Startups Profile

Since opening its first office in Tanzania in 2013, Solar Sister has supported over 6,977 clean energy entrepreneurs, reaching more than 3 million people across Africa with solar energy.  Solar Sister, a Cisco nonprofit partner, invests in women’s clean energy businesses to empower female entrepreneurs and build community resilience, lifting people out of the cycle […]

HerVest is an inclusive fintech for women. They provide easy access to target savings, impact investments, and credit financing for smallholder women farmers and women-owned/led SMEs in Nigeria.  They are committed to improving women’s lives through greater access to and use of financial services. There is a $42bn gender finance gap in Africa, with over

Founded in 2012 by Affiong Williams, Reelfruit produces a wide range of healthy, dried fruit and nut snacks which it sells in schools, hotels, and retail supermarkets across the country. Aside from the local market, the startup also exports its products to West African countries and beyond.  The products are made from fruits like mangoes,

ZOLA’s roots began in and around the Serengeti in Tanzania, where its founders observed that both off-grid and on-grid communities rely on dirty, expensive, and hard-to-manage forms of energy including diesel, kerosene, and lead acid batteries.  No primary, integrated power source existed, it was purely inefficient backup systems, an impediment to these communities achieving their

Founded in 2017 by Hilda Moraa, Pezesha offers a B2B digital lending infrastructure focused on providing affordable working capital to financially excluded SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Pezesha’s name comes from the two acronyms Pesa and Wezesha to mean Capital Enabler in Swahili. They are all about Africans empowering other Africans. We provide a holistic trusted

When OurPass launched in 2021, its mission was clear: to revolutionize online businesses by eliminating the issue of abandoned carts and driving sales with its innovative one-click checkout mobile app. As they garnered a reputation for their exceptional work and closely listened to feedback from their customers, they realized that their mission extended beyond that

Launched in mid-2018 by co-founders and co-CEOs Timothy Nuy and Tonderai Mutesva, Finclusion has developed a product offering that focuses on creating value for employers, employees, and consumers while closing the credit gap that persists on the continent. It does this via three core competencies. Its Earned Wage Access product gives employees access to earned

The Aviro Pocket Clinic aims to provide accessible counseling and linkage services in private and public sector facilities using mobile phones or technology-based devices.  The innovative platform helps patients achieve stable health outcomes by creating a custom medical content plan which is delivered via a variety of platforms, such as the web, app, and WhatsApp

Launched in October 2020, Jumuisha allows churches to receive donations via USSD, bank transfer, mobile money, online payment, or credit cards, and also make payments to contractors, suppliers, and employees.  The platform brings inward and outward financial transactions together, providing a real-time overview and generating financial reports. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and

Formed in 2019, Infibranches began life as a financial services company focused on boosting financial access in rural and peri-urban areas in Nigeria, and in doing so struck upon an important correlation. The startup’s flagship product, Omni Branches, was built to aid agents that cater to last-mile service delivery, thus creating access on behalf of