Top 50 Retail VC Funds & Investors in Africa (July 2026)

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• Autochek — Welcome To Autochek Group's Homepage. Read About The Company's Vision And Mission. Select A Country And Apply For Car Loans
• HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
• Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.

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• Yamify — Yamify is an AI platform where intelligent agents reliably run mission-critical business workflows in Africa. Founded by Silicon Valley engineers, our platform automates complex operations by integrating humans, systems, and infrastructure reliably, even under connectivity, latency, and compliance challenges. Starting with on-prem deployments,Yamify is evolving into a full AI automation infrastructure for African enterprises.
• Shopstar — A place for makers and creators to start, manage and grow successful online stores. Our built-in design, payment and shipping methods provide you with an all in one solution. Get started with a free 14-day trial.
• Kashat — The region's first nano financial service provider, offering small productive loans, and serving as the entry point to financial inclusion for the un- and underbanked population in Egypt.

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• WeMove — WeMove is a fitness marketplace for daily gym passes. They develop innovative solutions that meet your sports issues.
• Bako Motors SAS — Bako Motors SAS is a motor vehicle manufacturing company that develops solar electric vehicles. manufacturer of electric vehicles with the goal of creating long-term fixes for rural areas' transportation issues with regard to people, cargo, and machinery. The business makes electric cars as well as solutions for clean energy generation andstorage that are infinitely scalable, providing users with inexpensive and environmentally friendly e-mobility.
• Insight Plus — Insight Plus is a foreign exchange platform that specializes in interconnecting global exchanges into one eco system.

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• STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
• Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.
• Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.

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• Swiftly — Harness your public transit data with Swiftly's urban mobility solutions to make your city's mass transportation move more efficiently.
• HopSkipDrive — Arranging safe, dependable transportation or children ages 6+ with qualified caregivers
• Clarametyx Biosciences — Clarametyx Biosciences is a late preclinical stage biotechnology company developing targeted, immune-enabling biologic therapies to counter persistent infections associated with biofilms.

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• Veniam — Transfer 10x more data for your video telematics, fleet operations, industrial IoT or connected vehicles.
• Cycloid — Cycloid Internal Developer Portal and Platform revolutionizes governance, cloud management, sovereignty, and DevX. Available on-prem or in any cloud.
• LAMMA — Lamma is a web and mobile platform reinventing urban movement for package delivery through an extended carpooling network.

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• GoCement — Tempatnya jual beli bahan bangunan online terlengkap berkualitas dan harga murah di Indonesia. Cari kebutuhan alat dan bahan bangunanmu, hanya di GoCement
• Jelt — HealthTech B2B Marketplace
• VIVAN Therapeutics — VIVAN Therapeutics, a company pioneering personalized cancer therapeutics using a new assay technology. MPT licensed technology from the Center for Personalized Cancer Therapeutics at Mt Sinai New York and is launching the world’s most comprehensive, personal genomics-based, block-chain enabled drug screening service. All recommended treatmentcombinations will include a cancer drug and a non cancer drug, making treatments less toxic and more affordable. Intelligently designed personalized treatment. Revolutionary cancer care.

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• HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
• Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
• Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.

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• Sapyen — We take the fear out of infertility for men. Test for it at home, without stepping out to the hospital and get personalised health recommendations to improve sperm health and increase your chances of conceiving.
• Visoid — Render your 3D models with ease! Quick and easy rendering software for architects, powered by AI. Try Visoid for free!
• One Key Access — One Key Access is an interface to the world of couriers to enable 24/7 frictionless deliveries.

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• Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
• TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
• Onboard — Onboard helps hardware companies transform their text manuals to 3D, intelligent manuals with instant customer support capabilities.

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• PaidHR — PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work.
• Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values ​​and wish to invest in their development.
• Tuteria — Get Home Tutoring Matched to Your Child's Needs. Prepare for IELTS, Common Entrance, IGCSE, GRE & JAMB. Book Lessons in 150+ Subjects Including Music, Coding & Languages.

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• Savannah Brands — Savannah Brands is a food & beverage company.
• UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.
• African Originals — African Originals food and beverage company that offers authentic African craft beverages using traditional reciepies.

