Startups Profile

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,

Founded in 2017 by CEO Jonathan Elcock and CFO Matt Kloos, CompariSure is a financial services provider that distributes financial services products via its chatbot-driven marketplace, using its proprietary chatbot technology. The chatbot leverages platforms like Moya, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp. CompariSure acts as a digital broker. Since 2017, CompariSure has processed over 120 million

Founded in 2020 by Alain Nteff, Healthlane allows users to book appointments with more than healthcare providers across Cameroon and Nigeria via its mobile app. Its user base has already grown to more than 60,000. From tracking doctors’ appointments to compiling patients’ health data, Healthlane has a pipeline of more than 400 medical institutions across

Founded by social entrepreneur Elia Timotheo in 2013, East Africa Fruits addresses food distribution challenges to improve efficiencies in the farm-to-market sector via a B2B e-commerce platform. The company provides a stable, fair market for horticulture crops by aggregating supply and demand and improving cold chain distribution and warehousing infrastructure that reduces post-harvest loss and

Founded in Egypt and headquartered in San Francisco, Instabug was launched in 2016 to help developers better understand the performance of their mobile applications and their impact on user experience.  Instabug is the leading mobile monitoring, crash, and bug-reporting solution for mobile teams and it is providing user feedback and bug reporting for mobile apps. 

Founded in April 2014, Moringa School plays a pivotal role in developing and nurturing high-potential individuals who are passionate about technology and want to take a lead role in Software Engineering and other tech-based programs. Since its launch, the school has trained over 1,800 students from across East Africa, with over 89 percent of its

Founded in Nairobi, Kenya in 2015, PayGo builds hardware and software solutions to help grow early-stage markets for LPG.  It all began in the informal settlement of Mukuru kwa Reuben in the industrial area of Nairobi, Kenya. They noticed that charcoal and kerosene were available for sale on every street corner, but LPG was difficult

Peach Payments began after a chance meeting between Rahul Jain and Andreas Demleitner in 2009. As immigrants to South Africa, they were unsure if they would remain – or even when their paths would next cross. But the two knew they had complementary traits. So two years later, they decided to reunite in Cape Town