Top 15 Climate VC Funds & Investors in Zambia (October 2026)

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• BURN — Experience clean, safe, and affordable cooking with BURN's innovative cookstoves. Impact lives, reduce emissions, and enjoy delicious meals. Shop now!
• GOGO Electric — GOGO Electric offers lithium-ion battery production, e-mobility solution and lithium-ion battery recycling services.
• MyJouleBox — MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers.

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• Inde Credit — Business Finance Solutions for Zambian SMEs. We help Zambian SMEs and other businesses providing goods and services in the mining, transportation, construction, manufacturing, agriculture and other related sectors.
• Dot Com Zambia — Leading technology company in electronic tolling, payment infrastructure, and innovative solutions powering Zambia's connected economy.
• Eagle Metal Fabrication — Eagle Metal Fabrication offers metal fabrication and machining services.

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• Saharan Oil & Gas Company — Saharan Oil & Gas Company Limited (formerly Hume Energy) is a conglomerate of project managers that provide energy solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through our global network of partners we develop and apply Next Generation Technologies to help safely and responsibly address Africa’s growing energy deficit. Energy access influences comfort,safety, security, and human progress, touching every aspect of our lives. SOGCOL aims to evolve from a regional marketer to an advanced energy innovator and a global energy solutions provider. We aspire to be an industry leader in all aspects of energy production, transportation, distribution, and marketing. Our operations encompass identifying energy projects and facilitation of financing from research and development to promotion, marketing, and execution.

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• Bright — Bright offers residential solar for the developing world at $0 upfront. They operating first in Mexico, where electricity rates are 2-3x (that of the US), there's 40% more sun, and installation costs are half as much.
• CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.
• The New Forests Company — The New Forests Company is a sustainable forestry business driven by commercial timber economics. It has an established, rapidly growing plantation with the prospect of a sawmill and energy-forestry operations, which will deliver both attractive returns to investors and significant social and environmental benefits.About Us: Historymap-3TheNew Forests Company was founded in 2004 with the vision of creating a sustainable timber resource in East Africa amidst rampant deforestation. As one of the most fertile regions in the world, East Africa should be able to supply its own timber needs and even export rather than importing the majority. We are excited to be reversing the traditional tale of exporting raw materials and importing value added products in a way that creates regional social, economic and environmental benefits.We planted our first tree in Mubende, Uganda in 2004. Since then the Company has rapidly expanded with four greenfield plantations in Uganda (Namwasa, Kirinya and Luwunga) and Tanzania (Kilolo) as well as a 49- year concession to manage an established plantation in Rwanda (the buffer zone around Nyungwe National Park).The Company is passionate about growing African forestry and continues to plant trees to counteract massive and rapid deforestation (The World Bank estimates that Sub-Saharan Africa will deforest 1.3 million hectares per annum). The Company also complies with the best forestry, social and environmental practices, as audited annually to comply with the Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) certification.The Group has also begun commercialising its timber assets and now operates four pole treatment plants, producing both CCA and creosote treated transmission, telephone, fencing and building poles, three sawmills (construction lumber, wooden pallets, school desks etc.) and a number of charcoal kilns (providing efficient biomass energy as an alternative to the expensive Heavy Fuel Oil).NFC aims to be the premier Pan-African, vertically integrated, socially responsible, sustainable timber company sharing the value created with our shareholders, employees, customers and neighbouring communities.

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• BURN — Experience clean, safe, and affordable cooking with BURN's innovative cookstoves. Impact lives, reduce emissions, and enjoy delicious meals. Shop now!
• Hydrobox — Hydrobox transforms communities and empowers people using the most affordable, reliable, and sustainable power.
• Emerging Cooking Solutions — Emerging Cooking Solutions manufactures and distributes SupaMoto® clean-burning stoves and biomass cooking fuel for low-income urban families in Zambia, improving air conditions and reducing the need for fossil fuels.Emerging Cooking Solutions seeks to serve the 850,000 low-income urban households in Zambia that are in need of a cheaperalternative to charcoal for their cooking needs as well as the 150,000 higher-income households that are in need of a higher-performing alternative to charcoal that is more reliable during power cuts.Emerging Cooking Solutions manufactures and distributes SupaMoto® stoves and densifies waste biomass into fuel pellets, which together create an improved cooking solution that is a cheaper and healthier alternative than charcoal and other fossil fuels. Use of the stove and fuel reduces the incidence of diseases caused by indoor air pollution and strengthens local economics through the use of sustainable fuels.

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• Refolo — Refolo is a type B social cooperative that sees social agriculture as having a dual impact: social and environmental. Refolo was created with the aim of creating an agro-ecological and social corridor that runs through the province of Brescia from north to south with the hope that administrations and other communities will come together to generatea positive impact on the environment and the community.Refolo operates in an area located between the municipalities of Brescia, Collebeato, Villa Carcina and Montirone, territories that share the presence of agricultural areas that over the years have been abandoned due to their unsuitability for intensive agriculture and lack of interest by new generations and that are now ready to start again.
• Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
• Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.

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• Sawa Energy — Sawa energy is an affordable, predictable solar electricity solution to power Rwandan businesses with clean and renewable energy.
• Complete Farmer — Complete Farmer connects growers, buyers, and vendors with technology, support, and market access across Ghana and beyond.
• Good Nature Agro — Good Nature Agro works with small-scale farmers to grow high-value legumes, improve farmer incomes, and connect producers to premium markets.

