Top 5 Medical Startup Investors in Uganda (September 2026)

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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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• Kwit — Start your smoking-free life today with Kwit, number 1 stop smoking app. Available on iOS and Android.
• OMORPHO — OMORPHO manufactures and sells Gravity Sportswear™ - revolutionary weighted training gear that helps any athlete reach their goals faster.
• Vidrovr — Vidrovr develops multimodal computer vision and machine learning systems to index, tag, and understand video. It processes videos with specific domain constraints, such as in sports, government, and media verticals. Its technology enables its users to search an indexed video corpus and retrieve content inside videos and link it to other media likephotos and text.The company Integrates social media to enable direct interactions between multimedia content. Vidrovr was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.

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• Vivid Gold — Vivid Gold is not just a brand, it’s a game-driven ecosystem built at the intersection of four powerful pillars: commerce, content, culture, and careers. Together, these pillars reflect our commitment to transforming how gaming is experienced, monetized, and empowered across the East African region.1. Commerce – Accessible Gaming for All We powerthe hardware, physical games and accessories backbone of gaming in East Africa. We make it easier for gamers to access what they need, locally. Our phygital retail store approach ensures that whether online or in-store, customers enjoy seamless, convenient shopping with local payment options and trusted support.2. Content – Unlocking Digital Worlds We break barriers between African consumers and global digital platforms. Through instant delivery of gift cards and subscription codes, we enable local access to gaming content (PSN, Xbox, Steam), streaming (Netflix, Spotify), and productivity apps (Android, Apple) via frictionless local currency payment across African countries.3. Culture – Gaming as a Lifestyle We celebrate the role of gaming in shaping youth identity, creativity, and social connection. From leasing gaming equipment to community events and tournaments to collaborating with local creators, influencers, and esports enthusiasts, we embed gaming in lifestyle and everyday conversations. Our brand is deeply rooted in African culture, while remaining globally fluent and digitally native. 4. Careers – Building Africa’s Gaming Future We’re laying the foundation for education, employment, and entrepreneurship in game development & esports. design, and brand management, we aim to deliver structured programs that merge education with entertainment, offering skill based learning opportunities in esports and game development through holiday bootcamps, after school activities, alternative academic pathways, facilitate masterclasses by providing access to industry experts for mentorship and ensure the efficacy of all programs through active, future focused research integration.Together, these four pillars form a unified vision: to make gaming not just a pastime, but a platform for progress, expression, and economic inclusion in Africa.
• Viebeg — Viebeg transform the way medical products are bought and sold, advancing the 4th industrial revolution in the developing world.
• FutureLink Technologies — Africa's Community-driven marketplace for affordable financial services, focused at enhancing the financial resilience of Africa's low & middle income earners

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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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• Nilus — Nilus is an impact-driven company that aims to eradicate malnutrition by applying technology to deliver affordable and healthy food to low income people. Nilus is creating a new value chain for the base of the pyramid, based on food rescue, disintermediation and inclusive design. Our vision is to become the largest and most impactful food companyin the Americas, by servicing the more than 360 million people living in poverty.
• Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.
• Let Me Snack — Let Me Snack offers gourmet snacks made from popped water lily seeds. Our healthy snacks are grain-free, vegan, with clean ingredients and no seed oils.