This Kenyan death tech startup is digitising mourning
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY 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. Safiri salama, Kiswahili for "Go in peace" or "Travel well," is a familiar farewell term used during East African funerals. 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. "African communities typically avoid death and end-of-life discussions, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation as they…