Browsing: Kenyan Women

Five Women in tech led companies have bagged Sh1 million ($10,000) each in seed funding courtesy of the Standard Chartered, @iBizAfrica- Strathmore University.

The five teams were selected from a pull of the top 10 teams previously shortlisted and were being incubated at @iBizAfrica-Strathmore University for 6 months where they were offered coaching, mentoring and business management skills to grow their businesses to the next level.

The Exchange sought to find out the reason these five women were picked for the funding.

Among the factors that were considered to select the five winners of this year’s Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator 2019 the judges looked at the firms with at least 3 people with demonstrated capacity to execute: clearly defined roles, balanced skill set team lead, business development, product development and marketing. This shows that the firm is in a position to sustain itself in all aspects necessary …