Marketforce ordered to pay $16,000 in wrongful termination case

A Kenyan court has ordered Marketforce Technologies, once a rising star in Africa’s B2B e-commerce sector, to pay KES 2.1 million ($16,000) to a former employee for wrongful termination. The ruling comes nearly a year after the Y Combinator-backed startup shut down RejaReja, its flagship B2B marketplace, leaving its future uncertain. Its co-founder, Tesh Mbaabu, has since moved on to launch…