Tag: Startup
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Startup Spotlight: Tushop
Founded in 2021 by CEO Cathy Chepkemboi, a former Unilever and Moko executive, Tushop is a social commerce platform that encourages groups in Kenya to buy fast-moving consumer goods. The platform was launched after identifying a need for a social commerce platform that directly sources goods from producers and delivers them to shoppers. Tushop uses…
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Startup Spotlight: BuuPass
BuuPass is Kenya’s largest online platform for booking bus, train, and flight tickets. It has brought ease and convenience to millions of Kenyan travellers and transformed travel in the country. They collaborated with the country’s top bus, train, and flight operators to offer users the convenience of digital booking. BuuPass allows users to compare train,…
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Meet Bola Bardet: Founder of Susu
Bola Bardet is the founder and CEO of Susu, a MedTech startup. The company aims to address the issue of limited access to healthcare in Africa through an inclusive approach. Susu provides high-quality, personalized medical services and insurance coverage for Africans in the diaspora who seek to provide the best healthcare for their families in…
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Startup Spotlight: SendSprint
SendSprint, a fintech company founded by Damisi Busari, is an international remittance service for Africans in the diaspora. Founded in 2022, it has been a reliable and quickest way for African money transfers. Damisi Busari, who was also a former Flutterwave executive, has a clear vision. She founded this company to connect the African Diaspora…
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Startup Spotlight: Pocket Food
Pocket Food is a food delivery app that offers the luxury of a freshly made meal without users having to leave their office. Unlike other food delivery apps, it offers options to address the nutritional needs of the workforce. Pocket Food was inspired by the founder, Omalara Olarerin, who struggled to find healthy and satisfactory…
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Startup Spotlight: Bitmama
Bitmama is a fintech company that offers a secure platform for cryptocurrency transactions. They allow users to trade by converting their local currency to cryptocurrency. Founded by Ruth Iselema in 2017, the company initially operated as a peer-to-peer digital currency exchange before growing to a platform where people can trade, and manage cryptocurrencies, and digital…
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Healthtracka Launches Lola AI – A Menstrual Period Tracker For Women
Healthtracka, a digital platform that makes lab testing easy and convenient with at-home sample collection and fast digital results, has launched its own AI, Lola AI, a menstrual period tracker for women. Lola AI is designed to effortlessly track users’ cycles without any hassle while sending personalised reminders, so they are always prepared. It also…
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Startup Spotlight: Autogirl
Autogirl is a mobility startup company that aims to make mobility accessible and efficient in Nigeria. It was founded by Chinazom Arinze in 2017. Their vision is to revolutionize the mobility industry in Africa and empower people to move freely and comfortably while fostering economic development and sustainability. They are involved in peer-to-peer rentals, helping…
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Startup Spotlight: Taeillo
Taeillo, a Lagos startup founded by Jumoke Dada in 2018, is a furniture company that specialises in African-inspired designs. Unlike any other furniture company, they allow customers to access a 3D and AR view of the furniture they would like to purchase, in other to see how it will fit in the space they have…
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Meet Funmi Adewara: Founder of Mobihealth International
Funmi Adewara is the founder and CEO of Mobihealth International, a multi-award-winning telemedicine and digital health service provider transforming how patients receive care. Funmi, a globally recognised telehealth expert, is a British-Nigerian physician. She is also an entrepreneur with a background in Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, and business development, having been trained at Cambridge. She has received…