Start-up closures leave trail of job losses in 2022
At least six Kenya-based start-ups closed shop this year due to a number of threats, including lack of financing and pandemic woes.
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At least six Kenya-based start-ups closed shop this year due to a number of threats, including lack of financing and pandemic woes.
The high-end Hilton Hotel had 287 rooms offering suite services and attributed its closure to declining business in Nairobi CBD.
Despite raising $5 billion in funding last year, VC-backed African startups are laying off, shutting down products and closing down. In this article, we explore the reasons behind some of these failures.
Kune Foods, Notify Logistics, WeFarm, Wasoko, Sendy and Sky-Garden have shut down in quick succession in just four months to October.
Although funded startups in Africa grow six times faster than elsewhere in the world, raising seed capital remains the biggest challenge to entrepreneurs.