Top 5 Infrastructure Startup Investors in Africa in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Infrastructure startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Infrastructure companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Infrastructure Startup Investors in Africa in November 2024

Investor	Infrastructure Africa investments
Samuel Z. Alemayehu	1
Microtraction	1
Emerging Capital Partners	1
San Leon Energy	1
9Yards Capital	1

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Samuel Z. Alemayehu is the Founder and Chairman Of The Board Of Directors of Cambridge Industries.

Investment focus

SMS, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
Cameroon, Ethiopia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

SantéPhone — SantéPhone is a mobile-based health prevention platform founded in partnership with leading health insurance companies across West Africa. The application was powered by 4Afri Mobile.
Nextbillion.ai — Nextbillion.ai aims to deliver a wide range of AI-powered hyperlocal solutions starting with the area of mapping. Nb.ai is working on building the geospatial infrastructure needed for enabling location-based experiences for the next billion users. The complexities in markets like India, Indonesia, and Nigeria are far greater than the traditionaldeveloped countries and we are building the future of location technology. Underdeveloped infrastructure, the rise of megacities, complex addresses, and an ever-changing road network make things even more challenging and we are trying to solve these extremely complex problems using a combination of data, AI, platform, and people.
Cambridge Industries — Designing, constructing and operating extremely cost-competitive and scalable waste-to-energy facilities customised for Sub-Saharan Africa Cambridge Industries is a holistic waste management and renewable energy generation company, delivering leading technologies to address waste and energy deficiencies in Africa. They produce clean/greenenergy while solving waste-related problems by reducing the amount of waste going to landfills. Their goal is to turn one of Africa's most challenging social problems, the management of waste, into a source of new wealth. Cambridge’s 'Green Vision' is a comprehensive, sustainable, clean, and renewable power generation and waste management system designed specifically for African cities. Effective power generation and waste management are among the principal challenges faced throughout Africa, particularly in its rapidly urbanizing cities. Cambridge Industries provides local governments with an efficient, cost-effective solution to resolving power deficits while managing municipal waste, from garbage collection to the treatment and ultimate conversion of the waste to low-emission, renewable electricity and useful byproducts, such as recycled metals and building materials.

We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Nigeria, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Pennee — Yana Finance provides up to 50 million Naira for ambitious business owners, with NDIC insured accounts. Yana Finance aims to simplify financial operations for businesses, ensuring they never run out of money and can manage cash flows efficiently.
Clafiya — Discover Clafiya: Your trusted digital health platform, uniting in-person care and virtual solutions for a personalized and caring healthcare experience. Embrace a healthier, happier you, with us by your side.
Intron Health — Intron is the future of clinical documentation with real-time clinical speech-to-text for 200+ African accents, easing the transition to digitized care.

ECP is a private equity group dedicated to investing in Africa.They are a pan-African private equity firm that has raised over US$2 billion for investment across the African continent, including the Francophone regions. They have put their investors’ capital to work in over 40 countries in all major regions of the continent, directly supportingover 50,000 jobs.

Investment focus

Telecommunications, Finance, Energy
Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity, Funding Round
France, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire

Portfolio highlights

Eranove — The Eranove group counts more than 9000 employees all engaged in developping hydroelectric solutions to allow all the pan african citizens to access electricity and drinking water
Allego — Discover the benefits of EV charging. Find out how Allego electric vehicle charging stations can enhance convenience and reduce emissions.
Zipline — Zipline operates the world's largest autonomous on-demand delivery system with the industry's leading instant logistics technology stack.

San Leon Energy is a specialist oil and gas company with an extensive portfolio of assets across Europe and North Africa.San Leon Energy is a company built on solid foundations. We concentrate on using our leading-edge technical expertise in both conventional and ‘unconventional’ oil and gas. Our aim is to provide a sustainable energy future. Wework sympathetically with our local partners and communities.