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This Kenyan death tech startup is digitising mourning

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…
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