Top 10 Sustainability Angel Investors in Africa
A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Sustainability startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sustainability companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Sustainability Angel Investors in Africa
Investor | Sustainability Africa investments |
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Yossi Hasson | 1 |
Chibuzo Ujam | 1 |
Samuel Z. Alemayehu | 1 |
Jim Chu | 1 |
Sarah Dusek | 1 |
Rus Newton | 1 |
Markus Ament | 1 |
Echukwudi Daniel | 1 |
Ugochukwu Aronu | 1 |
Yuzuru Honda | 1 |
Yossi Hasson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metaversal and a Venture Partner at 2048 Ventures. He is also a Non-Executive Director of WeThinkCode_. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Techstars. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Blockchain, Payments
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- South Africa, United States, Ghana
Portfolio highlights
- Ozow — Easy, fast, safe online payments and bank API solutions for merchants and consumers across South Africa. Secure instant EFT directly from bank to bank.
- Howler — Howler, is the powerful event technology platform designed at the uppermost benchmarks of service and technology to help consumers and event organisers to make moments that matter.
- The Sun Exchange — The Sun Exchange is the peer-to-peer solar leasing marketplace. We leverage financial innovation and the power of the crowd to drive sustainable energy development and make the environmental, social and economic benefits of solar accessible and affordable for all. Through the Sun Exchange online platform, anyone, anywhere in the world, can buyremotely-located solar cells and then lease them to power businesses and organisations in sunny emerging markets. Solar cell owners earn income from the electricity that’s generated, while schools, businesses, clinics and other organisations gain access to affordable clean energy, reducing electricity costs and carbon emissions.
Chibuzo Ujam
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Investment focus
- Drones, Energy, Delivery
- Angel
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Arone — Arone pioneers technology that makes the world work more efficiently. In the air, Arone’s infrastructure enables hospitals access essential supplies on-demand for their patients. We also provide this infrastructure to logistics companies to enable a faster courier service for their customers. This infrastructure includes drones, dronedelivery stations (Avports), drone operators and license. For government institutions and organisations, Arone manufactures state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) saving lives and costs. For consumer electronics, Arone’s technology powers homes, offices and shops ensuring millions of people have access to electricity to live better lives.
Samuel Z. Alemayehu is the Founder and Chairman Of The Board Of Directors of Cambridge Industries.
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Investment focus
- SMS, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Cameroon, Ethiopia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Nextbillion.ai — Build and scale your applications with ease using NextBillion ai's route optimization and navigation APIs. Deliver high performance and maximize ROI with NextBillion ai's navigation APIs, SDKs and tools. Try now.
- Cambridge Industries — Designing, constructing and operating extremely cost-competitive and scalable waste-to-energy facilities customised for Sub-Saharan Africa Cambridge Industries is a holistic waste management and renewable energy generation company, delivering leading technologies to address waste and energy deficiencies in Africa. They produce clean/greenenergy while solving waste-related problems by reducing the amount of waste going to landfills. Their goal is to turn one of Africa's most challenging social problems, the management of waste, into a source of new wealth. Cambridge’s 'Green Vision' is a comprehensive, sustainable, clean, and renewable power generation and waste management system designed specifically for African cities. Effective power generation and waste management are among the principal challenges faced throughout Africa, particularly in its rapidly urbanizing cities. Cambridge Industries provides local governments with an efficient, cost-effective solution to resolving power deficits while managing municipal waste, from garbage collection to the treatment and ultimate conversion of the waste to low-emission, renewable electricity and useful byproducts, such as recycled metals and building materials.
Jim Chu is the Founder & CEO at Untapped Global.
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Investment focus
- Solar, Water, Energy
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United States, Uganda, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- OnePipe — OnePipe aggregates APIs from banks and fintechs into a standardized gateway that is easy to integrate and makes partnerships seamless.
- dloHaiti — dloHaiti is a Market Based Solution for Clean Water in Haiti. Sustainable and impactful, it provides clean drinking water to underserved areas of Haiti, areas where access to clean, safe drinking water is unreliable, expensive, or simply unavailable.