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• Wuchi Wami — Wuchi Wami produces organic honey and beeswax that is locally certified as raw, unpasteurized, and packaged. The untamed Miombo woodlands in Northwestern Zambia are where the honey is obtained.
• Drive Health — Reduce administrative burden and support your care team. Avery is a clinical workflow automation engine that handles routine tasks like patient outreach and message triage under strict clinician oversight, returning time to the bedside.
• Hautes Études Pratiques Internationales — Hautes Études Pratiques Internationales is a private higher‑education platform that runs degree‑level programmes.

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• LOCA — Get Around Like a Local with LOCA
• Sanivation — Sanivation really has its beginnings from 2006, when Emory approached Georgia Tech looking for a toilet that would be more reliable in treating human fecal sludge. Ideas for a solar toilet were tossed around, and prototypes were built in Bolivia in 2007 and 2008. Work continued through GTRI and Engineers Without Boarders on various iterations ofthe prototypes. In 2011 a group of Georgia Tech and Emory students and recent graduates submitted an application to Start-Up Chile (a business incubator) to begin an organization based on solar sanitation. In July 2011, 5 Tech students moved to Chile to work full time on solar sanitation. Initial prototypes went well, and the team designed service models to create a more viable business model.
• East Africa Fruits — EA Fruits Farm is a business that engages in the large production and distribution of fruits and vegetables. As fruits are an essential part of a human's diet for maintenance of good health and wellbeing, the business will take part in providing the opportunity for Tanzanian citizens and other people overseas to get such fruits and motivatemore people to increase their intake of fruits whereby the company will strive to increase the supply to match the increased demand for fresh fruits and vegetables. The business envisions to be among the leading producers, distributors, and exporters of the fruits within the Country and overseas. The company is a highly profitable and viable business that expects to rise to about 5,000 USD from its current small-scaled operations, while more than 450,000 USD will be raised as a result of further expansion within a period of 2-4 years.

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• Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
• Asilimia — Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.
• ShapShap — ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability.

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• Afresco — Afresco is Africa's fastest growing clean energy service company (ESCO) that leverages our expertise in mini-grids, C&I solar and large-scale IPPs to power businesses and optimize energy needs. Specialties: Energy efficiency, Solar energy, Energy production, Energy storage, Energy management, ESCO, and Smart Buildings
• SunCulture — At SunCulture, we strive to solve the biggest daily challenges of smallholder farmers. We use off-grid solar technology to provide our customers with reliable access to water, irrigation, lighting, and mobile charging, and we can do all of that with a single system.
• Mawingu Networks — Unlimited internet packages for your home and office. 24/7 customer support. Get connected today, starting from 2,500 per month!

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• Mondego Bio — Mondego Bio is developing best-in-class PTPN2 inhibitors to advance breakthrough cancer immunotherapies with improved safety, tolerability, and efficacy.
• BIMINI Biotech — BIMINI Biotech is a startup that develops innovative therapeutic strategies for oncology. It is developing therapeutic strategies that target the growth hormone receptor (GHR) and its interaction with insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) for oncology, metabolic diseases, and aging.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Leiden, TheNetherlands.
• Mair Therapeutics — Mair Therapeutics main goal is finding and creating a small-molecule ion channel activator to treat Parkinson's disease, a preclinical drug discovery business.

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• Bintix — Bintix averts landfill waste ... one household at a time.
• eBik — eBik is an innovation-driven company that builds high-quality products by investing in R&D, innovation, and automation.
• EduBridge — EduBridge is an organization started by a group of alumni and professors from IIM Bangalore & Lucknow in 2009. EduBridge works towards transforming the lives of the unemployed youth in the country across urban, semi-urban and rural areas. EduBridge provides them with a commercially relevant training at their doorstep and arm them with thenecessary skill sets and mindset to succeed in their professional careers and thus help transform their lives.

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• Springs & Bolts — SBLC manufactures U – Bolts, Leaf Springs, Trailer Suspensions & exports to the West Africa n Sub-Region and also sells on the Ghana market.
• Boxpack Zambia — Boxpack Zambia specialists in manufacturing Corrugated boxes.
• Altus Financial Services — Altus Financial Services operates as a non-bank microfinance institution focused on providing short- to medium-term financing solutions to underserved segments. Its core business model utilizes customized credit evaluation structures, such as a payroll-deduction system, to disperse capital to public sector workers, small business owners, andmicro-entrepreneurs. The value proposition centers on expanding financial inclusion by delivering rapid loan approvals and flexible terms that accommodate clients who do not fit traditional bank appraisal checklists. This structured underwriting enables capital allocation across diverse sectors including farming, retail, construction, and manufacturing.

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• Laprophan — Laprophan gives people access to cutting-edge treatments and therapies. As a result, we are committed to researching, developing, and bringing new, innovative goods to market. dedication to patient-centered care pervades everything we do, from product creation to service delivery.
• AMEA Power — Founded in 2016, AMEA Power has assembled a leading team of global industry experts to deliver clean energy projects across Africa, the Middle East and other emerging markets.
• Northern Arc — Northern Arc Capital is a non-banking finance company that provides access to debt for under-served investors and businesses. Northern Arc Capita connects originators so that they may deepen their presence and provide access to financial services to millions of under-served households. Northern Arc Capital formerly Known as IFMR Capital. It wasfounded in 2008 and is headquartered in Chennai, India.