Startups Profile

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,

Founded in 2016, Helium uses proprietary technology and data to empower healthcare providers to make better decisions, operate more efficiently, and improve patient outcomes. Wider healthcare stakeholders also benefit from Helium’s data-driven insights, leading to optimum resource allocation and oversight. Helium has grown rapidly to date in Africa, solving the continent’s problems of fragmented markets,

Located in Rondebosch the heart of Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs, their location offers convenience and world-class facilities, that are easily accessible from all the major arterial routes in and out of the City. Ingress Medical Centre Rondebosch provides patients with the best possible medical services, delivered with integrity and respect. They pride themselves on their

Founded and launched by CEO Joanna Bichsel in July 2016, Kasha sells menstrual care products, contraceptives, pharmaceuticals, and a range of beauty products, and delivers to customers confidentially. The startup allows customers to place orders for products via its website, a mobile app, an SMS shortcode, or a phone call. It does not require a

The company, founded by Omar Saleh, Ahmed Wagueeh, Fatma El Shenawy, and Omar Salah in 2019, provides basic banking and various financial services focusing on middle and lower-income earners.  Its entry point product was an earned wage access product launched in 2020. Dubbed Khazna HR, this product allows partner employers to offer cash advances to

Founded in July 2018 by a French National, Romain Poirot-Lellig, Kwik is a business-to-business (B2B) focused, on-demand, and last-mile delivery service. The Logistics startup launched in Lagos in July 2019 after months of intensive operations planning and software development. Kwik is a brand new on-demand, last-mile bike delivery service focusing on large West African cities.