Kenyan legislative committee calls for Worldcoin shutdown in the country

Sendy, a Kenyan logistics startup that enabled retailers to purchase FMCGs directly from manufacturers, among other services, is shutting down its operations and exploring a sale of its assets, TechCrunch has learned. Meshack Alloys, Sendy co-founder, confirmed the sale to TechCrunch without offering more details, saying: “We are in the middle of an acquisition process. […]

Aug 8, 2023

Twiga will conduct another round of layoffs to keep its business afloat amid macroeconomic headwinds that have made capital harder to raise, and forced venture-backed companies to scale down their operations. The Kenyan B2B e-commerce platform said it is laying off 283 employees, representing a third or 33% of its 850 workforce as it pushes […]

Aug 21, 2023

This week on StrictlyVC Download, we’re bringing you to our recent event in Menlo Park. TechCrunch’s editor in chief, Connie Loizos, was joined by Katie Haun, founder and CEO of Haun Ventures, who shared an inside look at her contrarian “harpoon strategy” that targeted distressed crypto assets during the depths of crypto winter.

Jun 24, 2025

There’s an ocean of meme coins beyond Dogecoin, and a new startup called Neverless wants to make it easier to get started with trading crypto, with a particular focus on providing access to small-cap tokens. This is an interesting new crypto startup, founded by three former executives at Revolut, the London-based fintech juggernaut. Phuc To was the global head of product for Revolut, and was in charge of the company’s crypto project back in 2021. Mikael Peydayesh was the head of core payments a

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