“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” - Nelson Mandela
Our growing portfolio reflects the diverse nature of our Pan-African startup ecosystem in leadership, location, and solutions — and we share a desire to actively create a radically positive future for the continent.
We work with exceptional startups in the FinTech and HealthTech sectors. However, our founders have used their proprietary technology to address challenges across multiple industries, developing solutions across EdTech, AgriTech, logistics, and other areas. These startups – and those we will welcome over the next few years – are on the path to achieving significant scale. Reaching their potential as businesses will unlock incredible opportunities for trade, job creation, knowledge transfer and shared economic prosperity. Working together with our corporate partners, we give every startup in our portfolio the tools they need to succeed.
Alternative asset financing for ‘boda boda’ drivers in East Africa. Asaak has a market leading credit scoring system and loan performance rate, and is expanding its offering to include personal loans, fuel loans, and smartphone loans.
Baia tracks and traces assets, people, and value by notarising transactions using messaging. The platform is designed to drive social commerce and secure transactions by creating end-to-end visibility across informal supply chains
Full-stack marketplace for transport operators, fleet managers and travellers purchasing transportation tickets.
Envisionit Deep AI is an innovative medical technology company using AI to transform medical imaging diagnosis.
Early-wage access platform that enables employees to access a portion of their earned wages during the payroll cycle. Floatpays aims to increase the financial wellness of African employees, by reducing the cycle of payday debt, and improving financial education and management.
Farming-as-a-service platform that uses intelligent demand matching and production management technologies to enable smallholder farmers to meet the produce needs of large buyers
Leveraging technology and data to change the way fresh goods are sourced, moved and sold.
Affordable healthcare marketplace connecting patients in townships (slums) to verified medical advice, e-prescriptions, medicine delivery, and nurse / doctor consultations. Plans to expand into Nigeria
Participant recruitment platform for remote clinical trials in Africa. Infiuss enables researchers and Big Pharma to meet enrollment targets and gather data from diverse participant pools – saving time, money, and contributing to better patient outcomes
Digital platform for agri-SME purchase order financing and management. Isidore provides SMEs with a free mobile-first ERP with embedded financing. Financiers benefit from a SaaS platform that automates purchase order financing and fulfilment and reduces the cost and risk of financing
E-commerce enablement technologies for online and offline SMME transactions. KudiGo has developed both D2C and white-label platforms that digitise the operations of informal merchants, enabling payment processing, inventory management, and market access.
A Buy Now Pay Later platform for online and offline merchants using proprietary credit scoring systems. LipaLater has 550+ merchants and is expanding into Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda.
A marketplace that connects freelance medical professionals to medical practices in need of locums, ensuring higher quality, transparency, and efficiency
End-to-end maritime logistics and financing platform that aims to increase Africa’s share of global trade. MVX offers freight forwarding, customs solutions, trade finance, and land haulage services – increasing efficiency and transparency across the value chain
A leading medical facilitator creating 1 platform to assist patients access specialised healthcare services globally.
Developing proprietary needs-based medical devices for emerging markets. First product is an IoT-enabled vital signs monitoring device for neonatal care, to combat avoidable neonatal mortality in low-resource settings. Currently adapting for home-based care and community health workers
Smart addressing and verification platform that identifies customers based on their mobile number and GPS pin. OkHi’s solution drives financial inclusion, whilst reducing the cost and time of KYC, onboarding, and collections processes for financial institutions
Building the API infrastructure platform for healthcare enabling digital health startups to connect seamlessly with existing health facilities and labs and reach more patients
B2B ethical sourcing marketplace connecting artisanal producers in emerging markets to international buyers. PBP’s platform equips producers with digital solutions that enable them to increase access to market and financing
Quikk API is an API platform for Africa. We make it easy for tech companies to get direct access to APIs like Mpesa, Pesalink & Airtel. Use our already-built tools to scale high-revenue and high-margin tech businesses.
Renda's mission is to simplify and bring ease to the process of order fulfillment and retail distribution for E-commerce businesses across Africa.
Gamified investment platform that enables everyday people to effortlessly invest in emerging themes, sectors, and asset classes. First investable asset class is crypto – including cryptocurrencies, index tracking crypto bundles, and high yield DeFi savings vaults
Rural Farmers Hub provides farmers with advisory services guided by satellite-based remote imagery.
