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Kenyan firm among 15 start-ups to benefit from first IBM project

Co-founder and CEO of the tech start-up Wayapay Maroria Hempstone making a presentation (Photos by Lydiah Nyawira)

A Kenyan tech start-up is the only firm from Africa selected for the inaugural IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator project which was hosted in Charlotte, North Carolina USA.

Wayapay is a Kenyan based finetech startup that is offering a platform to transfer money from all over the world to East and Sub Saharan Africa through mobile money wallets such as Mpesa, bank accounts, and into wayapay wallets.

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