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Kenyan start-ups received Sh35 billion in 2018, highest in Africa

NAIROBI, KENYA: The future of Africa tech start-ups is on an upward trend going by interest from venture capitalists across the world.

In 2018, African tech startups raised over Sh100 billion total in equity funding with Kenyan firms taking the lion share of the funding. This is according to the Partech Africa annual report on the financing of African Startups.

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