Proprietary hardware and software that enables rapid authentication of pharmaceuticals to combat counterfeit medications, using machine learning and molecular spectroscopy. Launched marketplace for authenticated pharmaceuticals for patients and pharmacies
Schoolable provides the financial infrastructure needed to run a successful school. Their platform streamlines financial management, offering reconciliation, invoicing, payroll, vendor & expense management, and multiple payment channels. Recently launched ‘pocket money card’
One-stop online-to-offline platform that connects smallholder farmers to services technology-powered digishops
Smart farming solutions company providing holistic hardware and software that enable farmers to increase their yield and productivity, whilst reducing risk. Their solutions include solar-powered IoT-enabled greenhouses and irrigation systems, that provide real-time insights on farm health
An Omnichannel Healthtech company providing healthcare services in real time and at an affordable cost
Tech-enabled courier platform that enables seamless and affordable parcel exports from Africa. TUNL enables SMEs and e-commerce sellers to sell and export more of their products at a significantly reduced cost
End-to-end logistics platform that enables the safe and efficient movement of cargo by connecting cargo owners to quality tech-enabled transporters. Tripplo has also launched a white-label closed marketplace for corporations to optimise their internal fleets and logistics
Digital escrow solution that creates trust between strangers when buying and selling goods or services online. Truzo secures the funds and regulates the transaction between parties, with rigorous verification and compliance processes
Building modern tools for stakeholders in the medical supply chain to ensure that medical products are always available and accessible
Proprietary hardware and software solutions to enable digital pathology at an affordable price point. Vitruvian has built a patentable device that captures and intelligently annotates digital images from a microscope
Digital mental health platform connecting Africans to licensed clinicians through a secure platform. Offer impact measurement service for mental health interventions through clinically validated scoring systems
WellaHealth is a micro-insurance product built to address the highly unaffordable traditionally bundled medical insurance model. Their plans cover common illnesses (e.g. malaria) delivered through partnerships with pharmacies to dispense convenient tests and care
An Agritech startup leveraging tech to connect rural farmers to finance and market, thus increasing productivity and cutting post harvest loss
Zanifu is an SME focused BNPL platform which funds the working capital cycle of SMEs through alternate credit models
Zazuu is building an end-to-end money transfer marketplace that lowers the cost of remittance payments into Sub-Saharan Africa. The team has launched an African-focused remittance aggregator which enables customers to shop for the best rate from different providers
Data science marketplace connecting supply and demand for AI solutions and talent through corporate-sponsored competitions and talent matching services
Integrated digital healthcare platform that digitises the end-to-end outpatient experience. Patients can access doctor consultations delivered through low-cost USSD services, home-based lab tests, medication ordering and delivery, and daily locally relevant health tips. Rapidly expanding across Africa
Tech-enabled courier platform that enables seamless and affordable parcel exports from Africa. TUNL enables SMEs and e-commerce sellers to sell and export more of their products at a significantly reduced cost
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Integrated digital healthcare platform that digitises the end-to-end outpatient experience. Patients can access doctor consultations delivered through low-cost USSD services, home-based lab tests, medication ordering and delivery, and daily locally relevant health tips. Rapidly expanding across Africa
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Alternative asset financing for ‘boda boda’ drivers in East Africa. Asaak has a market leading credit scoring system and loan performance rate, and is expanding its offering to include personal loans, fuel loans, and smartphone loans.
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
B2B ethical sourcing marketplace connecting artisanal producers in emerging markets to international buyers. PBP’s platform equips producers with digital solutions that enable them to increase access to market and financing
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Proprietary hardware and software that enables rapid authentication of pharmaceuticals to combat counterfeit medications, using machine learning and molecular spectroscopy. Launched marketplace for authenticated pharmaceuticals for patients and pharmacies
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
A Buy Now Pay Later platform for online and offline merchants using proprietary credit scoring systems. LipaLater has 550+ merchants and is expanding into Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda.
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Early-wage access platform that enables employees to access a portion of their earned wages during the payroll cycle. Floatpays aims to increase the financial wellness of African employees, by reducing the cycle of payday debt, and improving financial education and management.
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
End-to-end logistics platform that enables the safe and efficient movement of cargo by connecting cargo owners to quality tech-enabled transporters. Tripplo has also launched a white-label closed marketplace for corporations to optimise their internal fleets and logistics
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Quikk API is an API platform for Africa. We make it easy for tech companies to get direct access to APIs like Mpesa, Pesalink & Airtel. Use our already-built tools to scale high-revenue and high-margin tech businesses.