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• MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
• unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
• Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

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• BFree — BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances.
• GoCab — GoCab is fintech solution providing Drive-to-own option for vehicle purchase in Emerging markets, helping to bridge the gap between mobility entrepreneurs and financial services.
• Zeepay — Zeepay Ghana Limited is a wholly Ghanaian owned Mobile FinancialServices company focusing on providing integrated mobile payments services with mobile wallets targeting the unbanked and banked population with the objective of bringing the unbanked into the financial stream and easing payments and collections for the banked population.Zeepayfacilitates the processing of multiple mobile phone payment transactions, and operates as a aggregator that brings transaction of all players together on one single platform. The company’s core application runs on open source technology, and is designed to integrate all types of payment platforms, banks, merchants, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), and other companies with subscriber based transactions.

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• WafR — WafR is a reward-based loyalty startup that allows users to earn phone recharges while shopping at retail shops.
• Akorn Technology — Akorn uses upcycled, non-GMO corn by-products to manufacture edible coatings that makes the shelf life of fresh produce last.

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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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• Ringkas — Ajukan KPR mu di Platform Ringkas via Digital dan Online, Telah Bekerjasama dengan 25+ Bank Partner
• Akua — Akua is an acquiring-as-a-service platform that offers scalable, secure, and efficient payment processing solutions for Latin America. Our platform leverages advanced technology to provide superior transaction processing, fraud prevention, and comprehensive regional integration. Problem Latin America's acquiring card payment markets aredominated by a few incumbents using outdated systems, hindering the adoption of new payment technologies and increasing fraud risks.
• Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.

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• Taeillo — Taeillo is a Furniture and Lifestyle Brand. We design and manufacture Furniture using local resources available with both local and modern technology to create premium furniture pieces with 99% Local content.
• Koolboks — Koolboks: solar-powered, financially accessible fridges with an integrated pay-as-you-go platform dedicated to making cooling accessible to all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Get a Koolboks refrigerator for as little as 25k Naira down payment today!
• Sika — Sika Box offers a comprehensive solution for global payment processing, focusing on bridging the payment divide between global enterprises and emerging markets. Utilizing blockchain and modern technologies, Sika Box re-engineers the payment process from customer acquisition to settlement. The platform enables merchants to offer alternate and localpayment options, facilitating seamless transactions. With a unified payment infrastructure named STASH, Sika Box allows merchants to consolidate payments from across the globe through a single payment gateway integration, simplifying the global commerce landscape for businesses.

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• Thndr — Thndr is a financial services company that operates an app-based investment platform.It comes with 0% commission, no account minimum, access to market data, easy account setup, and funding processes. Users can also get access to the latest news, market data, and other educational tools. Seif Amr established the company in 2020 in Cairo, AlQahirah, Egypt.
• Ezeebit — Ezeebit is a payment solutions provider that enables African merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments both in-store and online. The platform processes transactions quickly and automatically converts the cryptocurrency into stablecoins to eliminate volatility risk. Funds are then settled into the merchant's local currency account, typicallySouth African Rand (ZAR), on the next business day. The company offers multi-currency support for popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and maintains compliance with financial regulatory bodies.
• Letly — Letly is developing an AI‑driven platform for the rental property market that automates tasks related to managing rental listings and tenant interactions. It aims to use intelligent agents to handle tasks such as scheduling viewings, responding to inquiries, and optimizing property management workflows. The platform is currently in a waitlistphase, signaling ongoing development and private access only.

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• Nxtfood — Nxtfood is a specialist in vegetable alternatives to meat.
• InnovaFeed — InnovaFeed is a biotech company that produces a new source of protein from insect rearing (Hermetia illucens) for animal feed and aquaculture in particular.Their model is based on a unique technological expertise that allows us to place the insect at the heart of their agri-food system and restore it to its natural place in their ecosystem: thatof recycling nutrients to then feed fish, birds or small mammals.In the context of a fast-growing world population, InnovaFeed’s activity responds concretely and competitively to an increase in protein demand while contributing to the development of a more sustainable food system, in particular through the development of quality aquaculture.
• DAMAE Medical — Damae Medical is a Paris, France-based medtech company. It has developed a medical device capable of seeing biological tissues in depth, at a cellular level and in vivo. This innovative optical imaging technology will especially allow dermatologists to evaluate in a precise, efficient and rapid way malignancy of tumors by a simple contact with thesurface of the skin. DAMAE Medical’s mission is to put the great power of bio-photonics at the service of opening new opportunities in medical imaging and diagnosis.

