Top 5 Non Profit Startup Investors in Africa in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Non profit startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Non profit companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Non Profit Startup Investors in Africa in January 2026

Investor	Non Profit Africa investments
Praxis	2
Educas	1
Vumela Fund	1
Oikocredit International	1
Oakley Capital	1

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Investment focus

Non Profit, Social Assistance, Education
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Malawi, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Church Space — Church Space is a platform that provides flexible shared rental options for renters seeking commercial space at an affordable rate. It was launched in 2019 by founder and CEO Day Edwards.
Please Assist Me — One app for all your home management needs. Say goodbye to all of the headache with managing multiple apps, service providers, and arrival times.
Parallel Fluidics — Custom microfluidic devices in 3 days.

Educas is a global investment firm focused on the education sector. Educas has two platforms: an international premium K-12 group of 42 schools educating over 31,000 students from Nursery to Grade 12 and a tertiary platform launched in 2017.

Investment focus

Education, Non Profit, Environmental Consulting
Seed
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Inspired — Inspired is a co-educational, non-denominational, independent school group designed to inspire students to achieve their maximum potential in a nurturing, progressive academic environment from ages 1 to 18.

Vumela was established in 2009 by FNB Business Banking and Edge Growth. The objective was to create an innovative model for the development of a sustainable and a financially and operationally independent investment business which invests in high growth small, medium and micro size enterprises with good economic and impact returns.Vumela wascapitalised in 2010. Within the first four years, we’d invested R90 million into eight high growth SMEs, and created a total of 400 jobs. They launched their second fund in 2015, after a further investment of R100 million from FirstRand and R127 million from the Jobs Fund. Within the first year of launching this second fund, we’ve committed R43 million to five investments that are expected to create over 1800 new jobs.The first fund of its kind in South Africa, Vumela’s main goals are to invest in and develop entrepreneurial companies in order to help alleviate poverty in South Africa by creating jobs, and to generate a return for its beneficiaries: the Shalamuka Foundation and the FirstRand Group.

Investment focus

Education, Software, Primary Education
Funding Round, Seed, Debt Financing
South Africa, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Rentoza — We champion giving you access, affordability and flexibility to explore tech on your own terms
Kusini Water — Kusini Water builds water treatment systems from nanotechnology and macadamia nut shells.
Trade Shield — Trade Shield's aim is to increase access to trade credit facilities for those companies that most need them and will benefit the most from them.

Oikocredit is guided by the principle of empowering people. Their experience proves that the most effective and sustainable means of assisting those in need is providing an opportunity to help themselves.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Debt Financing, Series B, Funding Round
India, Nigeria, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Kaleidofin — Kaleidofin provides a scalable and adaptable platform dedicated to democratizing finance through responsible fintech, empowering every customer. Our name, 'Kaleidofin', symbolizes the transformative power of financial solutions with a digital ecosystem that ensures finance for everyone, everywhere.
Access Bank — Access Bank provides banking products and services to individual and business customers in Ghana. It offers standard savings and current, access advantage, solo, and premier accounts. The company also provides online banking services that include ATM, online access, and point-of-sale terminal services; and bills payment and Western Union moneytransfer services.
Avanti Finance — Avanti Platform is an open-access digital financial spine, flexible enough for users and partners to create, curate and deploy the financial products

Oakley Capital partners with ambitious founders and management teams to build successful businesses across three sectors: technology, consumer, education.