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Tech-enabled courier platform that enables seamless and affordable parcel exports from Africa. TUNL enables SMEs and e-commerce sellers to sell and export more of their products at a significantly reduced cost
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Zazuu is building an end-to-end money transfer marketplace that lowers the cost of remittance payments into Sub-Saharan Africa. The team has launched an African-focused remittance aggregator which enables customers to shop for the best rate from different providers
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Zanifu is an SME focused BNPL platform which funds the working capital cycle of SMEs through alternate credit models
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
An Agritech startup leveraging tech to connect rural farmers to finance and market, thus increasing productivity and cutting post harvest loss
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Digital platform for agri-SME purchase order financing and management. Isidore provides SMEs with a free mobile-first ERP with embedded financing. Financiers benefit from a SaaS platform that automates purchase order financing and fulfilment and reduces the cost and risk of financing
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Building the API infrastructure platform for healthcare enabling digital health startups to connect seamlessly with existing health facilities and labs and reach more patients
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Rural Farmers Hub provides farmers with advisory services guided by satellite-based remote imagery.
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
An Omnichannel Healthtech company providing healthcare services in real time and at an affordable cost
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Proprietary hardware and software solutions to enable digital pathology at an affordable price point. Vitruvian has built a patentable device that captures and intelligently annotates digital images from a microscope
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Baia tracks and traces assets, people, and value by notarising transactions using messaging. The platform is designed to drive social commerce and secure transactions by creating end-to-end visibility across informal supply chains
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Integrated digital healthcare platform that digitises the end-to-end outpatient experience. Patients can access doctor consultations delivered through low-cost USSD services, home-based lab tests, medication ordering and delivery, and daily locally relevant health tips. Rapidly expanding across Africa
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Data science marketplace connecting supply and demand for AI solutions and talent through corporate-sponsored competitions and talent matching services
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Smart farming solutions company providing holistic hardware and software that enable farmers to increase their yield and productivity, whilst reducing risk. Their solutions include solar-powered IoT-enabled greenhouses and irrigation systems, that provide real-time insights on farm health
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
End-to-end maritime logistics and financing platform that aims to increase Africa’s share of global trade. MVX offers freight forwarding, customs solutions, trade finance, and land haulage services – increasing efficiency and transparency across the value chain
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
A marketplace that connects freelance medical professionals to medical practices in need of locums, ensuring higher quality, transparency, and efficiency
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Envisionit Deep AI is an innovative medical technology company using AI to transform medical imaging diagnosis.
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Early-wage access platform that enables employees to access a portion of their earned wages during the payroll cycle. Floatpays aims to increase the financial wellness of African employees, by reducing the cycle of payday debt, and improving financial education and management.
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
End-to-end logistics platform that enables the safe and efficient movement of cargo by connecting cargo owners to quality tech-enabled transporters. Tripplo has also launched a white-label closed marketplace for corporations to optimise their internal fleets and logistics
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Quikk API is an API platform for Africa. We make it easy for tech companies to get direct access to APIs like Mpesa, Pesalink & Airtel. Use our already-built tools to scale high-revenue and high-margin tech businesses.
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Democratizing access to insurance in Africa with our open insurance API
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Renda's mission is to simplify and bring ease to the process of order fulfillment and retail distribution for E-commerce businesses across Africa.
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Full-stack marketplace for transport operators, fleet managers and travellers purchasing transportation tickets.
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Tech-enabled courier platform that enables seamless and affordable parcel exports from Africa. TUNL enables SMEs and e-commerce sellers to sell and export more of their products at a significantly reduced cost
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Zazuu is building an end-to-end money transfer marketplace that lowers the cost of remittance payments into Sub-Saharan Africa. The team has launched an African-focused remittance aggregator which enables customers to shop for the best rate from different providers
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Zanifu is an SME focused BNPL platform which funds the working capital cycle of SMEs through alternate credit models
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Baia tracks and traces assets, people, and value by notarising transactions using messaging. The platform is designed to drive social commerce and secure transactions by creating end-to-end visibility across informal supply chains
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Data science marketplace connecting supply and demand for AI solutions and talent through corporate-sponsored competitions and talent matching services
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Gamified investment platform that enables everyday people to effortlessly invest in emerging themes, sectors, and asset classes. First investable asset class is crypto – including cryptocurrencies, index tracking crypto bundles, and high yield DeFi savings vaults
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Alternative asset financing for ‘boda boda’ drivers in East Africa. Asaak has a market leading credit scoring system and loan performance rate, and is expanding its offering to include personal loans, fuel loans, and smartphone loans.
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Smart addressing and verification platform that identifies customers based on their mobile number and GPS pin. OkHi’s solution drives financial inclusion, whilst reducing the cost and time of KYC, onboarding, and collections processes for financial institutions
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
B2B ethical sourcing marketplace connecting artisanal producers in emerging markets to international buyers. PBP’s platform equips producers with digital solutions that enable them to increase access to market and financing
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
End-to-end maritime logistics and financing platform that aims to increase Africa’s share of global trade. MVX offers freight forwarding, customs solutions, trade finance, and land haulage services – increasing efficiency and transparency across the value chain
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
A Buy Now Pay Later platform for online and offline merchants using proprietary credit scoring systems. LipaLater has 550+ merchants and is expanding into Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda.
