# Africa's Talking

> Africa's Talking is a VC fund backing Cloud Computing and Cloud Management. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/africa's-talking-ltd/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/africastalking
- Website: https://africastalking.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/africastalkingcom/307969296050016

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Africa's Talking. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Africa's Talking. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/africas-talking?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 100% |
| Cloud Management | 1 | 100% |
| Cloud Data Services | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony Thuku | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-thuku |
| Bilha Ndirangu | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bilha-ndirangu |
| Grégoire de Padirac | Investor and Board Member | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gr%C3%A9goire-de-padirac |
| Samuel Gikandi | Co-Founder and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samuel-gikandi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Angani | Angani is a Kenyan public cloud computing provider located in Nairobi, Kenya, offering services to the entire East African region. |  | Seed | Feb 11, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Invested Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invested-development) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Savannah Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/savannah-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### 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.

### How do I contact Africa's Talking?

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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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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