A startup in Nairobi applies nanotech research to solve the waste problem in the food industry of the Saharan Africa
Nanotec_KE is a social enterprise company that offers Nano solutions for the food systems. It addresses a number of environmental problems related to waste materials that can be recycled and…
ToffeeTribe: a community oriented startup supporting remote workers in Nairobi
Freelance workers constitute a growing slice of the labour force. Used to independent and flexible work, they have always been the number one customers of coworking spaces. Up until the…
Netflix to end Kenyan free access plan after two years
Βy Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – Netflix said on Monday it is ending its free mobile plan in Kenya, which has allowed users to access a quarter of its shows…
Dali Spaces: An interview with Martha Mghendi-Fisher
Tell us a bit about your background. Dali Spaces: I am an immigrant, social & impact entrepreneur, international speaker, philanthropist, and angel investor. I am originally from Kenya and migrated…
Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars
By Steve Stecklow, Waylon Cunningham and Hyunjoo Jin LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc assures its millions of electric car owners that their privacy “is and will always be enormously…
Kenya Power to convert its 2,000 vehicles to electric over 4 years
By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s sole power distributor Kenya Power aims to convert its 2,000 petrol and diesel-driven vehicles to electric over the next four years, it said…
AI & Food Waste: The creation of Wasteless software
AI & Food Waste: What if customers adopted a different shopping strategy thanks to dynamic pricing brought about by artificial intelligence? Most of the time, customers look for an expiry…
Food waste and the charity-friendly tech helping to give a solution
It’s estimated that food waste accounts for between about 8% to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Such figures indicate that it’s not just packaging that poses an issue, rather…
Startup Culture in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Sub-Saharan Africa consists of 46 of the 54 African countries. It is a very diverse place with great cultural and technological disparities. The reason why it is possible to speak…
Young Female Entrepreneur Has an Idea to Solve Food Shortage in Africa
The life of Elizabeth Okullow, a 24-year-old entrepreneur and microbiologist based in Kenya, cannot be explained without her love for plants. Growing up, she had spent most of her time…