Nine Kenyan and Nigerian startups in $4.4Mn funding race

Nine Kenyan startups are competing for a share of more than $4.4 million in funding as part of a Sub-Saharan-African plastics innovation challenge. Kenyan and Nigerian startups dominated the cohort of finalists, with nine startups each, out of the total 40 finalists startups that made it to the final phase of the Prize. Launched in July 2021, the Afri-Plastics…

•Nine Kenyan startups are competing for a share of more than $4.4 million in funding as part of a Sub-Saharan-African plastics innovation challenge.

•Kenyan and Nigerian startups dominated the cohort of finalists, with nine startups each, out of the total 40 finalists startups that made it to the final phase of the Prize.

•Launched in July 2021, the Afri-Plastics Challenge received 1,141 entries from innovators across sub-Saharan Africa.

Nine Kenyan startups are competing for a share of more than $4.4 million in funding as part of a Sub-Saharan-African plastics innovation challenge.

Run by innovation prize experts Challenge Works and funded by the Government of Canada, theAfri-Plastics Challenge is tackling plastic waste and reducing pollution making its way into the marineenvironment.

Kenyan and Nigerian startups dominated the cohort of finalists, with nine startups each, out of the total 40 finalists startups that made it to the final phase of …

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