Startups Profile

MFS Africa is the leading digital payments gateway supported by a multicultural, multi-talented, agile team from over 30 different nations that is driven to create access to a borderless world – a world where access overcomes borders. Consistently at the forefront of relevant, timely tech innovations, we connect people across Africa – to each other […]

Africa 118 is a company founded in 2010 with the mission to help African startups and Small & Medium Enterprises(SMEs) get discovered online. For the past years, Africa 118 has been doing that in three ways: developing accurate business directories; providing SMEs with digital marketing services, and creating a complete, accurate, flexible database. The problem

Ensibuuko was founded in 2014 out of the desire to address a real problem that affects millions of people across Africa: the problem of poor banking infrastructure. Most banks are concentrated in urban centers and struggle to reach remote, rural communities. Partially regulated microfinance organizations and savings groups (owned and operated by the communities themselves)

Founded in 2016, ScholarX is a social impact startup that focuses on Educational Financing.  They are committed to helping young Africans access quality education and skills through Scholarships, Crowdfunding (Village), and E-Learning. By linking young people with financial aid both domestically and overseas, they are closing the funding gap for education. The ScholarX app allows

The Zambian woman-led business WidEnergy Africa was established in September 2016 by Liliane Munezero Chabuka, Agnes Imasiku, and BiziSol which is a Sweden-based social for-profit enterprise that empowers African women in clean energy.  The energy startup provides a last-mile distribution of clean energy solutions.  WidEnergy has displayed growth with the Paygo model, which is the

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 2019 and a participant in the S21 cohort of the Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator accelerator, Floatpays is a technology platform that enables on-demand access to pay, seamless savings functionality, and financial education to build employee financial wellness. Floatpays is a digital platform that offers on-demand access to pay, seamless savings functionality, and financial

Jirogasy and its solar kits made in Madagascar were born at the end of 2017 from the desire of the Kasay brothers to create a production unit in charge of manufacturing solar kits and connected objects on site in Madagascar. Jirogasy is the first company with a production line and a design office that locally

They are Africa’s Digital Channel for Seamless Freight Management. They simplify global trade through end-to-end digital access to world-class freight forwarding. They are a dedicated team of freight forwarding experts with several decades of combined industry experience. As such, they provide a solid technical and operational advantage to their clients as they support every stage

The history of solar pump engineering is a tale of thousands of years and is briefly covered in their solar pump guide. It is from these same principles that Dutch Engineer (and Futurepump’s Technical Director), Gert Jan Bom has developed the solar pumps we manufacture today. Futurepump has grown as a company to scale the