Free Reads Kenya Startup Failures Worsened By Flameout Of Once-Celebrated B2B Star By Henry Nzekwe  |  September 16, 2026 Twiga Foods raised USD 185 M to fix Kenya’s broken food supply chain. Last month, the company entered administration after nearly three years of job cuts and mounting debt, with creditors now lining up to recover what they can after an implosion that is the latest piece of a broader puzzle in Kenya’s tech scene. The country’s startup ecosystem has something of a paradox at its core, as it has long been arguably the most stable of Africa’s four largest tech markets, with resilient infrastructure and a more predictable business environment, yet it has produced some of the continent’s most spectacular flameouts. For one, Kenya has raised more venture capital than any other African market in recent years, yet clear successes of the scale and stature of some of the prominent startups in other top markets have not emerged, while a unicorn startup has also failed to materialise. This is unlike its…