Startups Profile

Formed in 2016 by Dimeji Falana, Edves offers an integrated management platform for schools. It also allows clients to manage the overall operational activities of schools.  The platform enables clients to manage student learning systems, student admission, fee payments, student performance, etc. Edves’s clients include American Christian Academy, Trove Schools, and Hansal International School, among […]

Launched in 2017, ClinicPesa is a healthcare financing solution targeting uninsured individuals through its digital mobile healthcare microloans, savings, payments, and value creation platform where members set aside dedicated funds used to offset their medical bills and purchase drugs/medicine in a time of need at your partner facility. You can set aside funds either daily,

Infiuss Health provides clinical trial access to African participants and allows pharmaceutical companies to conduct and monitor these trials via the Infiuss Health Probe Platform.  Through a single dashboard, the all-in-one software platform helps companies identify and select suitable sites for trials, manage the entire research process, and recruit participants remotely. Infiuss Health offers a

XpressGas Ghana Limited is a Ghanaian-owned Gas Company that began operations in 2010 to provide cleaner and environmentally friendly Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to households and commercial entities across Ghana.  XpressGas is the largest distributor of LPG in Ghana and has over the past seven years, distributed over 97000MT of LPG to Ghanaian households, institutions,

Acumen Software is the company behind My Smart City, a platform for city residents to report service delivery issues, track reported matters and mobilize fellow community members. Johannesburg and Cape Town are the first two cities with access to Phase One of the free mobile and desktop-based platform, which allows citizens to report potholes, monitor

RxAll was founded in 2016 by Adebayo Alonge, Amy Kao, and Wei Lui. As students at Yale University, the trio came together to collectively solve a problem they faced firsthand, either personally or relating to a loved one. In 2006, Alonge was a victim of fake pharmaceuticals and almost died after taking medicine that contained

Launched in 2019 as Festival Coins, Tix Africa is an event technology platform that helps event organizers harness granular data from attendees, reducing costs and maximizing revenues in the process.  The app provides tools and services that help event organizers efficiently plan and deliver events, with features including online ticketing, access control, cashless payments, and

Founded in 2020 by medical doctors Chad Marthinussen and Wade Palmer, and chartered accountant Abdul Malick Salie, iNNOHEALTH’s focus is on providing solutions for quality, affordable, and equitable healthcare to everyone on the African continent. The health tech disruptor aims to provide solutions for quality, affordable, and equitable healthcare to everyone in Africa, to pioneer

Ongair was launched in 2014 by current chief executive officer (CEO) Trevor Kimenye and chief operating officer (COO) Charles Gichuki after the pair, who owned a digital consulting agency, were approached by a Kenyan bank and asked to come up with a unique campaign for Valentine’s Day. Ongair is being used by more than 700

It all started when on a trip to Africa, the BGW team saw firsthand the many failed previous attempts to solve the water problem.  They learned two billion people on our planet don’t have ready access to safe drinking water.  In the developing world, 60% of deaths of children under the age of five are