Top 35 Sustainability Startup Investors in Nigeria in January 2026

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• Rivy — Access flexible financing for solar energy projects with Rivy. Power homes, businesses, and communities with clean, affordable energy.
• Salpha Energy — We're a solar energy company driving Africa's clean energy future through innovative, technology-led solutions.
• Arnergy — Arnergy is a trusted solar energy company that provides clean, reliable, and affordable solar power solutions for homes and businesses, helping you save money while enjoying uninterrupted energy.

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• Andela — Unlock the power of global tech talent with Andela. Hire experienced professionals quickly and cost-effectively. Build your team from our robust network of skilled specialists spanning 175 countries. Our AI-powered platform ensures a 96% talent match success rate. Get started now and hire with confidence.
• Flowcart — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
• Cutstruct — Cutstruct is your one source for bulk construction materials purchase. Get the best prices for cement, steel, granite, sharp sand wood, and more.

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• OmniRetail — Get visibility of complete value chain and optimize processes end to end with our network of networks platform.
• Wave Mobile Money — Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money. Wave Mobile Money is on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where less than 10% of the population has a bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, andaccepted everywhere! It is building life-changing financial infrastructure. When mobile money succeeded in Kenya, it lifted about a million people out of poverty. And yet, over 10 years later, most Africans still lack access to affordable ways to save, transfer or borrow the money they need to build businesses or provide for their families. Wave is solving this problem by using technology to build a radically inclusive and extremely affordable financial network.
• Arnergy — Arnergy is a trusted solar energy company that provides clean, reliable, and affordable solar power solutions for homes and businesses, helping you save money while enjoying uninterrupted energy.

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• Salus Cloud — Salus Cloud is an AI-native platform for engineers to develop and manage security.
• Nucleon Security — Nucleon Security is a cybersecurity software company that develops advanced, AI-powered endpoint protection solutions based on Zero Trust principles. Our mission is to help organizations of all sizes detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats in real time—without compromising performance, usability, or sovereignty.At the core of our offeringis Nucleon EDR, a next-generation Endpoint Detection & Response platform designed to provide deep visibility, proactive defense, and automated response capabilities. Complemented by our MDR (Managed Detection & Response) services and Malprob, our malware detonation sandbox, we deliver a comprehensive security stack that adapts to evolving threat landscapes.Headquartered in France with operations across Europe and Africa, Nucleon Security partners with critical infrastructure, governments, and enterprises to strengthen their cyber resilience and accelerate secure digital transformation.
• ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.

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• Mobisol — We transform lives through solar energy access. Our solar home systems and mini-grids benefit millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• TPL Insurance — TPL Insurance is a Pakistan's first direct insurance company that take care of all insurance related matters.
• Cassava Technologies — Cassava Technologies is an innovative technology company encompassing fiber networks, data centers, renewable energy, cloud & cybersecurity.

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• 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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• 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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• Thunes — bn Mobile and Stablecoin Wallets, Bank Accounts and Cards 0 Countries 0 Fiat and Stablecoin Currencies 0 Payment Methods 0 + Licences Unlock superior cross-border payments. Connect to our network and enable your customers to send instant payments to 120 mobile wallet brands and 3 billion mobile wallet accounts worldwide. Pay-to-Banks Enable reliable real-time payments
• Pave Bank — The world's first multi-asset and programmable bank
• Galatea Bio — Galatea Bio, a US-based biotechnology company was founder by Carlos Bustamante, Nicholas Katsanis and Alexander Ioannidis. Our mission is to drive groundbreaking discoveries in healthcare by pairing genetic diversity with cutting-edge data analytics. Our passion is fueled by a focus on populations historically underrepresented in genetics research.We achieve this by leveraging our world-class clinical network and biobank, cutting-edge algorithms, and innovative analyses to discover and validate new tests, treatments, and cures that will improve the lives of all.

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• 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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• Roam — The Standard for Electric Mobility in Africa.
• Ferntech — Take control of your decentralized power system with Odyssey's FernTech software and hardware. Get real-time insights and automate operations with our reliable data collection, system automation, and range of controllers and IoT gateways. Explore the FernTech product suite and see how it works in action. Contact us to learn more.
• 60Hertz Energy — Unify asset management with asset monitoring, enhance scheduling, and facile communication. Book a Demo Now!

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• WeLight — WeLight deploys sustainable and accessible solutions to accelerate energy inclusion in rural areas of Africa.
• Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
• Amped Innovation — At Amped Innovation, we design breakthrough products for people living on less than four dollars per day. Our first product, the Blossom, is a solar home power system which is the lowest-cost and highest-performance product in its class, at one third the price and twice the power handling of competing systems. We built the Blossom with asoftware-enabled Pay-As-You-Go interface, which allows customers to purchase it in payment installments that are equivalent to what they currently spend on kerosene, while providing much more light, cell-phone charging, and ability to run appliances like televisions and sewing machines.

