Fingo

Fintech

Kenya’s Fingo partners with Ecobank, launches neobank on the back of $4M investment

Tage Kene-Okafor

Yesterday, Fingo, a YC-backed Kenyan fintech, launched its neobank, which it developed in collaboration with Pan-African financial institution Ecobank Kenya. The Ecobank subsidiary unveiled the neobank, the first of its…

Kenya’s Fingo partners with Ecobank, launches neobank on the back of $4M investment
Fintech

Sudan’s first YC-backed startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth

Tage Kene-Okafor

Anglophone East Africa is home to over 400 million people, with half under 25. The region happens to be one of the fastest-growing globally; nevertheless, over 200 million people in…

Sudan’s first YC-backed startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth
Startups

Kenya’s Pariti raises $2.85M led by Harlem Capital to develop startup ecosystems in emerging markets

Tage Kene-Okafor

Pariti, the Kenya-based community-led marketplace building the digital infrastructure for startup ecosystems in emerging markets, has raised $2.85 million seed, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. The round was led…

Kenya’s Pariti raises $2.85M led by Harlem Capital to develop startup ecosystems in emerging markets
Hardware

uSens shows off new tracking sensors that aim to deliver richer experiences for mobile VR

Lucas Matney

Startups in the VR space are increasingly growing confident that consumers will want to interact with objects in the virtual world the same way they do irl — with their…

uSens shows off new tracking sensors that aim to deliver richer experiences for mobile VR