Startups Profile

The startup was founded by Miishe Addy and Solomon Torgbor in 2018. The founders started Jetstream to enable African businesses to see and control their cross-border supply chains. It aggregates private sector logistics providers at African ports and borders and brings them online. Jetstream Africa is also an e-logistics company founded in Tema, Ghana, and […]

Folklore was founded in 2018 by Amira Rasool. Previously, Folklore sourced, shipped, and did last-mile delivery to customers in 20 countries including the US which did not allow it to grow fast enough. As there was a spike in demand for fashion and lifestyle products, their sales hastened the startup’s shift to wholesale. The Folklore

Founded in 2014 by Arjun Khoosal and Sayo Folawiyo, Kandua helps anyone who needs work done in their home – from small fixes to major renovations – to find a vetted, background-checked professional.  It also helps independent contractors and small businesses to make a name for themselves and to grow their businesses by helping them

Founded in 2018, Cape Bio Pharms (Pty Ltd) is the holding company for the group of Cape Biologix Technologies companies; Cape Biologix Technologies (SA) and Cape Biologix Technologies (MAU). With its headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Bio Pharms drives innovation for the group by conducting product and process research and developing and owning

Launched in June 2020, CribMD connects users with doctors for house calls and telemedicine services via its on-demand platform, allowing them to schedule appointments from the comfort and safety of their homes, on their schedule. CribMD is a digital Doctor on Demand platform whose goal is to provide medical care at a very affordable rate

Launched in 2014, Popote launched its primary product, a payment, expense management, and accounting solution called PopotePay, in 2017.  The startup also offers other solutions aligned with its long-term vision to be the world’s leading provider of financial technology-driven solutions that promote team collaboration, mobility, and convenience. PopotePay allows businesses to link and payout multiple

Mr. Green Africa, the first recycling company to be a Certified B Corporation on the African continent, leverages business as a force for good to realize sustainable, long-term social, environmental, and economic impact through the collection, conversion, and selling of post-consumer plastic waste. Their technology-driven plastics collection model enables waste collection at the source, integrating

Established in 2010, MetroFibre Networx is a South African-owned and managed open-access fibre network and broadband fibre provider with its Head office based in Gauteng.  Now operating nationally, MetroFibre owns and manages South Africa’s first globally compliant Carrier Ethernet 3.0 (CE 3.0) open access fibre network, over which it connects businesses and individuals to the

Established in 2015 by Rehmann and Steve Moran, and based in Homa Bay, Kenya, Victory Farms supplies tilapia for the Nairobi market. Rehmann had a background in investment banking and got to work on an aquaculture project in West Africa. They identified the high but unmet demand for fish in the East African market. While

Chicoa Fish Farm was founded by Gerard McCollum and Damien Legros in 2015 with the vision to provide a blueprint for a sustainable aquaculture industry across Africa. Since its inception, Chicoa has focused on securing its supply chain through the primary production of tilapia, establishing a breeding program, and developing sales and distribution channels in