Top 10 Infrastructure Startup Investors in Africa (September 2026)

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• Mixta — Mixta provides the real estate development solution. They focus on affordable housing and have a home and property for everyone. Mixta's purpose is to add value to their clients' lives by providing innovative solutions.
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• Goneke Investment Group — Pioneering a century-long initiative to finance, build, and secure the critical industries that define national strength.
• 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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• ORIKI — A wellness + farm to skin brand that creates pampering experiences and luxurious natural personal grooming products. Sharing Africa!
• Mukuru Clean Stoves — Earthshot Prize Winner 2022. We use recycled metal to manufacture improved, efficient and affordable cookstoves.
• Loom Craft Chocolate — Loom Craft Chocolate is a artisanal cocoa processor with a strong focus on the quality of our products and the sustainability of our processes.

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• Amaries Africa — Amaries Investments Limited (RC1661631) is a Nigerian digital infrastructure company founded in 2020 by Chuk Ama, providing recurring-revenue connectivity infrastructure Digital Infrastructure as a Service to underserved communities in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Rather than functioning as a traditional internet service provider, Amaries deploys modularcommunity access points that combine affordable connectivity with an in-house billing and payments platform, additional local digital services, and a growing intelligence layer built on proprietary technology. Each deployment is designed to generate multiple recurring revenue streams rather than a single subscription fee. The company's first pilot deployment is live in Kaduna State, where it has processed its first paying transactions across multiple payment channels. Amaries is currently raising capital to stabilize service quality and convert early usage into consistent recurring revenue ahead of a broader rollout. Amaries is led by a lean, technically self-sufficient founding team, supported by an experienced strategic advisor.

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• Kutuma — Who would you trust to introduce you to individuals/businesses willing to assist with sending goods to your family from the diaspora? Kutuma of course!
• Umojalands — Umojalands System is a fintech microfinance driving sustainable practices through the provision of climate loans to farmers and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to support microfinance funding for smallholder farmers in Africa.
• Mushambadzi — Mushambadzi is an online store that combines locally manufactured products from food, detergents, cosmetics, and clothing to the right delivery services all in one app. Their goal is to make life easier for the customer through an easily accessible online store.

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• Energy Link — Energy Link delivers crude evacuation services through our dedicated pipeline system anchored on OML18. Provide infrastructure for efficient and long-term crude storage and evacuation.

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• Calibre — Calibre is a modern UK certification body helping tech companies get ISO 27001 certified without derailing the roadmap.
• Cambridge Aerospace — Our mission is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe.
• Soctera — Soctera is developing the next generation of mm-wave electronics

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• 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 — Allego delivers charging solutions for electric cars, motors, buses and trucks, for consumers, businesses and cities. Allego’s end-to-end charging solutions make it easier for businesses and cities to deliver the infrastructure drivers need, while the scalability of our solutions makes us the partner of the future.
• Zipline International — Zipline operates the world's largest autonomous on-demand delivery system with the industry's leading instant logistics technology stack.

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• 4AFRI — 4Afri is an innovative holding company focused on Africa-centric growth equity opportunities.
• 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.
• Cambridge Industries — Cambridge Industries pioneers sustainable waste-to-energy, recycling, and urban mining solutions worldwide.

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• Growwr — Growwr is an AI-native workforce infrastructure platform building the operating system for global work.Its flagship product, Growwr AI, acts as an intelligent hiring agent that helps companies source, screen, evaluate, and hire talent through conversational workflows instead of manual recruiting processes. Companies can describe a role, definehiring priorities, and automatically receive ranked candidates based on verified skills, work history, and performance data.Beyond hiring, Growwr provides integrated global payment infrastructure that enables companies to pay talent across 180+ countries through cards, bank transfers, mobile money, and local payment rails.Because hiring, work, and payments happen inside one system, Growwr continuously generates verified workforce data around earnings, productivity, reliability, and work consistency. The company is leveraging this infrastructure to build workforce financial services including payroll, invoicing, credit scoring, and access to financial products for professionals in emerging markets.Growwr supports 90,000+ users across 15 countries, has processed over millions in payouts, and serves businesses across Africa, the UK, and the US.The company is building the AI and financial infrastructure layer powering the future of global work.
• Paycrest — Decentralized routing protocol for instant, secure, zero-fee payments in emerging markets.
• Cr3dentials — Embedded financing for neobanks