Startups Profile

Founded in August 2020 by Chukwudi Enyi, Moses Nmor, and Julian Flosbach, BFREE offers ethical digital-first credit collection solutions for financial institutions in emerging markets.  After 16 months in business, the startup now manages collection processes for more than 30 digital lenders, microfinance banks, and commercial banks in Nigeria and Kenya. After many years of […]

From coding boot camp to global career development platform. The iX founders were both incredibly grateful for their Yale undergraduate experience but felt there was something fundamentally lacking from their four years on campus.  They were high on theoretical knowledge, but low on skills. The material they had learned was already out of date by

Growing up in the Townships of South Africa, Kombo Kings co-founder, Zithulele KK Combi, understood the massive demand and gap in the market for quick, consistent, and healthier fried food that is freely and easily available. Kombo King (Pty) Ltd is a 100% black-controlled company that focuses on designing and producing smart controlled fast food

Created in 2013, MUNYAX ECO is a Rwandan / Belgian company reconciling business and a clean environment. MUNYAX ECO is working in solar energy as well as energy efficiency sectors by selling and installing environmentally friendly and high-quality equipment at very competitive prices. Since 2014, MUNYAX ECO was selected by REG (through a tender from

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

Kezakoo is an E-learning platform specializing in educational videos for high school students founded in 2013.  With their expertise in creating e-learning content (more than 2,500 videos), Kezakoo has positioned itself as a major player in education in Morocco in the digital age, with an audience that today reaches more than 2.5 million young Moroccans

Founded in 2018 by Dane and Bastiat Viljoen, Troygold digitizes gold bullion and Krugerrands and then allows customers to buy, sell, spend, and borrow against their gold.  Vaulted gold bars or coins with serial numbers are digitized via Troygold’s system, offering whole or fractional ownership.  Gold is directly allocated, and customers receive an ownership certificate

Sendmarc startup was launched by CEO Sam Hutchinson, Keith Thompson, and Sacha Matulovich in 2020 off the back of selling their former startup: a communication platform that allowed businesses to send, deliver, and track email and SMS communications.  With Sendmarc, they sought to solve email impersonation issues their former clients faced, thereby making the internet

Klasha is a technology company that builds cross-border commerce solutions for Africa.  Klasha Business allows international merchants to accept payments from Africa using African money methods and currencies with payouts in hard currencies.  B2B African merchants can also send money cross-border to different parts of the world in G20 and hard currencies.  Klasha Personal allows