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Saya (Acquired by Kirusa Inc.) brings rich mobile messaging to Billions of low-end devices in emerging markets
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Overview
Location
Ghana, Greater Accra Region, Accra
Founded date
2006
Mentions in press and media 14
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| Jul 27, 2015 | Edelweiss arm invests $31M in project of North-based developer Saya Group | North-based real estate developer Saya Group has raised Rs 200 crore ($31 million) from financial services company Edelweiss Financial Services for its ongoing residential project Saya Homes, the company said in a statement. VCCircle had fi... |
| Jul 16, 2015 | Exclusive: Edelweiss arm invests $31M in a project of North-based developer Saya Homes | The non-banking financial company (NBFC) arm of Edelweiss Financial Services has backed an ongoing residential project of North-based real estate developer Saya Homes, two people close to the ... TO READ THE FULL STORY SUBSCRIBE LOGIN The o... |
| Apr 21, 2015 | 5 African Tech Founders You Don’t Want To Ignore | Share this article: … at Mobile West Africa 2015. Africa’s biggest gathering of mobile industry experts and enthusiasts is here in Lagos again. Now in its 5th iteration, Mobile West Africa is a mobile-focused interactive conference that has... |
| Jul 11, 2013 | Ghanaian Tech Is Rising, But Who Will Tell Their Story? | When Saya got into the finals of TechCrunch Disrupt last year in San Francisco, after doing battle with twenty-nine other startups from all over the world, I remember saying it wasn’t quite time for African techies to start clinking glasses... |
| Mar 15, 2013 | Nimbuzz Hits 150M Emerging Market Users, Puts The Heat On Facebook In Asia | Free messaging apps are a dime a dozen these days. There’s everything from Viber, to Skype, to WhatsApp to GroupMe. But while these startups concentrated on smartphone apps, it has been in the emerging markets that messaging over data has m... |
| Feb 26, 2013 | What Those Who Attended Social Media Week Lagos Have To Say | “Consumers should desist from just consuming social media and become content creators. We too can create something. We have things to say and stories to tell.” – Ato Ulzen-Appiah, CEO of Museke Inc. People from all walks of life gathered in... |
| Sep 17, 2012 | Startup from Ghana pitches at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 [Video] | I’m on a Ghanaian email tech list and, opening my email recently, I was pleasantly surprised to see that a Ghanaian team was pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt. Saya is an app for texting. That mixes SMS, Facebook chat and hyperlocal findabilit... |
| Sep 17, 2012 | Startup from Ghana pitches at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 [Video] | I’m on a Ghanaian email tech list and, opening my email recently, I was pleasantly surprised to see that a Ghanaian team was pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt. Saya is an app for texting. That mixes SMS, Facebook chat and hyperlocal findabili... |
| Sep 12, 2012 | YourMechanic drives off with first prize at TechCrunch Disrupt | YourMechanic is the winner of TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield competition. Lit Motors took second place. Over the course of the three-day conference, 30 companies were whittled down to seven, which competed on stage to win a prize ... |
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FAQ about Saya Mobile
When was Saya Mobile founded?
Saya Mobile was founded in 2006.
What has the press written about Saya Mobile?
Parsers VC has collected 14 articles mentioning Saya Mobile, among them “Edelweiss arm invests $31M in project of North-based developer Saya Group” (Jul 27, 2015) and “Exclusive: Edelweiss arm invests $31M in a project of North-based developer Saya Homes” (Jul 16, 2015).
Is Saya Mobile still active?
Saya Mobile is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jan 24, 2018.