Africa's Talking
VC Fund
Nairobi, Kenya
Africa's Talking is a Kenya-based mobile solutions firm integrating reliable two-way SMS, voice, and USSD functionality across mobile providers in Africa. The firm offers bulk SMS, short codes, and premium SMS, USSD, MMS, and customized mobile messaging solutions for individuals, businesses, and developers. With the API developers, it canconnect a short code, use an alphanumeric sender id, and send SMS messages across Kenya. Africa's Talking’s users need to register to access documentation.Africa's Talking was established in 2010 by Eston Kimani and Samuel Gikandi, two MIT graduates to explore applications that enhance the growth and use of information technology in and for Africa. It is based in Nairobi.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Africa's Talking invests in
Stages Africa's Talking invests in
Countries Africa's Talking invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 more contact available
Investment Focus
Industry
- Cloud Computing 1 (100%)
- Cloud Management 1 (100%)
- Cloud Data Services 1 (100%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Anthony Thuku
CFO
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CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Bilha Ndirangu
Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Grégoire de Padirac
Investor and Board Member
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Investor and Board Member | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Samuel Gikandi
Co-Founder and CEO
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Co-Founder and CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Angani
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Angani is a Kenyan public cloud computing provider located in Nairobi, Kenya, offering services to the entire East African region. | Seed / Feb 11, 2015 |
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What does Africa's Talking invest in?
Africa's Talking invests primarily in Cloud Computing, Cloud Management and Cloud Data Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Africa's Talking?
The team at Africa's Talking includes Anthony Thuku (CFO), Bilha Ndirangu (Chief Executive Officer) and Grégoire de Padirac (Investor and Board Member). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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