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• ReelFruit — On a mission to inspire delightfulness by offering the tastiest snacks in town.
• Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
• Solar Taxi Ghana — Solar Taxi Ghana app provides various electronic vehicles that are powered by solar energy.

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• OmniRetail — OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products.
• Hinckley Recycling — Hinckley Recycling is dedicated to the responsibility of being a good steward of the environment and will in all circumstances aspire to constantly emphasize awareness of the natural environment, whilst maintaining a level of proficiency which demonstrates bona fide leadership in all spheres of the environment.
• Agent Banking Company — Agent Banking Company provides digital technology solutions that enable access to banking services through bank-approved agents.

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• GetEquity — GetEquity is a NASDAQ for venture capital. We provide an exchange and liquidity for private companies, and an infrastructure for different cadres of venture capital around investing, founder liquidity, and shareholder management
• Healthtracka — Healthtracka is a digital health platform that allows consumer direct access to lab tests bookings, at-home sample collection and digital results in 1-3days
• Helium Health — Helium Health empowers healthcare providers in Africa with digital tools, financing solutions, and data partnerships. Learn more about our innovative solutions.

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• Blue Sky Analytics — Blue Sky Analytics is a geospatial data intelligence company building a API based catalogue of Environmental Datasets by leveraging Satellite data, AI and cloud.
• Moglix — Moglix is India's leading online store for industrial tools and equipment. Shop now for latest range of industrial products including safety shoes, power tools and more. Free shipping & COD available.
• Myelin Foundry — Myelin Foundry is a deep tech product start-up transforming human experiences and industry outcomes by building Artificial Intelligence algorithms on video, voice, and sensor data, for consumer edge devices

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• PayTic — PayTic enables payments issuers to manage their card programs by providing dedicated back-office solutions that streamline the end-to-end operations in customer support, chargebacks, fraud, AML, reporting, and reconciliation. Our proprietary solutions are unique in automating and centralizing the program management processes, regardless of thenumber of processors and the payment networks involved in the payments products. We impact payments providers by eliminating the defragmented and manual processes and replacing them with a SaaS platform that increases proactivity, mitigates risks, and delivers value. It reduces the burn rate to near 0 in operational costs and offers an unprecedented competitive advantage. PayTic is introducing the Zero Ops model in managing payments.
• Pumpkn — Need reliable funding? We provide quick loans and capital tailored for Agriculture businesses in South Africa. Grow your business with Pumpkn. Apply now!
• Scale — Scale accelerates market entry and revenue for fintechs with a people-first approach.

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• Livoh — Livoh is a software firm offering live streaming platform so the content can reach its target market.
• Zeepay — Zeepay Ghana Limited is a wholly Ghanaian owned Mobile FinancialServices company focusing on providing integrated mobile payments services with mobile wallets targeting the unbanked and banked population with the objective of bringing the unbanked into the financial stream and easing payments and collections for the banked population.Zeepayfacilitates the processing of multiple mobile phone payment transactions, and operates as a aggregator that brings transaction of all players together on one single platform. The company’s core application runs on open source technology, and is designed to integrate all types of payment platforms, banks, merchants, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), and other companies with subscriber based transactions.
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• iPNOTE — The iPNOTE AI paralegal manages the entire IP registration workflow: answers attorney questions, reviews deliverables, summarizes documents, tracks deadlines, sends follow-ups to providers, monitors progress from filing to grant, and processes payments. Your team interacts with one intelligent agent that smoothly coordinates with patent attorneysworldwide - turning weeks of manual work into automated efficiency.
• Fineksi — Finskor memiliki misi untuk menjadi penyedia terkemuka layanan penilaian kredit yang akurat dan andal, membantu bank dan lembaga keuangan lainnya untuk membuat keputusan kredit berdasarkan analisis data yang komprehensif.
• Kontigo — We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app.

