B Lab East Africa is on a mission to build a community of credible leaders in business in Africa. Leaders that can influence a better way of doing business which involve considering sustainability and all stakeholders. i.e. governance, workers, community, customers and the environment. They believe businesses should be conducted for the benefit of all stakeholders and not …
The journey to implementing a code of conduct that will see the shift to a healthy ‘Ecosystem’ marked its first day at the CODE OF CONDUCT launch meeting organized by ASSEK on 25/02/2021. A great milestone for Kenya’s eco-system was marked when Kenya’s Ministry of ICT and the ICT Norway, a public sector organization that …
Mtamu Kililo, CEO and co-founder of MycoTile spoke elatedly at the news that they will receive funding from Kiernan Foundation. “We are so grateful to receive this funding at such a timely point of our growth process and will use it to continue our product development in collaboration with Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute …
The Kenyan start-up Gjenge Makers receives award as Young Earth Champions 2020 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) where Nzambi Matee was one of the seven winners. The engineer and the only African woman selected, caught UNEP’s attention. This is the United Nations (UN)’s highest environmental award given to experienced environmental leaders whose actions …
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This month at Pangea, we have been running a series on the amazing women who make up the Pangea team. We had a chat with the Chair of The Board of Directors at Pangea Accelerator, Borghild Holen to get her insights on her journey and the interesting lessons and observations she has made over the years. She …
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At Pangea, our goal is to provide access to competence, network and capital to African entrepreneurs. We are always on the lookout for amazing founders and co-founders solving some of the continent’s biggest challenges in urbanization. In order to do this, we seek like-minded experts to collaborate and partner with especially impact investors. One of …
Eleven Kenyan agribusinesses tackling food security have been selected for the Food Africa Accelerator program in Kenya. The three-month accelerator program will support these women and youth-led agribusinesses towards the investment of upto USD 100,000 to scale their businesses. The accelerator program which was launched in July is a project commissioned by GIZ Make-IT in …
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WorkPay Africa, Pangea alumni, joined the list of leading African tech startups to have passed the million-dollar mark having raised US$2.1 million in funding.
Nzambi Matee, founder of Gjenge Makers and part of the ShelterTech Accelerator Kenya program was recently selected as one of seven global finalists in the Young Champions of the Earth 2020 organized by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The Young Champions of the Earth is a forward-looking prize designed to breathe life into the ambitions …
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Pangea was recently featured by EU- Startups, as one of the 10 key players shaping the path for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) founders in Europe. These players have been identified as widening opportunities for minority ethnic communities in the startup/tech scene in Europe. A 2019 report on the state of diversity and inclusion …
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