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Safaricom and partners to back local startups

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Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa, Sumitomo Corporation Africa Managing Director Tadao Saidare and M-Pesa Felix Kamenga hold a QR Code during The launch of Spark Accelerator. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Safaricom, M-PESA Africa, and Sumitomo Corporation - a leading Fortune 500 global trading and business investment company - have launched an accelerator programme for fintech and content startups.

The accelerator programme which aims at accelerating early-stage startups to grow and scale their businesses- has also announced calls for tech startups looking to join the program. The call for applications will run from January 12 to 16 February 16

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