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• Musely — Musely develops an online platform intended to provide medical skincare treatments through technology. The company's offerings include personal products made from natural ingredients and also provides wellness tips, enabling users to offer prescription formulas, natural beauty brands, professional hair care, and makeup products.It wasfounded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.
• Maeva — Maeva is a science-backed metabolic wellness brand built for people on GLP-1 medications — and anyone committed to a smarter weight-loss journey. Founded by Steven and Dean Neiger after Steven's own firsthand experience with GLP-1 therapy, Maeva was created to solve a real gap: when you're eating less, your body still needs completenutrition. Muscle loss, energy dips, hair thinning, and digestive discomfort shouldn't be the price of progress. Our Daily Nutrition Shakes — formulated separately for women and men — deliver 20–25g of plant protein, clinically dosed functional ingredients, and zero sugar, dairy, soy, or maltodextrin. Every product in our lineup is made in an NSF-certified, cGMP, FDA-registered U.S. facility and third-party tested for heavy metals and microbial safety. We don't believe in fairy-dust dosing or empty promises. Every ingredient is included at a level that actually works — so you can stay strong, energized, and feeling like yourself while you slim down.
• Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.

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• Bintix — Bintix averts landfill waste ... one household at a time.
• EduBridge — EduBridge is an organization started by a group of alumni and professors from IIM Bangalore & Lucknow in 2009. EduBridge works towards transforming the lives of the unemployed youth in the country across urban, semi-urban and rural areas. EduBridge provides them with a commercially relevant training at their doorstep and arm them with thenecessary skill sets and mindset to succeed in their professional careers and thus help transform their lives.
• Energy Assured Nigeria — Energy Assured is an energy and utility procurement market provider for smaller businesses ranging from independent retailers and local franchisees to affinity group members in any sector. Users and customers benefit from economies of scale, more agile energy purchasing, and consistently lower gas, electricity, and water costs. Their expertsunderstand the pressures that small and medium-sized businesses face: they work to provide clients with exactly what they require so that clients can use energy as an asset to propel their business forward.

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• Allswell — Allswell is a queer-founded mental health platform dedicated to making affirming, accessible care available to the LGBTQ+ community, covered by Medicaid & major insurance.
• Magnolia — Magnolia is a creative force to change how we support and dignify the work of family caregivers and ensure more people in more places can age with ease.
• Trial Library — At Trial Library, we partner with the oncology community to enable the discoverability of clinical trials for anyone, anywhere.

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• MDaaS Global — At MDaaS Global, we build and operate modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centres in clinically-underserved communities, starting in Nigeria. Our big goal is to create affordable healthcare solutions for Africa's next billion.
• Chefaa — Chefaa is a GPS-enabled pharmacy benefits platform connecting patients & pharmacies nation-wide to help patients manage all their pharmacy needs. Chefaa uses big data, data ming & machine learning
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• Nawy — The ultimate real estate broker in Egypt. Browse areas, compounds, and properties by price, location, and amenities to find the perfect place.
• Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
• Tagaddod — Tagaddod is a renewable Energy and Waste Management Egyptian company, started in February 2013 and operating in Cairo –Egypt. Currently focusing on clean fuels, Tagaddod is working on Biodiesel production from Vegetable Oils. Biodiesel is a fuel alternative that is produced from waste vegetable oils and used in conventional diesel engines, whichcan directly substitute for or extend supplies of traditional petroleum diesel.

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• Cuoral — Cuoral is an AI-native platform that helps businesses proactively detect and resolve customer issues before they escalate. We unify support, feedback, and engagement tools into one intelligent layer, transforming reactive customer service into a proactive growth engine. With real-time diagnostics, actionable insights, and automation, Cuoralempowers teams to deliver exceptional experiences at scale.
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• PowerLabs — PowerLabs is an energy and climate technology research and implementation company whose goal is to use intelligent energy to build a world where human output is boundless.

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• Nile.ag — Nile.ag provides a platform for farmers to trade fresh produce with multiple producers across a number of African countries. Its digital solutions address inherent issues relating to food trading, quality verification, payments and traceability.
• Hewatele — Hewatele is a social enterprise that provides affordable quality medical oxygen to all needy patients together with its affiliates CPHD and Mediquip Global.
• Unisystem Group — Unisystem Group is a Moroccan company specializing in the distribution of electronic security equipment and the integration of security solutions aiming at the protection of people and assets. Created in 2004, the firm progressively oriented its activity from a simple distributor of equipment to an added value player thanks to the development ofcompetencies in the integration of custom-made solutions and the maintenance of the electronic security systems.