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Digital escrow solution that creates trust between strangers when buying and selling goods or services online. Truzo secures the funds and regulates the transaction between parties, with rigorous verification and compliance processes
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Farming-as-a-service platform that uses intelligent demand matching and production management technologies to enable smallholder farmers to meet the produce needs of large buyers
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Schoolable provides the financial infrastructure needed to run a successful school. Their platform streamlines financial management, offering reconciliation, invoicing, payroll, vendor & expense management, and multiple payment channels. Recently launched ‘pocket money card’
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
E-commerce enablement technologies for online and offline SMME transactions. KudiGo has developed both D2C and white-label platforms that digitise the operations of informal merchants, enabling payment processing, inventory management, and market access.
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Early-wage access platform that enables employees to access a portion of their earned wages during the payroll cycle. Floatpays aims to increase the financial wellness of African employees, by reducing the cycle of payday debt, and improving financial education and management.
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
End-to-end logistics platform that enables the safe and efficient movement of cargo by connecting cargo owners to quality tech-enabled transporters. Tripplo has also launched a white-label closed marketplace for corporations to optimise their internal fleets and logistics
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Building modern tools for stakeholders in the medical supply chain to ensure that medical products are always available and accessible
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Building the API infrastructure platform for healthcare enabling digital health startups to connect seamlessly with existing health facilities and labs and reach more patients
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Affordable healthcare marketplace connecting patients in townships (slums) to verified medical advice, e-prescriptions, medicine delivery, and nurse / doctor consultations. Plans to expand into Nigeria
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Participant recruitment platform for remote clinical trials in Africa. Infiuss enables researchers and Big Pharma to meet enrollment targets and gather data from diverse participant pools – saving time, money, and contributing to better patient outcomes
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
An Omnichannel Healthtech company providing healthcare services in real time and at an affordable cost
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Proprietary hardware and software solutions to enable digital pathology at an affordable price point. Vitruvian has built a patentable device that captures and intelligently annotates digital images from a microscope
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Integrated digital healthcare platform that digitises the end-to-end outpatient experience. Patients can access doctor consultations delivered through low-cost USSD services, home-based lab tests, medication ordering and delivery, and daily locally relevant health tips. Rapidly expanding across Africa
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
A leading medical facilitator creating 1 platform to assist patients access specialised healthcare services globally.
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Developing proprietary needs-based medical devices for emerging markets. First product is an IoT-enabled vital signs monitoring device for neonatal care, to combat avoidable neonatal mortality in low-resource settings. Currently adapting for home-based care and community health workers
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Digital mental health platform connecting Africans to licensed clinicians through a secure platform. Offer impact measurement service for mental health interventions through clinically validated scoring systems
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Proprietary hardware and software that enables rapid authentication of pharmaceuticals to combat counterfeit medications, using machine learning and molecular spectroscopy. Launched marketplace for authenticated pharmaceuticals for patients and pharmacies
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
A marketplace that connects freelance medical professionals to medical practices in need of locums, ensuring higher quality, transparency, and efficiency
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
Envisionit Deep AI is an innovative medical technology company using AI to transform medical imaging diagnosis.
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
WellaHealth is a micro-insurance product built to address the highly unaffordable traditionally bundled medical insurance model. Their plans cover common illnesses (e.g. malaria) delivered through partnerships with pharmacies to dispense convenient tests and care
CURRENT COHORT
ACTIVELY RAISING
One-stop online-to-offline platform that connects smallholder farmers to services technology-powered digishops
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Leveraging technology and data to change the way fresh goods are sourced, moved and sold.
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
An Agritech startup leveraging tech to connect rural farmers to finance and market, thus increasing productivity and cutting post harvest loss
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Digital platform for agri-SME purchase order financing and management. Isidore provides SMEs with a free mobile-first ERP with embedded financing. Financiers benefit from a SaaS platform that automates purchase order financing and fulfilment and reduces the cost and risk of financing
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Rural Farmers Hub provides farmers with advisory services guided by satellite-based remote imagery.
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
Smart farming solutions company providing holistic hardware and software that enable farmers to increase their yield and productivity, whilst reducing risk. Their solutions include solar-powered IoT-enabled greenhouses and irrigation systems, that provide real-time insights on farm health
CURRENT PROGRAM
ACTIVELY RAISING
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