Startups Profile

Hya Bioplastics is a startup that creates biodegradable packaging from agricultural waste.  They use starch-biofiber composites relying on plant fiber from agricultural waste and starch from the largely undervalued cassava(tapioca) starch.  Mark spent two years working as a part-time salesman for his father’s plastic manufacturing factory.  This made him witness first-hand the evolving packaging needs […]

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 by Nelson Aseka (CEO), George Issaias (CMO), Lamusia Anzaya (COO), and Ankit Jindal (CTO), AIfluence leverages advanced machine-learning algorithms to match influencers with a target demographic through its audience-first strategy.  The platform further allows advertisers to onboard and coordinate hundreds to thousands of micro and nano influencers per campaign, generating authentic peer-to-peer conversations and

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