The funding will help the Kenyan startup build a community of blockchain stakeholders for knowledge sharing and best practice guidelines.

Irene Kiwia, founder of the African Blockchain Centre, told the media, “We understand the potential that blockchain has in solving some of the challenges that are facing Africa and we believe that we can use our disruptive nature as a continent to create value for ourselves through the adoption of the technology.

“However, there is a massive capacity gap that we must fill to accelerate this. We aim to train 10,000 blockchain programmers, 5000 business leaders and executives on blockchain readiness, incubate 50 blockchain startups and launch robust solutions for the market in the next 2 years.”

Earlier this month, African blockchain startup Bitmama raised $350,000 in a pre-seed funding round. According to Bitmama, the funds raised will help the startup grow its operational presence and at the same time, expand its team as well as penetrate new markets in Africa.

The funding round for Bitmama was led by Flori Ventures, with participation from Emergence Capital, Fedha Capital, and a host of VCs and angel investors.

Ruth Iselema, chief executive at Bitmama told the media, “The rate of crypto adoption in Africa has been surprisingly fast but anticipated. All over Africa, more than 3 million users now perform crypto transactions on the day-to-day.”

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Tibu’s on-demand platform connects its customers with healthcare workers in Kenya in real-time. It also allows its users to store their medical information on their TIBU application.

The startup decentalises primary outpatient care by connecting them with healthcare workers who are equipped with proper medical tools. The healthcare workers visit the person’s home, rather than the patient walking to the nearest hospital or dispensary.

Jason Carmichael, TIBU’s chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder told the media, “Our health workers deploy with our patent-pending health kits to ensure that all services found in a clinic are delivered in the comfort of peoples’ homes, including labs and diagnostics.”

“Patients no longer have to run from one hospital to another to obtain a paper or digital health records. This saves time and money. Each medical consultation has a dedicated records page where all health, lab, diagnosis, prescription, and billing information are securely stored.”

“To push this even further, our team has begun designing and building patient-level analytics to better understand and track health over time. Upon a request, our system automatically triggers the lab courier service and within minutes the sample is collected and delivered to the lab. This process is automated and with standardised pricing.”

Tibu went online in 2019, after receiving funding of around $100,000 from Japan-based, Africa-focused early-stage VC fund Kepple Africa Ventures.

Tibu has also entered into a partnership with Lancet Labs to offer home-based COVID-19 testing in a number of counties of Kenya.

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