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• IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
• Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
• ForCreators — ForCreators is a company operating the virtual talent agency ‘NEXAS', with the goal of globalizing Japan's world-class culture such as anime and VTubers.

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• Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
• Bujeti — Bujeti is the finance control centre for African businesses. Manage expenses, automate payments, and issue corporate cards for total control and visibility.
• Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans

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• Oolu — Oolu is the fastest growing off-grid solar company West Africa. Our Vision is to be the leading energy and financial service provider to millions of customers in the developing world.Our model, developed with local communities, allows us to reach off-grid households in rural villages offering them modern energy access. With a monthly paymentmodel reducing barriers to access, as well as maintenance, parts and battery replacements included in our service, we save our clients money and assure them a continuous, dependable source of energy. In Wolof, a national language of Senegal, Oolu means ‘trust’. By building trust with the communities in which we work, we can grow together.
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• Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.

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• Altech Group — Altech Group aims at expanding access to clean, renewable, and affordable energy both for poor-grid and off-grid households.
• Loom Solar Private Limited — Buy solar panel, battery and inverter for home, business, agriculture, DIY projects, and more. from 10 watts -100kW from Loom Solar - India's No. 1 solar company. Choose from solar panels, inverters, lithium batteries, charge controllers to solar installation kit. We provide solar finance for rooftop solar installation
• Insolation Energy — Insolation Energy is one of the top solar panel manufacturers in India, delivering efficient solar solutions. As a trusted solar power company in India, we are committed to providing clean, sustainable, and affordable electricity for all.

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• iProcure — iProcure is a Nairobi-based start-up working to optimize the agriculture input supply chain in rural Kenya. iProcure’s web and mobile technology solution improves agriculture retailers’ operations. It lets them manage ordering based on inventory, point of sale activities, and client profiles along with geo-located purchasing patterns, real-timeagent performance and transaction analysis, and built-in mobile payments. As a result, retailers can better predict demand with business intelligence data, improve inventory management, and streamline distribution efficiency.
• Trackbit — Trackbit is a cryptocurrency exchange platform.
• Lapaire — Discover a wide range of high-quality & affordable eyeglasses at Lapaire Glasses. Book a free vision test with our professional optometrists to help you find your perfect pair of glasses to enhance your vision and style. Shops in 7 african countries: Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya and Uganda.

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• Laborhack — LaborHack offers a select network of tested and certified carpenters, plumbers, electricians, masons, welders, and other tradespeople. It provides cleaning, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC services.
• Trade Lenda — Trade Lenda: Access to Loans, Investments, Utility Payments, Credit Access, Insurance, and More! Unlock Opportunities to Earn, Invest, and Grow. Secure Personal or Business Loans Toda
• Feather Africa — Feather Africa provides money transaction services, such as enabling users to send and receive money from anyone using the application. It offers withdrawals of cash without ATM cards by sending money to the nearest cash vendors.

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• Paps — Paps is a transport and logistics company that offers innovative distribution and delivery solutions to companies and merchants.The company's e-commerce platform helps companies and traders with scheduling and tracking deliveries on a real-time basis. It offers the distribution of documents and parcels, storage of goods in a secure warehousethat meets standards, and delivery of insured parcels in relay point or last mile. It also provides professional services such as management and repayment of cash on delivery, provision of couriers, management of returns, collection, and periodic reporting.The Dakar, Dakar, Senegal-based company was founded in 2016
• TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
• Termii — Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

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• Side — Side is an e-commerce distribution channel that leverages the power of “community” or “group buying” to provide goods to end customers more cheaply.
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• Powerstove Energy — Powerstove Energy, which uses advanced technology to deliver a superior smokeless, IoT-enabled cookstove that generates electricity.

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• Kredete — Kredete is a digital lending platform that provides free credit scores and reports to underserved individuals and small businesses in Africa to help them gain access to formal credit and improve their financial health. The platform connects borrowers with lenders and enterprises in Africa and is designed to simplify the lending process and makecredit more accessible by leveraging cutting-edge technology. Kredete offers a user-friendly platform that guides borrowers, lenders, and enterprises through the process of offering loans, making it simple for them to provide the right loan products for their needs.One of the key features of Kredete is its instant approval process, which is made possible by advanced algorithms and artificial intelligence. The platform offers flexible lending options by partnering with a variety of lenders and enterprises, enabling borrowers to choose the best option for their specific situation.Kredete is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all users' personal and financial information. It uses robust encryption and security measures to ensure that sensitive data remains safe and secure. Additionally, the platform maintains transparency throughout the loan process, providing lenders, enterprises, and borrowers with clear information about loan terms and associated fees.Kredete believes in empowering its users with the knowledge and resources they need to make informed financial decisions. To this end, the platform offers financial education, tools, and resources to help users better understand and manage their finances. Kredete also works closely with businesses and institutions to provide tailored financial solutions for their unique needs.Through its focus on accessibility, convenience, and transparency, Kredete is transforming the lending landscape in Africa and helping to bridge the financial inclusion gap. The platform remains dedicated to its mission of empowering lenders, enterprises, and borrowers across the continent to access the funds they need to achieve their financial goals.
• auxmoney — Auxmoney is an online peer-to-peer loan marketplace created to offer a means of exchange between people. Its lending platform enables private consumers to borrow from private investors for personal loans, thereby providing borrowers a bank free borrowing system and a return on investment for lenders.
• Digitail — Grow your practice, offer a modern client experience, and automate routine practice tasks with the proven all-in-one veterinary software.

