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| 12.02.2024 | Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Program: First Cohort to Pitch at Demo Day in Nairobi | Share this:
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| 26.07.2023 | Babatunde Elijah Kelani: From Humble Beginnings to Scaling Several Fintech Startups.
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Success! | In the ever-evolving world of technology entrepreneurship, there are individuals who stand out for their exceptional vision, determination, and impact. Babatunde Elijah Kelani, popularly known as Tunde Elijah Kelani, is one such figure who ... |
| 10.03.2022 | OkHi, a smart addressing startup, has raised $3 million in seed funding to help drive smart address verification across Africa | OkHi, a smart addressing startup, has received a $1.5 million seed extension, bringing the total amount raised to $3 million.
This round is backed by well-known companies and individuals who, in addition to finance, provide a wealth of expe... |
| 09.03.2022 | Nigeria: OkHi Gets $1.5m Seed Extension to Scale Its Smart Address Verification Service Across Africa | It can be challenging to prove or navigate addresses in Africa due to poor addressing infrastructure. And for some countries like Nigeria, customers need to accurately provide their addresses to financial institutions such as banks and fint... |
| 09.03.2022 | After verifying over 300,000 addresses in Kenya, OkHi secures $1.5 million to expand across Nigeria | Verifying a customer’s address in Nigeria usually requires human agents. OkHi’s solution does this using smartphone data, and the company has raised a $1.5 million seed extension to expand its services across Nigeria. |
| 09.03.2022 | OkHi gets $1.5M seed extension to scale its smart address verification service across Africa | It can be challenging to prove or navigate addresses in Africa due to poor addressing infrastructure. And for some countries like Nigeria, customers need to accurately provide their addresses to financial institutions such as banks and fint... |
| 09.03.2022 | After verifying over 300,000 addresses in Kenya, OkHi secures $1.5 million to expand across Nigeria | Share this article:
Smart-addressing startup, OkHi has announced a seed extension round of $1.5 million after a seed round of the same amount in 2020. Following the close of this seed round, the startup is set to focus on onboarding more in... |
| 02.11.2021 | Nigerian tech startup launches country’s first digital address verification service | Nairobi-based OkHi, a smart addressing tech startup has partnered with Interswitch Group to launch its smart address verification product.
OkHi launches Nigeria’s first digital address verification
According to reports, Interswitch’s Quic... |
| 02.11.2021 | Nigerian tech startup launches country’s first digital address verification service | Nairobi-based OkHi, a smart addressing tech startup has partnered with Interswitch Group to launch its smart address verification product.
OkHi launches Nigeria’s first digital address verification
According to reports, Interswitch’s Quickt... |
| 08.10.2021 | An ex-Google EMEA lead expands his address verification service to Nigeria | Globally, more than 75% of countries have poor or no street-addressing systems, according to the United Nations. This lack of addressing systems affects 4 billion people, more than 400 million of them in Africa, and costs businesses billion... |
| 11.12.2020 | Nairobi-based startup OkHi launches in Nigeria | A smart addressing startup, based in Nairobi OkHi, has partnered with Africa’s largest banking platform, Interswitch to launch in Africa’s largest market, Nigeria.
The partnership aims to assist OkHi’s objective which is to provide 195-mil... |
| 11.12.2020 | Nairobi-based startup OkHi launches in Nigeria | A smart addressing startup, based in Nairobi OkHi, has partnered with Africa’s largest banking platform, Interswitch to launch in Africa’s largest market, Nigeria.
The partnership aims to assist OkHi’s objective which is to provide 195-mill... |
| 18.11.2020 | Eight African startups selected for Facebook Commerce Accelerator programme | Eight innovative African tech startups, have been selected for the prestigious Facebook Commerce Accelerator Programme.
The 12-week non-equity virtual programme aims to assist selected startups in improving their customer relations and crea... |
| 18.11.2020 | Eight African startups selected for Facebook Commerce Accelerator programme | Eight innovative African tech startups, have been selected for the prestigious Facebook Commerce Accelerator Programme.