- Onelamp Uganda — Distributing solar fishing lanterns and solar lights in Uganda.
Sarah Dusek is the Managing General Partner of Enygma Ventures. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of Under Canvas; the leading US adventure-hospitality company offering luxurious glamping accommodations just minutes from America’s most popular and iconic national parks.In 2017, under Sarah’s leadership Under Canvas received a spot on thecoveted Inc. 5000 list and Sarah was named to the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women list from Ernst & Young. Under Canvas has set an unprecedented new standard in ecological development while also redefining experiential hospitality in a meaningful way.She graduated from The University of Manchester and the University of Exeter.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Solar, Energy
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- South Africa, Uganda, Zambia
Portfolio highlights
- Koa Academy — Koa Academy is on the cutting edge of online schooling in South Africa! We offer small classes, quality educators, and individualized, engaged online learning.
- Onelamp Uganda — Distributing solar fishing lanterns and solar lights in Uganda.
- Startup Circles.ai — Learn to to build and grow your business fast. Practical business school - by practitioners, experienced entrepreneurs, and investors. Join the movement of game changers in Africa.
Co-Founder of Global Advisors & CoinShares. Previously JP Morgan, Salomon Brothers & Shell International
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Investment focus
- IaaS, Mining, Bitcoin
- Seed
- Kenya, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Mintgreen — MintGreen specializes in heat recovery from Bitcoin mining. Our proprietary Digital Boilers heat communities sustainably.
- UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.
Serial FinTech entrepreneur, Markus Ament, or Maex as he is known, has led many companies from early-stage startups to global leaders, loved by thousands worldwide.
He is currently CEO and co-founder at Centrifuge with the mission to create an operating system for global commerce, in order to fundamentally change how businesses transact andcollaborate.
Maex is co-founder and member of the board of Taulia and has transformed the company from an idea in 2009 to the market leading Financial Supply Chain company, connecting businesses to create a more efficient and profitable supply chain. With an enviable list of the of Fortune 500 clients and over 300 employees, Taulia has quickly become the recognized leader in the financial supply chain.
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Investment focus
- Software, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, United Kingdom, India
Portfolio highlights
- Anytype — for those who celebrate trust & autonomy.
- Kubik — Kubik makes low-carbon buildings from plastic waste. Bringing environmental dignity to how countries grow.
- Anything World — Anything World is a platform that allows you to play with any object you can imagine using the power of your voice.
Echukwudi Daniel
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Investment focus
- Drones, Energy, Delivery
- Angel
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Arone — Arone pioneers technology that makes the world work more efficiently. In the air, Arone’s infrastructure enables hospitals access essential supplies on-demand for their patients. We also provide this infrastructure to logistics companies to enable a faster courier service for their customers. This infrastructure includes drones, dronedelivery stations (Avports), drone operators and license. For government institutions and organisations, Arone manufactures state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) saving lives and costs. For consumer electronics, Arone’s technology powers homes, offices and shops ensuring millions of people have access to electricity to live better lives.
Ugochukwu Aronu is the Co-Founder And CEO of Xend.
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Investment focus
- Drones, Energy, Delivery
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Arone — Arone pioneers technology that makes the world work more efficiently. In the air, Arone’s infrastructure enables hospitals access essential supplies on-demand for their patients. We also provide this infrastructure to logistics companies to enable a faster courier service for their customers. This infrastructure includes drones, dronedelivery stations (Avports), drone operators and license. For government institutions and organisations, Arone manufactures state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) saving lives and costs. For consumer electronics, Arone’s technology powers homes, offices and shops ensuring millions of people have access to electricity to live better lives.
Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.
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Investment focus
- SNS, Internet, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Japan, Nigeria, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- NodeFlair — NodeFlair aims to help tech talents make better career decisions through jobs, salaries, reviews, company insights, and more
- AGRI SMILE — AGRI SMILE is a platform that focuses on sharing agricultural technology.
- Rensource Energy — Rensource develops, finances, and manages critical energy infrastructure for African enterprises with the objective of powering Africa's economy
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