Startups Profile

Founded in 2014 by Ahmed Abu Elhaz and Mohammad ElShami, Shezlong enables users to find and speak to licensed psychiatry therapists through its web-based platform.  Shortly after receiving a diagnosis of depression years ago, Ahmed Abu Elhaz was hard-pressed to find psychotherapy services that were professional, reliable, and cheap. The glaring market gap inspired the […]

Launched as CarGet in 2017, Planet42 partners with dealerships across South Africa to offer access to a personal car to its largely underbanked clientele. The startup uses an automated scoring algorithm to process client applications based on the credit bureau, affordability, and alternative data. If the application is approved, Planet42 analyzes2 the customer’s validation documents

Founded by Abubakari Malik Addae, and Shen Tian, Lifecheq is a fintech platform empowering financial advisers to provide quality, holistic financial advice. Since its launch in 2018, LifeCheq has helped more than 45,000 users in South Africa to gain access to financial advice and planning. The startup uses data and algorithms to tailor and personalize

Founded in 2018, Wallets Africa makes it easy for users to transact across Africa with an app and a card. According to founder and CEO, John Oke, the startup wants to be Africa’s foremost borderless digital financial platform. The idea for Wallets Africa first crossed the founder’s mind in 2016 when he was a software

Launched in 2019, Eden Life was developed for busy Lagos professionals who are often time-poor due to long working hours and struggle to source and coordinate dependable, efficient, and trustworthy home service providers.  The app, available on Google Play and the App Store, offers users a subscription service that delivers high-quality chef-cooked meals, laundry service,

NovoMoto is one of the first and fast movers in the energy market of the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Founded in 2015, the company is a for-profit social enterprise that distributes solar-powered electricity for off-grid communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Back in 2015, Mehrdad Arjmand and Aaron Olson, two graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Founded by Ikenna Nzewi and Uzoma Ayogu, Releaf focuses on value chains where smaller factories are set up near smallholder farmers. This allows them to get better processing yields and fewer logistics costs; in the end, the farmer has more money to work with. Releaf is a supply chain technology company that helps Fast Moving

Eversend was set up in 2017, offering its services as a digital wallet for trading digital and regular currencies. Eversend kicked off as a response to the difficulty in transferring funds across borders and has since taken center stage as a viable alternative when you need to send money without stress or any hidden charges.

Founded in 2015 by an economics graduate of Cavendish University, Zambia, Evelyn Chilomo Kaingu, Lupiya is a marketplace for micro-loans.  The startup is a branchless, digital microfinance platform that leverages technology to make the process of borrowing simpler and easier for people and businesses located across the country. The Zambian micro-finance startup has developed a

TradeDepot started as a consulting firm in 2005 before pivoting into a product-led startup in 2016 to aid seamless milk distribution across Nigeria.  Now, the platform is connecting consumer goods brands in Africa directly to a target market of several million retail outlets across the continent and also providing micro-loans to retailers to enable them