In 2025, Kenya was Africa’s leading venture capital destination, when startups raised $984 million (Sh127.4 billion at current exchange rates), accounting for nearly a third of the continent’s...
By
Dennis Musau
Technology Correspondent
Nation Media Group
Kenya has lost its spot as Africa’s top startup funding destination after inflows to Egypt overtook it, underlining the impact of depressed investment activity in the six months to June 2026.
Kenya has overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s leading destination for startup investment, marking a major shift in the continent’s...
Kenya startup funding has overtaken Nigeria, with $984 million raised in 2025 and the country leading Africa's $1.5 billion of…
Kenyan startup funding concentrates in fewer, larger deals as global investors demand profitability and governance, with…
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African tech funding fell 40% in the second quarter of 2026 to about $260 million, a cooling that has founders bracing for a…
