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 …
The Program Manager manages several projects at the same time working with a diversity of actors (External and Internal); Project partners; Project staff; Project participants (designated participants with projects in acceleration or incubation phase) and other internal managers handling the portfolio of finance, communication, operations and acceleration. An entrepreneurial-minded person with a natural fit for …
About the role: This Programs Assistant internship is a 3-6 month, part-time paid internship. This role requires an energetic, dedicated and detail-oriented person who can manage multiple tasks. This individual is a team-player with an entrepreneurial spirit, willingness to learn and ability to manage multiple tasks while adapting to shifting priorities. Education: The ideal candidate …
About Pangea Pangea is an innovation hub in Kenya that connects talented and impact-driven African startups with competence capital and a network. We have worked with 150+ African startups and are doing several programs in Kenya and other African countries. We are currently working on exciting projects and are in need of growing our team. …
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 …
Gjenge Makers Founder selected as a finalist for UNEP Impact Award Read More »
Background of the Project Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) through its support to Pangea Trust launches a Diaspora fundraising project that seeks to increase deployment of diaspora remittances and networks to provide investment capital to Kenyan MSMEs and startups. The process requires the creation of the conditions necessary for safe and seamless movement of capital …
Terms of Reference Conducting Diaspora Remittances Mapping in Kenya Read More »
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 …
Meet Borghild Holen Chair of The Board of Directors at Pangea Accelerator. Read More »
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 …