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• Releaf Earth — We are industrializing food processing in Africa. We've led 1000+ smallholder farmers to provide food factories with >7.5 million kilograms of quality crops.
• Tripesa — Tripesa offers payment solutions for Africa's travel and tourism industry.
• Plural — Smarter, Faster, Future-Ready Policy Strategy. Plural transforms how enterprises and organizations anticipate and act on legislation. Our AI-powered platform delivers accurate bill analysis, policy insights, and stakeholder intelligence so you can stay ahead of risk, seize opportunity, and shape outcomes. See How It Works Book A Demo Trusted By Deepen Your State & Federal Legislative

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• Spring in Africa — Wallets Africa helps Africans and African-owned businesses send money, receive money, make card payments, and access overdrafts.
• Allpro Technologies — Their mission is to Facilitate the free flow of finance and data in the school ecosystem.
• ThankUCash — ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online.

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• Jiseki Health — Jiseki is built on the belief that families and communities need and deserve a safety net, and to have peace of mind when things go wrong. We provide access and delivery of key advice, help, products and services through highly scalable SMS technology, powered by a combination of professionals and AI, and sold as a portable life benefit package..Text #help to 543210, to discover Jiseki services.
• Biome Analytics — Biome is an analytic applications that help cardiovascular teams do their best work. It helps forward thinking hospitals profitably transition and thrive in the new world of healthcare. During COVID-19, Biome has focused on assessing hospital capacity.
• NEXT Life Sciences — NEXT Life Sciences is developing the revolutionary Plan A™ procedure to bring the only scientifically proven technology in the category - Vasalgel® - to market.

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• Aku — Aku is a financial technology to drive financial inclusion on one mobile device. They provide payments and bring financial services to the doorstep. They support the new business owner in need of the right tools. They offer low-cost, accessible financial services that serve their customers. They radically democratized access to banking and digitalpayment channels.
• AlumUnite — AlumUnite is a purpose-built platform to connect all educated Africans to develop Africa's human capital through alumni groups. We crowd-resource education.
• Reliance Health — Reliance Health Global. Improve the lives of your staff with innovative company healthcare benefits fit for any business. You can rely on us.

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• Kodak — A global technology company providing industry-leading products and services for commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.
• Bayport Management — Bayport Management Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides retail financial services in the Republic of Mauritius and internationally.
• Pela Global — Pela Global Limited is an Australian company focused on critical and precious metals mining, primarily advancing projects in North Macedonia's Tethyan Belt. It specializes in antimony and gold resources, emphasizing sustainable development and global supply chain contributions.

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• Shippeo — A global leader, and European specialist, in supply chain visibility, giving companies instant access to predictive and real-time information for all their deliveries.
• Billogram — Since its start in 2011, Billogram has revitalized the outdated invoicing process by offering companies with recurring payments an intelligent digital platform. Using smart technology, we help companies strengthen their customer relations while also automating payment processes in a way that lowers costs, increases revenue, and reduces churn. Theresult is a payment that pays off for everyone.
• Diamond — Setup an entire backend system for your online business in a few clicks.

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• Edves — Edves automates the brick and mortal School operations from Student enrollment, Fee Collection, Lesson Note up to Transcript Generation.
• Youverify — Youverify helps businesses and individuals confirm identity and physical addresses. Using AI, Youverify confirms a user’s identity document and compares it with their facial biometrics. This information can be cross-checked against more than 300 databases locally and globally.Youverify in partnership with over 20,000 field verification officersverifies physical addresses all over Sub-Sahara Africa in less than 48 hours.Youverify fills the gap in Africa's digital industry by providing one API for identity and physical address verification.
• Lifestores Pharmacy — Lifestores is a retail pharmacy start-up bringing disruptive innovation to the pharmaceutical sector in Nigeria by democratizing quality medicines and pharmaceutical services.