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• 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.
• Shamba Pride — Revolutionizing Rural Agriculture Trade Ecosystem for Africa Farmers Traditional farming methods across Africa often depend on synthetic inputs, degrading so...
• Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.

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• ArabyAds — ArabyAds offers a suite of enterprise-level B2B ecommerce automation platforms that deliver the most promising, responsive and performance-oriented digital advertising technologies.
• Aerobotics — Powerful insights for precision growing and crop insurance
• RAYNAL Assurances — RAYNAL Assurances operates as an insurance company. RAYNAL Assurances underwrites a large range of non-life insurance risks associated to automotive, health, accident, fire, transport, and other multi-risks, addressing a clientele composed of both corporate and retail customers.

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• Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
• 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.
• 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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• Escotel — Escotel is an energy services company currently focused on Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Escotel provides energy services to mobile tower owners and operators, owning and operating decentralized renewable energy infrastructure across Africa
• d.light — Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com.
• Red Rocket South Africa — Red Rocket is a renewable energy integrated power plant (IPP) that designs, develops, and distributes clean energy.

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• Energy Link — Energy Link delivers crude evacuation services through our dedicated pipeline system anchored on OML18. Provide infrastructure for efficient and long-term crude storage and evacuation.

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• 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.
• Bitmama — Bitmama is the best cryptocurrency trading platform that lets you buy, sell Bitcoin, ETH, Celo, USDT, XRP, and more. Available in Nigeria & over 100 countries.
• HomecomingEx — Homecoming Revolution is a pan-African recruitment firm for global African professionals. We specialise in headhunting & placing global African talent.

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• ACCIONA — At ACCIONA we offer sustainable solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the planet, such as global warming, energy needs and water shortages
• SeA Bank — SeA Bank is a banking institution that provides services like preferential loans, tax service, online transaction solutions and more.
• Alya — FinTech providing instalments & payment solutions in Africa

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• LuxWall — LuxWall is accelerating the global transition to net zero by upgrading windows and glass into transparent insulation for buildings.
• RedoxBlox — RedoxBlox offers thermochemical energy storage technology for natural gas power plant operators. It helps power plant operators drastically reduce carbon and nitrogen oxides emissions, its solution integrates with the existing natural gas power plant infrastructure, minimizes impact on plant total capital costs, increases grid resiliency andsafety, and is recyclable, non-toxic, and non-combustible, enabling industries with renewables grid through the deployment of large-scale long-duration energy storage.The company was founded in 2020 and is based in East Lansing, Michigan.
• Pacific Fusion — Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy.

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• SunFi — SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans.

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• Wami Agro — Revolutionizing agriculture with cutting-edge digital solutions and sustainable practices.
• 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.
• BioMassters — Biomassers aim to replace charcoal production and charcoal cooking by providing modern, affordable, and low-carbon pellet fuel production and cooking solutions based on locally produced fuel from waste materials.

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• Credpal — Buy now, pay later. Split in 6.
• Encore Pay — Encore Pay is a UAE-based FinTech and Payment solutions provider.
• MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.

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• Infibranches Technologies — Infibranches Technologies provides digital payment services to solar energy providers.

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• EcoNetix — EcoNetix provides a comprehensive solution for ensuring accurate and transparent data while actively contributing to the development of a greener planet and the fulfillment of UNIDO's Sustainable Development Goals.
• Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
• Circadian Technologies GmbH — AI-driven VPP unlocking revenue for telecom towers.

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• Gamic — Gamic is a decentralized community app designed for the crypto community. With Gamic, you can connect with like-minded individuals and stay up-to-date on the latest trends in blockchain, NFTs, AI and cryptocurrency. Gamic is powered by Web3 technology, ensuring a secure and decentralized experience for all users. Plus, with our Airdrop feature, you can easily reward members of your community with crypto tokens. Join the Gamic community today and be a part of the future of social networking!

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• SunFi — SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans.
• Zenitech — A strategic technology partner, designing and implementing creative technologies that transform businesses. Find out how we can transform your business now
• Man Crates — Looking for the perfect gift for your guy? Manly gifts packed in wooden crates that you open with the included crowbar. Real gifts for real men. Shop now!