Startup Safiri Salama has ushered in an entirely new tech sector for Africa, with in an end-of-life e-services platform that offers digital death notices, memorials and a directory of funeral service providers. The startup is taking an unexplored route in Africa, striving to fill a space between the burgeoning funeral industry and a lack of linking threads for grief-stricken families. The end-of-life platform was conceived in 2018 as a personal memorial website in response to a query from Nyongesa's son regarding his late grandfather. Since its inception, the platform has been refined through research, testing and contributions from bereaved families and funeral service providers. Despite Kenya's considerable levels of Internet penetration, smartphone access and e-commerce growth, the end-of-life industry had until recently remained largely unaffected by technological advancements.

Source: The Star February 24, 2023 04:21 UTC