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Inside Kenya's "Startup Graveyard": Twiga Joins a KES 93 Billion Wreckage, and One Number Complicates the Story
This is a labeled analysis piece, not neutral reporting.
Topic
Startups
Stories, glossary entries, and explainers connected to startups.
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Twiga Foods is in administration, and the paperwork traces years of trouble most people missed
GT Flow Limited, the operating entity formerly known as Twiga Foods One Limited, entered statutory administration in Kenya on August 17, 2026, confirmed by a Kenya Gazette notice published September 11.
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Lagos just became Africa's busiest tech city for a month, and the calendar isn't even done
Lagos hosts eight major tech and creative-economy events in September 2026, led by Lagos Blockchain Week and Nigeria Fintech Week.
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Kenya has a new startup intelligence map, and its hardest job will be keeping the data trustworthy
A new independent platform maps Kenyan startups, investors, funding, hubs, policy and government programmes. Its value will depend on verification and freshness.
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Kenya's emerging technology sandbox deadline is here. What happens next?
The CA sandbox gives selected innovators a supervised route to test AI, 5G, 6G, IoT, cybersecurity and digital-content products before full market deployment.
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Rentoza's business rescue exposes the risky economics of gadget subscriptions
Subscription access can make expensive technology feel affordable, but the model needs capital, inventory control, collections and customer trust to survive.
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Africa's Laptop LLM Challenge asks AI to fit the computers people already own
Instead of asking developers to find bigger GPUs, the competition asks them to compress, optimise and localise AI for common African hardware.
Business
A R150 million solar bet on the grid South Africa cannot rely on
Nesa Power secured about 150 million rand, roughly 9 million dollars, in mezzanine debt from Maia Capital to expand commercial and industrial solar under long-term PPAs.
Business
Ex-OpenAI and Google engineers just funded a South African AI startup
South Africa's HyperDev, an AI coding platform founded by former OpenAI and Google engineers, raised over 1 million dollars in pre-seed funding as it approaches 100,000 users.
Business
Six Nigerian fintechs crack the world's top 500, and it is not luck
Six Nigerian fintechs made CNBC and Statista's 2026 World's Top Fintech Companies list, over half of Africa's 11 entries, cementing Lagos as the continent's fintech capital.
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PrimeVale is betting that informed property buyers are better buyers
PrimeVale says its new Kenyan property marketplace will pair listings with plain-language guides for first-time buyers. The education-first idea is strong, but trust will depend on verification and independence.
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KOKO Networks' asset sale is a warning to African climate tech
KOKO built one of Africa's most visible clean cooking platforms. Its asset sale shows how hardware, households and carbon finance can become dangerously tangled.
Business
KOKO's empire goes on sale, and carbon is the lesson
KOKO Networks' clean-cooking technology is being marketed to buyers after the company lost the carbon-credit approval that supported its fuel subsidy.
Business
Africa's fintech shakeout: the M&A wave, explained
African fintech is consolidating fast as stronger companies buy data rails, licences, local footholds, and distressed rivals.
Business
Nairobi hub certifies 15 tech and AI firms, eyes Sh26bn
Kenya's Nairobi International Financial Centre has certified 15 firms in AI, fintech, digital assets, and capital markets, with projected investment of about Sh25.9 billion.
Business
Google Play launches a Sh129m indie games fund for Africa
Google Play's first Indie Games Fund for Africa offers equity-free grants of 50,000 to 200,000 dollars to independent studios, with Kenya among eligible countries.