{"id":100107,"date":"2025-10-03T00:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T00:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/100107\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T00:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T00:18:09","slug":"mawingu-nets-20-million-to-boost-internet-access-in-rural-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/100107\/","title":{"rendered":"Mawingu Nets $20 Million to Boost Internet Access in Rural Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mawingu.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mawingu<\/a>, a Kenyan <b>internet service provider (ISP)<\/b> focused on underserved communities, has secured <b>USD 20 million<\/b> in a <b>Series C funding round<\/b>.The round was led entirely by <b>Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Managers<\/b>, a private equity fund specializing in African infrastructureThe capital will be deployed to <b>expand Mawingu\u2019s network coverage across Kenya<\/b>, intensifying its push to bring reliable and affordable internet to rural areas. Currently, the company serves over <b>120,000 people<\/b> and plans to reach <b>1 million East Africans by 2028<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>CEO Farouk Ramji<\/b> acknowledged how challenging it is to raise sizable funds in the current market, emphasizing that this investment validates Mawingu\u2019s model and team:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techinafrica.com\/contact-us\/\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload\" viewbox=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Got-a-Story-to-Tell.png\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload\" viewbox=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Got-a-Story-to-Tell-Mobile.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techinafrica.com\/contact-us\/\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload\" viewbox=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Got-a-Story-to-Tell.png\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaising capital in today\u2019s environment is no small feat \u2026 This Series C is more than just a financing milestone. It\u2019s a celebration of our people, our partners, and the shared belief that connectivity can transform lives.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This latest round builds on Mawingu\u2019s regional growth strategy. In 2024 the company raised <b>USD 15 million<\/b>, part of which financed the <b>acquisition of Habari<\/b>, a long-established Tanzanian ISP. move gave Mawingu an entry point into Tanzania\u2019s rural connectivity challenges, where very few of its ~14 million households are online. Mawingu\u2019s model combines <b>solar-powered wireless infrastructure<\/b> with a <b>community-oriented deployment<\/b> to drive down costs, especially in locations often neglected by major telcos. Its mission is to close the <b>digital divide<\/b>, enabling access to education, commerce, healthcare, and more for communities traditionally excluded from high-speed internet.<\/p>\n<p> Investors backing Mawingu now include <b>E3 Capital, FMO Investment Management, InfraCo Africa, Microsoft<\/b>, and now <b>Pembani Remgro<\/b>. With this fresh injection, Mawingu is poised to deepen its Kenyan footprint and explore replicating its model in other East African markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mawingu, a Kenyan internet service provider (ISP) focused on underserved communities, has secured USD 20 million in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[259],"tags":[18,19,285,17,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-100107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-internet","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}