Funding Africa's businesses for global scale

Honeycoin connects banking, mobile money, and stablecoins on one rail allowing individuals and businesses move money in and out of Africa without the friction of the legacy system.

• Founder(s): David Nandwa
• Countries: Sub Saharan Africa, Canada, UK, USA
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2025
• Entry Stage: Seed
• Website: honeycoin.app

Flextock brings warehousing, last-mile delivery, cross-border trade, marketplace access, and financing into a single integration for e-commerce merchants. On average, merchants more than double their sales in their first year.

• Founder(s): Mohamed Mossaad, Enas Siam
• Countries: Egypt, Saudi Arabia
• Sector: eCommerce
• First Check: 2025
• Entry Stage: Series A
• Website: flextock.com

HUB2 is the critical interoperability layer connecting mobile money operators and banks across borders, giving merchants and fintechs a single layer to accept payments across the region.

• Founder(s): Ashley Gauzere
• Countries: Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2024
• Entry Stage: Series A
• Website: hub2.io

Educatly matches students with university programmes that fit their career goals and digitises the recruitment and enrolment process for institutions.

• Founder(s): Mohmmed El-Sonbaty, Abdelrahman Ayman, Joan Manuel
• Countries: Egypt
• Sector: Edtech
• First Check: 2024
• Entry Stage: Seed
• Website: educatly.com

Talstack helps companies build higher-performing teams through curated learning paths, localised content, and mentorship tying day-to-day learning directly to business outcomes.

• Founder(s): Seni Sulyman, Kayode Oyewole
• Countries: Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda
• Sector: SaaS
• First Check: 2022
• Entry Stage: Pre-Seed
• Website: talstack.com

littlefish is an all-in-one platform that enabling merchants to streamline operations, manage finances, and engage customers.

• Founder(s): Brandon Roberts, Neha Kumar
• Countries: South Africa
• Sector: SaaS
• First Check: 2023
• Entry Stage: Seed
• Website: littlefishapp.com

ILLA is optimising delivery routes and truck utilisation by digitizing the middle mile for FMCG logistics, moving goods from warehouses to retailers reliably and at lower cost.

• Founder(s): Mahmoud El-Zomor, Ahmed Sakr, Hossam Saraya, Alaa Jarkas
• Countries: Egypt
• Sector: Mobility
• First Check: 2022
• Entry Stage: Series A
• Website: illatrucking.com

FairMoney is a leading mobile bank for emerging markets offering instant loans and a full suite of banking services through one frictionless mobile app.

• Founder(s): Laurin Hainy
• Countries: Nigeria
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2021
• Entry Stage: Seed
• Website: fairmoney.io

SeamlessHR is a cloud-based HR & payroll platform that runs the full employee lifecycle from hiring to retirement including the compliance and workflow detail that local providers usually miss.

• Founder(s): Emmanuel Okeleji, Adedeji Oshunlana
• Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya
• Sector: SaaS
• First Check: 2021
• Entry Stage: Series A
• Website: seamlesshr.com

Zone is a regulated blockchain network for payments, enabling direct transaction flow between financial service providers without intermediaries.  Zone automates settlement and reconciliation, delivering a faster, more reliable, and cost-effective payment rail for the digital age.

• Founder(s): Obi Emetarom, Wale Onawunmi
• Countries: Nigeria
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2023
• Entry Stage: Seed‍
• Website: zonenetwork.com

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Swypex is a B2B fintech platform designed to centralize and automate financial operations for businesses, startups, and SMEs. It operates as an all-in-one financial dashboard that replaces fragmented traditional systems with digital corporate cards, automated expense management, and invoicing software.

• Founder(s): Ahmad Mokhtar, Tarek Mokhtar, Sasan Hezarkhani
• Countries: Egypt
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2026
• Entry Stage: Series A
• Website: swypex.com

Andela is a rigorous, data-driven matching platform that lets the world's fastest-growing companies scale engineering teams with talent sourced from across the continent. Now a global unicorn.

• Founder(s): Jeremy Johnson, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Ian Carnevale, Christina Sass
• Countries: Africa (Global Operations)
• Sector: SaaS
• First Check: 2017
• Entry Stage: Series B
• Website: andela.com

Pula is an insurtech pioneer and climate risk data provider with the largest coverage of small hold farmers in Africa.

• Founder(s): Rose Goslinga, Thomas Njeru
• Countries: Africa, Asia, Latin America
• Sector: Insurtech
• First Check: 2020
• Entry Stage: Series A
• Website: pula-advisors.com

uLesson combines curriculum, engaging digital content, and personalised learning paths so students can reach academic standards regardless of where they live.

• Founder(s): Sim Shagaya
• Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia
• Sector: Edtech
• First Check: 2019
• Entry Stage: Seed
• Website: ulesson.com

Autochek is revolutionizing the automotive industry in Africa by building the digital infrastructure for vehicle ownership. Its 360-degree platform combines technology, data, and financing to connect dealers, mechanics, and consumers, creating a seamless marketplace that enhances dealer economics and makes car ownership accessible and transparent.

• Founder(s): Etop Ikpe
• Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco
• Sector: Autotech
• First Check: 2020
• Entry Stage: Seed
• Website: autochek.africa

Shara is a fintech platform that provides revolving, unsecured working capital lines of credit to SMEs by digitizing informal consumer credit networks. Built on community data, Shara lets merchants offer credit to their customers and access working capital themselves bringing financial resilience to the informal economy.

