# Africa Startup Initiative

> Africa Startup Initiative is a VC fund backing Medical and Software. See 59 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 59
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 86%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/africa-startup-initiative/
- Website: http://asiprogram.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Africa-Startup-Initiative-1894752520623719/

Africa Startup Initiative is a VC fund focused on Medical and Software. ASI facilitates interaction among startups, entrepreneurs and investors, aiming to make Africa a welcoming environment for startups.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Africa Startup Initiative. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Africa Startup Initiative. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/africa-startup-initiative?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 2 | 3% |
| Software | 2 | 3% |
| Health Care | 2 | 3% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 3% |
| Apps | 1 | 2% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 3 | 5% |
| Egypt | 1 | 2% |
| Senegal | 1 | 2% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 2% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eleanor Azar | Director | 22 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Messenger | Messenger is a one-stop logistics platform that finances and aggregates end-to-end logistics and supply chain operations in order to assist businesses and logistics asset owners in achieving an efficient supply chain framework. |  | Pre-Seed | May 31, 2024 |  |
| Ostafandy | Ostafandy is a smart personal assistant for clients, handymen, and engineers that enhances and optimizes their capability to finish any home improvement project effectively at high quality and low cost with a "pay as you go" model. Ostafandy system includes a smart quote using our invented algorithmic pricing engine, in which clients canunderstand the services' minor and major details, prices, and instantly issue digital bills; hence, quoting and paying seamlessly. This algorithmic pricing engine can adapt easily to any new market with a high level of accuracy regarding the market's dynamicity. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| LyfPlus | LyfPlus operates as a telemedicine platform. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Babimo | Babimo is a mobile App creating a whole new ecosytem for payement in West Africa including the realities of Africa match with innovation. Let population make payement, transfer, and withdraw money everywhere. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| KoriPass | KORIPASS is an electronic wallet that has the advantage of being associated with physical payment media in the form of a bracelet, sticker, or key ring, and which allows mobile money users (Orange-money, Free-money, E-money, etc.) KoriPass is an electronic wallet that facilitates users to effortlessly make contactless payments. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| 10mg Health | 10mg Health is an AI-driven credit scoring and digital identity verification technology designed to transform healthcare financing. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Edusko.com | Edusko is a one-stop, web-based application that allows parents to compare good schools, make informed decisions, access finance to pay for school fees and enrol their children with ease. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Primed E-health | Primed E-health provides end-to-end e-healthcare solutions aimed at digitizing clinics and hospitals. Their offerings include the SMARTCLINIC, a comprehensive suite of technology solutions for healthcare administration, and the Patient Smart Card (PSC), which provides personalized records for patients across various hospitals and clinics. They alsooffer a self-service app to facilitate remote consultations and avoid hospital queues. Additional services include self-service kiosks and efficiency solar panels to enhance healthcare delivery. | $18K | Pre-Seed | Oct 25, 2023 |  |
| Pharmaserv | Pharmaserv is a software-as-a-service procurement platform that allows healthcare providers to optimize, access, and procure medical supplies. | $18K | Seed | Jan 20, 2023 |  |
| Sodishop | Sodishop is a marketplace, that enable people to buy and sell anything accross Mali, Senegal, Guinea and Côte D'ivoire |  | Non-equity Assistance | Jan 20, 2023 |  |

10 of 59 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Startupbootcamp AfriTech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startupbootcamp-afritech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Accelerate Africa — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jua Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jua-kickstarter-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Africa Startup Initiative invest in?

Africa Startup Initiative invests primarily in Medical, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 59 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Africa Startup Initiative?

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### Who are the partners at Africa Startup Initiative?

The team at Africa Startup Initiative includes Eleanor Azar (Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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