African Startup Samuel Gebre

Wasoko, Africa's fastest growing company is an e-commerce player that tries to connect mama pop shops to the retail supply chain. It has vertically integrated along the value chain for efficiency and dependability. The company raised $120 million earlier this year valuing it at over $600 million. 

The last in the three-part series conversation in the gaming space is with the spokesperson of the Pan African Gaming Group, a coalition of 10 companies that came together to further grow the industry in Africa in part by opening up markets in their respective regions and as a collective. Dawit is also a game developer based out of Ethiopia with some successful games including Kukulu

Evans Kiragu and his team at MEKAN games finally landed a chart topping game with the President. An overnight success takes at least 8 years of hard work and Evans tells us about his journey and how much they made from this one game. Also, what's in store for the game developers on the continent. 

African mobile-gaming publisher Carry1st is raising $20 million in funding led by U.S. private equity firm Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Google and rapper Nas earlier this year. Now, they have seen revenues grow multiple fold and a game published through Carry1st's cohort, the President, made it to the top of the charts. So, what is next for the mobile gaming space in Africa.

Copia Global is a Kenyan based e-commerce platform that primarily serves the rural market. It takes orders via mobile phones and delivers them to small shops that operate as a distribution center. The company raised $50 million in its latest round and is in the process of raising further funds for expansion into West Africa as well as introducing new fintech product lines.