
Profiling Kenya’s Winners From The JICA Next Innovation With Japan (NINJA) Business Plan Competition
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) launched the ‘Next Innovation with Japan’ (NINJA) Business Plan Competition in Kenya in response to COVID-19 in July 2020. The NINJA project aimed to support the growth of start-ups with innovative business models and technologies that respond to changes in social structure and economic

Branch To Launch Pan-African Digital Bank From Kenya Following The Acquisition of Century Microfinance Bank
Branch has outlined plans to roll out a Pan-African digital bank, starting from Kenya before going to several key African markets. At this juncture, Branch International is best known as a digital lending or mobile loans app in Kenya so it’s basically pivoting to become a digital bank. This announcement

M-KOPA Secures $75M Growth Equity Round As One of Kenya’s Leading Fintech Businesses.
M-KOPA, the fintech platform that provides connected financing and digital financial services to underbanked consumers across four markets in Africa, today announced its $75M Growth Equity round*. The round was led by Generation Investment Management and Broadscale Group, with participation from new investors including LocalGlobe’s Latitude Fund and HEPCO Capital