The 12-week non-equity virtual programme aims to assist selected startups in improving their customer relations and cre... |
| 28.10.2020 | An insight into how venture capital firm, Oui Capital invests | Share this article:
After learning the ropes of financial due diligence and investments at Ingressive Capital, a Pan-African venture capital firm, Olu Oyinsan left his role as Vice President, Investments in 2018 to start his firm, Oui Capit... |
| 23.09.2020 | Digital Addressing startup OKHi raises £1.4M with support from Angel Investment Network | 0 shares
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OkHi, a Kenyan/UK startup addressing system for emerging markets, has raised more than £1.4M, supported by Angel Investment Network, the world’s largest online angel investment platform.
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| 07.05.2020 | Venture for Africa launches fellowship to link global talent with startups on continent | Newly launched global fellowship programme Venture for Africa has announced it has opened applications for its inaugural cohort, the Venture for Africa C19 Remote Fellowship.
Applications are now open and can be accessed through the organi... |
| 07.05.2020 | Venture for Africa launches fellowship to link global talent with startups on continent | Newly launched global fellowship programme Venture for Africa has announced it has opened applications for its inaugural cohort, the Venture for Africa C19 Remote Fellowship.
Applications are now open and can be accessed through the organis... |
| 29.11.2019 | Fourth cohort of Launchpad Africa raised $4.3m, created over 300 jobs, says Google | Google this week hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos and demo day for the fourth class of its Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa, which saw graduates pitch for funding from some of Africa and the UK’s top venture capitalists.
Goo... |
| 29.11.2019 | Fourth cohort of Launchpad Africa raised $4.3m, created over 300 jobs, says Google | Google this week hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos and demo day for the fourth class of its Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa, which saw graduates pitch for funding from some of Africa and the UK’s top venture capitalists.
Go... |
| 21.03.2019 | Google announces third cohort of Launchpad Accelerator Africa | Share this article:
Google last week announced the startups that will be participating in its third Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme.
This third cohort sees new 12 startups from six African countries — Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, ... |
| 18.03.2019 | Here are the 12 startups selected for Google Launchpad Africa’s third class | Google has revealed the names of the 12 startups selected for the third cohort of its Launchpad Africa accelerator, based in Lagos. They include four startups from Kenya, three from Nigeria, two from South Africa and one each from Uganda, S... |
| 18.03.2019 | Here are the 12 startups selected for Google Launchpad Africa’s third class | Google has revealed the names of the 12 startups selected for the third cohort of its Launchpad Africa accelerator, based in Lagos. They include four startups from Kenya, three from Nigeria, two from South Africa and one each from Uganda, S... |
| 19.07.2018 | Africa’s Infrastructure Deficit & Its Impact On Innovation | Infrastructure is still a major headache in Africa, it was estimated that $90 billion will be required annually between 2016 – 2026 in order to close the gap relative to what’s obtainable in developed countries. Access to energy, affordable... |
| 11.03.2018 | Africa Roundup: Uber says it’s staying, Konga could be epic startup fail | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.
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| 18.12.2015 | Kenyan startup OkHi raises $75k from Garage Capital in latest round | Location-based addressing app OkHi has raised US$750 000 in funding. The local and international investors include the likes of Silicon Valley-based Garage Capital, and former Google CFO Patrick Pichette among others.
The startup previously... |
| 18.12.2015 | Kenyan startup OkHi raises $75k from Garage Capital in latest round | Location-based addressing app OkHi has raised US$750 000 in funding. The local and international investors include the likes of Silicon Valley-based Garage Capital, and former Google CFO Patrick Pichette among others.
The startup previousl... |
| 17.12.2015 | OkHi Raises $750k Funding In A Seed Round Led By Garage Capital | Kenyan startup OkHi has raised US$750,000 in funding from a group of local and international investors, including Garage Capital, a seed and early-stage venture capital fund based in Silicon Valley, and former Google CFO Patrick Pichette.
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| 08.12.2015 | Coders4Africa Launches Beta Version Of Physical Address App Anwani | Coders4Africa have launched a beta version of their latest app Anwani, which helps users create a physical address on an online database. Anwani, which is the Swahili word for “address”, helps users to create, share and store addresses, sim... |
| - | OkHi, a smart addressing startup, has raised $3 million in seed funding to help drive smart address verification across Africa | OkHi, a smart addressing startup, has received a $1.5 million seed extension, bringing the total amount raised to $3 million.
This round is backed by well-known companies and individuals who, in addition to finance, provide a wealth of expe... |
