https://www.bizcommunity.com/StartupStory East Africa news 15 #StartupStory news - East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/StartupStory en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:56:54 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/162/237767.html Creative entrepreneur Hardy McQueen has worked at the intersection of food & beverage, music, streetwear and culture. His latest venture, Nice Beverage Company, sees him building a proudly African beverage enterprise that's hyper-focused on changing industry norms through its approach to winemaking, market delivery and the target market it's looking to reach. 1-237767 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:33:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #StartupStory East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/494/221883.html The Osmotic Engineering Group (OEG) is a new player in the African advisory and consulting engineering market with offices currently in South Africa and Nigeria. With a group of highly experienced engineers at the helm, OEG is exploring novel ways to resolve the infrastructure deficit on the continent. The firm's key focus areas are water, energy and telecommunications and its directors are each specialists in one or more of these fields, having worked for corporate and utility institutions in Africa. 1-221883 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 16:58:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #StartupStory East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/842/218386.html InnoHealth, a Cape Town-based healthtech startup, recently announced that it has secured an undisclosed seven-figure investment from a Hong Kong-based VC. 1-218386 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #StartupStory East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/842/214747.html South African startup BlueAvo has been shortlisted for the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. BlueAvo is a digital platform which connects brands with freelance creatives across the African continent for their creative and marketing needs, and functions as a digital workspace. 1-214747 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #StartupStory East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/842/209767.html Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Anzisha Prize is a programme in partnership with the African Leadership Academy and the Mastercard Foundation that seeks to grow the number of job-generative entrepreneurs on the African continent and to provide them with the support needed to ensure the sustainability of their projects. 1-209767 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:41:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #StartupStory East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/836/208961.html WATCH: Fundi App is an innovative platform that helps you find nearby, affordable, well-trained and vetted handymen for both domestic and commercial needs. 1-208961 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:22:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #StartupStory East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/842/207468.html World Entrepreneurs' Day serves purpose of creating awareness of entrepreneurs and innovation throughout the world. This year, Bizcommunity, in partnership with Seedstars, celebrates African startups. 1-207468 Fri, 21 Aug 2020 11:22:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #StartupStory East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/842/207457.html This year, Bizcommunity, in partnership with Seedstars, is acknowledging African startups on World Entrepreneurs 'Day 2020. 1-207457 Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:02:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #StartupStory East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/842/207437.html Every year, 21 August marks World Entrepreneurs' Day. The purpose of this day is to create awareness of entrepreneurs and innovation throughout the world. 1-207437 Fri, 21 Aug 2020 07:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #StartupStory East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/836/205403.html Since its inception in late 2018, the Scenarios for Young African Entrepreneurs project has theorised about what the future might hold for very young (15 to 25-year-old) entrepreneurs in Africa. Leveraging the tool of scenario planning, it explored how entrepreneurship can offer innovative alternatives to drive employment and economic growth in Africa, and what the required inputs from each of the major stakeholder groups might be to facilitate this. 1-205403 Wed, 24 Jun 2020 06:17:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #StartupStory East Africa