Daily Digest Friday 14 August 2020

Funding In East Africa
Kaspersky Extends Reach to West Africa
First Distribution currently distributes Kaspersky in Southern Africa and East Africa. The addition of the new territory means it now covers the full region for non-Francophone sub-Saharan Africa. Read more
Funding In Southern Africa
Former Springbok Bryan Habana’s app scores big
World Cup-winning Springbok star, Bryan Habana, has announced the first two months of traction achieved with his award-winning creative team‘s MatchKit, an innovative platform that gives athletes a ground-breaking solution for commercialising their digital brand. Read more
Funding In East Africa
Kenyan retail-tech startup MarketForce selected for Y Combinator, banks $150k
Launched in 2018, MarketForce enables consumer brands to optimise how they deliver essential goods and services to retailers and consumers by bridging the information gap in last mile distribution, while maximising efficiency across the sales and distribution value chain. Read more
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