Funding of Kenyan tech startups increases to Sh71 billion in 2022

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Kenyan tech start-ups received a total funding of $574.8 million (Sh71.7 billion) last year, representing a near doubling from $292 million (Sh36.4 billion) in 2021.

The country’s 91 startups got the third-largest capital inflow in Africa in the review period at 17.2 percent of the total new funding recorded in the continent.

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