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• Root — Launch digital and embedded insurance solutions with omni-channel distribution.
• Traction Apps — Traction apps provide businesses end to end tools they need to run and grow their businesses.
• Reliance Health — Reliance Health Global. Improve the lives of your staff with innovative company healthcare benefits fit for any business. You can rely on us.

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• Kwely — Kwely is a dynamic and fast-growing startup. We are always looking for passionate, dynamic, fun and hard-working individuals to join our team.
• Mburu — Mburu specializes in the production and marketing of bread, pastries, and pastries made from local raw materials (millet, corn, sorghum, seasonal fruits, etc.).
• Acasen — Acasen is an agri-food company that valorizes locally grown agricultural raw resources such as cereals, cashew nuts, peanuts, and potatoes.

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• Finaktiva — Finaktiva is the number one financial ally of Colombian entrepreneurs. We offer flexible and agile online financial solutions (loans in various forms, factoring and confirming) adjusted to the requirements of the companies. We also offer a range of non-financial tools through our platform to help SMEs´ grow. Our customers are typically businesseswith innovative business models, double-digit growth rates that have a positive impact in their communities.
• AgriCapital — AgriCapital is a financial service firm that provides store credit, productive credit, credit installments, and accompaniment services.
• Ampersand — Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network.

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• Peerby Classic — Borrow and rent goods from others nearby - affordable, convenient and green. Tools, bikes, party equipment, electronics and more. Try it now.
• Zobi — Zobi’s not just Artificial Intelligence, it’s Home Intelligence. Our smart, brand-agnostic solutions take a holistic view of homes - people, devices, networks, habits. They build an anonymous profile for each home, then use that intel to spot unusual behaviour and stop cybercriminals.
• Finverity — Finverity provides technology, working capital and expertise to give banks, NBFIs, financiers and companies a strategic advantage in supply chain finance

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• CarpeDM — CarpeDM app is an exclusive member-only dating community created for singles seeking meaningful relationships with professional Black women.
• Givepact — Donate crypto or cash to the causes that matter. Givepact is a crypto fundraising platform for nonprofits.
• Voiceblocks — Voiceblocks is a world-class, high-growth social impact venture that supports K–12 schools and families in streamlining the special education process for students with disabilities. Through innovative technology, we aim to reduce administrative burdens, enhance communication, and improve academic and developmental outcomes for students receivingspecial education services.

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• Tagaddod — Tagaddod is a renewable Energy and Waste Management Egyptian company, started in February 2013 and operating in Cairo –Egypt. Currently focusing on clean fuels, Tagaddod is working on Biodiesel production from Vegetable Oils. Biodiesel is a fuel alternative that is produced from waste vegetable oils and used in conventional diesel engines, whichcan directly substitute for or extend supplies of traditional petroleum diesel.
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• Kombuchery — Establish the leading health and lifestyle brand in the beverage industry. We aim to establish a socially-responsible, healthier, and more affordable alternative to conventional beverages in the market, while disrupting the traditional beverage value chain by leveraging direct-to-consumer subscription and digital marketing channels.
• Trace —
• Firesale — Firesale is an AI-powered resale marketplace built for people with too much stuff and zero time. Sellers record a 2-second video, and Firesale’s AI instantly generates the title, description, photos, and price. No typing, no pricing games, no endless messages — just tap, record, and sell. Designed to feel like a digital yard sale, Firesale makes iteffortless to turn clutter into cash locally, with Uber-powered pickup and delivery options.

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• MaxRetail — Max Retail helps you sell unsold inventory to 80+ million end consumers, buy immediates on our exclusive retailer marketplace and more.
• Ordermark — Ordermark is the fastest-growing restaurant technology service provider in the mobile online ordering space.
• Reibus — Take the hassle out of shipping steel and other industrial metals. Leverage our vast network of international and domestic freight providers.

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• Aanaab — Aanaab offers online courses in Arabic for teachers and educators to help them improve their skills in different areas including self-development, educational strategies, education techniques, and educational tools and techniques.
• HeyBreez AI — Breez AI is a no-code voice orchestration platform built for reliable, scalable real-time voice AI. The system unifies carrier connectivity, media delivery, AI models, and orchestration into one global routing layer, stabilizing phone operations and enabling companies to scale voice automation without engineering or additional headcount.
• Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.