• Founder(s): Grant Brooke
• Countries: Kenya, Nigeria
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2020
• Entry Stage: Seed
• Website: shara.co

Ajua bridges the gap between businesses and their customers using a plug-and-play, SaaS-driven CRM platform that captures and analyses customer feedback to deliver real-time, actionable insights, alongside a social commerce offering.

• Founder: Kenfield Griffith
• Countries: Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa
• Sector: SaaS
• First Check: 2018
• Entry Stage: Series A
• Website: ajua.com

Twiga connects farmers and manufacturers directly to retail vendors through a B2B ecommerce platform offering efficiency in the informal market, delivering higher quality produce at lower costs while guaranteeing a reliable market for farmers, ensuring food security and price stability.

• Founder(s): Peter Njonjo, Grant Brooke
• Countries: Kenya
• Sector: Agritech
• First Check: 2018
• Entry Stage: Series B
• Website: twigafoods.com

Terragon helps brands intelligently reach and engage African consumers on mobile by aggregating, enriching and activating consumer data for highly personalised, multi-channel campaigns. Its product suite anchored by their cloud.

• Founder(s): Elo Umeh
• Countries: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa
• Sector: SaaS
• First Check: 2018
• Entry Stage: Series A
• Website: terragongroup.com

Pastel operated an AI-powered fraud detection, AML transaction screening and credit risk assessment solution that helped push for faster, more automated compliance across businesses.

• Founder(s): Abuzar Royesh, Olamide Oladeji
• Countries: Nigeria
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2021
• Entry Stage: Seed
• Exit: 2024

Vendease is the operating system for the food service industry, solving the procurement and inventory challenges of restaurants and hotels. By digitising the supply chain, it provides transparency, access to credit, and reliable delivery of quality food supplies, allowing hospitality businesses to focus on serving their customers.

• Founder(s): Tunde Kara, Olumide Fayankin, Gatumi Aliyu, Wale Oyepeju
• Countries: Nigeria, Ghana
• Sector: eCommerce
• First Check: 2022
• Entry Stage: Series A
• Website: vendease.com

Okra is the "super-connector" for African finance, providing the Open Banking infrastructure that allows companies to connect to their users' bank accounts seamlessly. By enabling real-time access to financial data and payments, Okra empowers the next generation of fintech innovation, making financial services more accessible and personalised.

• Founder(s): Fara Ashiru Jituboh, David Peterside
• Countries: Nigeria
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2020
• Entry Stage: Pre-Seed
• Exit: 2025
• Website: okra.ng

Kobo360 connects cargo owners with truck drivers across the continent combining real-time tracking, driver financing, and a tech-enabled marketplace to reduce friction in moving goods.

• Founder(s): Obi Ozor, Ife Oyedele II
• Countries: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Togo
• Sector: Mobility
• First Check: 2019
• Entry Stage: Seed
• Website: kobo360.com

Bright Financial is expanding access to digital financial services for underserved consumers and businesses. By combining technology with local financial insight, it helps users manage money, access credit, and participate more fully in the formal financial system.

• Founder(s): Ahmed Ismail, Merghani Mahgoub, Abebe Girmay
• Countries: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2024
• Entry Stage: Pre-Seed
• Website: brightholdings.nl

TurnStay is a South African fintech startup providing a specialized, borderless payment platform for African travel businesses to reduce high transaction fees, combat payment failures, and streamline cross-border payments.

• Founder(s): Alon Stern, James Hedley
• Countries: South Africa
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2025
• Entry Stage: Pre-Seed
• Website: turnstay.com

Agrails is building an AI-powered investigative platform that transforms risk assessment, monitoring, and reporting across finance, sustainability, agriculture, and infrastructure.

• Founder(s): Mwenda Mugendi
• Countries: Kenya
• Sector: Agritech
• First Check: 2025
• Entry Stage: Pre-Seed
• Website: agrails.co

TradeHub is a digital platform that promotes exports, facilitates trade operations, and assists local manufacturers in accessing local and global markets aiming to enhance trade efficiency between manufacturers and international buyers through a dedicated digital marketplace.

• Founder(s): Ahmed Gaber, Ahmed Atef
• Countries: Egypt
• Sector: eCommerce
• First Check: 2024
• Entry Stage: Pre-Seed
• Website: jointradehub.com

Kola Market leverages AI to help merchants track inventory, predict customer demand, and secure factory-direct wholesale pricing. By integrating tailored inventory financing and Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) credit structures, Kola Market actively empowers independent retailers to scale their businesses, reduce stockouts, and overcome systemic working capital constraints.

• Founder(s): Marie-Reine Seshie
• Countries: Ghana
• Sector: eCommerce
• First Check: 2022
• Entry Stage: Pre-Seed
• Website: kola.market

Knabu is a financial technology company that designs software systems to secure transactions, settle digital payments, and act as a blockchain-based clearing infrastructure for banks and fintech firms.

• Founder(s): Gabrielle Patrick
• Countries: Nigeria
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2024
• Entry Stage: Pre-Seed
• Website: knabu.me

Cleva is a fintech platform offering US dollar banking services, including virtual cards and local currency conversion, for freelancers and businesses. The platform enables direct USD deposits from international clients via ACH or wire transfers.

• Founder(s): Tolu Alabi, Philip Adama Abel
• Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya
• Sector: Fintech
• First Check: 2024
• Entry Stage: Pre-Seed

Ilara Health equips primary healthcare clinics across East Africa with affordable diagnostic technology, financing, and software — bringing essential lab tests closer to the patients who need them.

• Founder: Emilian Popa
• Countries: Kenya
• Sector: Healthtech
• First Check: 2020
• Entry Stage: Seed‍
• Website: ilarahealth.com
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