NEWS FLASH: SME from Kenya secures an investor
• Published on 25 May 2014 • Category : NYFA 2014
During the first ever Money Talks session at The New York Forum AFRICA today, one SME from Kenya secured an investor live on stage. Yariv Elbaz, founder of YCAP, declared "I'm investing" live on stage when he heard the concept of a mobile phone charger that fits in a shoe, presented by Am-utua founder Anthony Mutua and his colleague Neema Wawuda.
Elbaz also confirmed that he would help find investors for the other two inventors who presented live on stage, Khaled Saleh from Mubser in Egypt, and Abdou Maman from Tech-Innov in Niger, as well as offering to give them advice on their product development and marketing.