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MarketForce

start up
Kenya - Nairobi
  • 22/02/2022
  • Series A
  • $40,000,000

MarketForce bridges the gap in retail distribution by delivering an end-to-end platform that enables consumer brands to deliver essential goods and digital financial services to retailers and consumers in Africa.

We provide a B2B retail marketplace that empowers informal merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently, access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments.


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Tesh MbaabuCo Founder

Tesh Mbaabu Kenya - Nairobi

Tesh Mbaabu is an African serial technology entrepreneur who lives to blend commerce and
technology. He is the Cofounder and CEO of MarketForce, a B2B Commerce platform that empowers over 200,000 neighborhood merchants across 5 African markets to source, order and pay for inventory, access financing and earn more by reselling financial services in their communities.

He is a Partner at Mesozi, an information technology holding company offering and investing in tech-enabled solutions across several industries and markets in Africa. As an avid adventure seeker, Tesh also co-founded Cloud9xp, an African leisure experience booking platform. They exited to HotelOnline in 2020.

Prior to founding Mesozi, Tesh was the Founder and Creative Director of a graphic, web and digital design agency, Tesh Technologies Limited(TeshTeq), a venture he started at the age of 18. Through his personal blog, he shares about his journey as technology entrepreneur, the adventures he undertakes, the people he meets, the books he's reading, and what he's learning.

Tesh is a Harambean, Westerwelle, Alibaba and UN Fellow. He is a graduate of Computer Science from the University of Nairobi.