Ghafla!
| Industry | Online Media |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Mr. Majani |
| Headquarters | Ngong Road, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people |
Lyosi Mwedekeli (Head of Sales) Suzanne Imbuhila (Head of Customer Relations) |
| Employees | 5 (2011) |
| Website | Ghafla.com |
Ghafla! is a local entertainment website containing content from East Africa.[1] It is one of the original high tech startups in the Nailab business incubator. Ghafla! received foreign investment in their company after only three days of incubation at the Nailab. [2]
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[edit] History
KenyanLyrics.com was founded in 2009 by Mr. Majani. In early 2011, it was realised that KenyanLyrics was too niche and not scalable outside Kenya. To help tackle these problems, a decision was made to transform KenyanLyrics into a bigger and better website named Ghafla! Lyosi Mwedekeli and Suzanne Imbuhila then came in to help on the Ghafla! project. Ghafla! is based in the Ngong area of Nairobi. The venture was initially bootstrapped, then it was eventually funded by the 88 mph[3] angel fund, receiving €25,000[4]. Chege Miati and Jennifer Kimwati were the first interns to be hired by Ghafla.
[edit] Products and Services
Ghafla! has currently rolled out it's first product, Ghafla!Lyrics, which provides the words to various Kenyan songs. Ghafla!Lyrics has thousands of unique visitors every month.[5] More Ghafla! products shall be rolled out in the near future.
[edit] References
- ^ Dea Martinjonis (17 August, 2011). "Ghafla! found new team-members and a surprise investment through IPO48 platform". IPO48. http://www.ipo48.com/blog/34/Ghafla-found-new-team-members-and-a-surprise-investment-through-IPO48-platform.
- ^ Audrey Wabwire (16 August, 2011). "Young Kenyans win big at IPO48 tech event". The Standard. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000040918&cid=4&ttl=Young+Kenyans+win+big+at+IPO48+tech+event.
- ^ Immaculate Karambu (22 August, 2011). "ICT start-ups win cash to get business ideas off the ground". Business Daily. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/ICT+start+ups+win+cash+to+get+business+ideas+off++the+ground+/-/539550/1223524/-/awyi7rz/-/index.html.
- ^ "IPO48 12 - 14 August 2011 Nairobi, Kenya". IPO48. 14 August, 2011. http://nairobi2011.ipo48.com/.
- ^ "Ghafla.co.ke Site Info". http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ghafla.co.ke#trafficstats.