Startups Profile

 Founded in the London School of Economics by Preston Ideh, Abdul Abdulrahim, Foluso Ogunlana, and Michael Famoroti, Stears’ mission is to become the world’s most trusted provider of African insight and data. Launched in 2017, Stears has grown gradually to become an important publication focused on data and information about the Nigerian economy.  The idea […]

Zanifu was founded by Biko and Sebastian Mithika who launched the financing business in 2018, one year after founding the startup in 2017. Zanifu is a company that is built at the heart of the problem it is trying to solve. They look at the needs and pain points of the African retailer & work

SeamlessHR is a Nigerian HR platform that helps organizations make the best of their people all over the world. It develops a human resource platform designed to help organizations make the best of their people. The company’s technology provides hiring, training, payroll, leave, performance, and onboarding with HR, management, and learning management systems, enabling businesses

Gozem was founded by Raphael Dana and Emeka Ajene. The startup kicked off operations in Togo in 2018 as a motorcycle ride-hailing service. Motorcycle taxis, car taxis, and tricycle taxis are just some of the ways you can get around with their app, which also makes it easier to get food and other things you

Solaris Offgrid started in 2014, to develop technology to scale up promising energy access solutions such as Paygo solar.  It is a developer of solar technologies designed to support sustainable and profitable off-grid energy ventures. The company’s technologies offer hardware, software, technical expertise, and funding for generating solar energy in low-income communities by empowering village

Inspired by the fabulous history of trade in West and Central Africa, Diool takes its name from the Dioula language, spoken in many countries when it comes to buying or selling. Diool started life as a mobile recharge project back in 2015, offering small merchants a way to sell prepaid recharges to their customers from

Access Afya is a healthcare enterprise that delivers high-quality and localized healthcare, designed specifically to serve the needs of low-income markets around the world. They do this through the deployment of their unique healthcare operating system. This bespoke technology platform leverages rich patient data to facilitate efficient diagnostic, operational, and follow-up care pathways. Their team

Founded in 2006 at Stanford, d.light is a global leader in solar energy, dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for people living in developing countries. D. light currently provides distributed solar energy to households and small businesses in 70 countries and has impacted over 100 million lives.

Around the world, investing is a trusted and sustainable path to building long-lasting wealth. But unfortunately, in Africa, investing is making the majority poorer because they are limited to local capital markets that are volatile and currency returns that are negatively adjusted by inflation and devaluation. Worst still, most Africans are not investing because they

Founded in 2011 by Mai Medhat and Nihal Fare, Bevy was purpose-built to help companies build, grow and scale their global communities by developing mobile event apps, ticketing, registration systems, and business intelligence reports that enable event organizers to create engaging event experiences. Early customers included Asana, Atlassian, Docker, Duolingo, Evernote, and Salesforce. In 2019,