Geographic focus Africa
Type For-Profit
Hivisasa is a local news site in Kenya tailored for the mobile web. It connects local news writers to readers, and brings free county-level news to any internet-enabled phone. The outlet source all its news stories from ‘citizen reporters’ (i.e. anyone wanting to report the news) pays via mobile money for each article its editors publish.
Find out more
https://hivisasa.com/

Funding details

Name
Area of work
Geographic focus
Year
HiviSasa 2015 Series A
Independent Media
Africa
2015