrupt AfricaKenyan electric bus solutions startup BasiGo has secured a US$5 million debt facility from British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance organisation, for delivery of 100 locally-produced electric buses. BasiGo provides state-of-the-art electric buses along with charging and…
Disrupt AfricaThe pan-African Startupbootcamp AfriTech accelerator has created a mentor-led angel community and investment syndicate designed to connect startups to mentors providing both operational help and capital. Startupbootcamp AfriTech was launched in 2017 as the first multi corporate-backed pan-African…
Disrupt AfricaKenyan fintech startup Pezesha has announced the launch of “Pezesha 2.0”, which it describes as a “significant evolution” in its journey towards financial inclusion for underserved micro-SMEs. Pezesha is an end-to-end operating system that enables micro, small, and medium enterprises to instantly…