Category Archives: Nairobi

Kenya’s Ajua acquires WayaWaya to consolidate consumer experience play in African SMEs

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Kenyan consumer experience platform for businesses in Africa, Ajua today announced that it has acquired WayaWaya, a Kenya-based AI and ML messaging and payments company. WayaWaya’s customers and partners include the likes of I&M Bank, Interswitch and MTN. The company offers a range of services, from digital banking and payment services to financial services APIs […] Continue reading Kenya’s Ajua acquires WayaWaya to consolidate consumer experience play in African SMEs→

How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

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According to Startup Genome, Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. The data and research organisation uses factors like performance, capital, market reach, connectedness, talent, and knowledge to produce its rankings. Startup ecosystems from emerging markets excluding China and India didn’t make the organisations’ top 40 list […] Continue reading How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets→

How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

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According to Startup Genome, Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. The data and research organisation uses factors like performance, capital, market reach, connectedness, talent, and knowledge to produce its rankings. Startup ecosystems from emerging markets excluding China and India didn’t make the organisations’ top 40 list […] Continue reading How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets→

The US Opposed a UN Plan to Study Geoengineering to Combat Climate Change

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A proposal to study the risks and current state of geoengineering technologies failed to materialize at a UN assembly this week. Continue reading The US Opposed a UN Plan to Study Geoengineering to Combat Climate Change→