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Our pan-African, sector-agnostic portfolio comprises the continent's next giants. We back visionary founders as they shape Africa’s future.
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Portfolio companies

1250+

Jobs created by portfolio

$55M+

Follow-on funding raised by our companies

16

African countries where we have invested

Featured Companies

Triply

Peter and Collins building the operating system and finance stack for Africa’s 26 million tourism SMEs

Sidebrief

Eunice, Usman and Abdul helping African businesses scale across borders through seamless legals, banking and company infrastructure

Messenger

Amanda and Essien bringing the last-mile online for delivery companies and customers across Nigeria

Alerzo

Adewale bringing Nigeria’s informal retail sector online through logistics, warehousing, payments and finance

Terminal

Nnamdi and Udi connecting Africa to the world through seamless, full-stack logistics

Mudupay

Ousmane bringing payments and remittances in Francophone Africa online for consumers and small businesses

Portfolio

Adafri

Abdou and Ibrahima making it easier for SMEs in Senegal to bring their businesses online

Senegal

B2B SaaS

Aktivate

Aktivate, co-founded by Akinbola and Olumide, is the all-in-one platform for brands to discover, collaborate with, and pay African influencers.

Nigeria

MarTech

Alal

Serigne and El Hadji building the infrastructure needed to make financial services smoother for SMEs in Senegal

Senegal

Financial Services

Alerzo

Adewale bringing Nigeria’s informal retail sector online through logistics, warehousing, payments and finance

Nigeria

Logistics

AnalyticaBI

Ahmed, Mahmoud and Park building next generation business intelligence tools for SMEs in Egypt

Egypt

B2B SaaS

BeBlocky

Nathan, Nola and Fres inspiring the next generation of coders in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

EdTech

BrandDrive

Ndu building the go-to-market, payments and accounting stack for SMEs in Africa

Nigeria

B2B SaaS

Bunce

Paul, Justus and Damilola helping SaaS companies scale faster by reducing involuntary churn

Nigeria

B2B SaaS

Buyam

Buyam, led by Churchill Mambe Nanje, is the eCommerce platform enabling effortless product search, price comparison, and direct bargaining with local stores in Cameroon.

Cameroon

E-Commerce and Retail

Colis.ma

Issam building a new logistics and parcel delivery stack for Moroccan SMEs

Morocco

Logistics

Community Wolf

Nick and Michael bringing the entire private security stack online.

South Africa

AI

ConDigital

Abel, Amon and Eyoel digitising Ethiopia’s construction industry

Ethiopia

Construction

CreditChek

Kingsley and Lionel building borderless credit scores for the world.

Nigeria

Financial Services

DohYangu

Dominic, George and Rogers bringing insight and intelligence to East Africa’s multi-billion dollar retail industry

Kenya

Retail

Dr CADx

Tatenda and Gift empowering radiologists in Zimbabwe through AI

Zimbabwe

Healthcare

Drugstore.ng

Omoyeni, Yemi and Demilola optimising the pharmacy value chain in Nigeria

Nigeria

Healthcare

EazyChain

Wilfried making cross-border air, sea and land freight in Togo seamless for SMEs

Togo

Logistics

Edusko

Jide and Bukola building Africa’s largest education marketplace

Nigeria

EdTech

Emaisha Pay

Sserubiri and Peter building a neo-bank for African agribusinesses

Uganda

Financial Services

EnvoyX

Loubao Kraka's EnvoyX is the payment processing platform helping healthcare providers in Côte d'Ivoire get paid by insurers faster.

Côte D'Ivoire

Financial Services

ePoultry

Anthony and Goodness bringing Nigeria’s $6.5bn poultry industry online

Nigeria

Logistics

FX Kudi

Abioye, Afeez and Kevin connecting West Africa to the world through seamless cross-border transactions

Ghana

Financial Services

Glade

Liyi and Ango building Nigeria's first Digital Bank for businesses

Nigeria

Financial Services

Hadi Finance

Saeed and Bidemi embedding trade finance into Nigeria’s informal economy

Nigeria

Financial Services

Hub IQ

Evan, George and Patrick making fulfilment and warehousing seamless for African SMEs

Kenya

Logistics

iFunza

iFunza, founded by Martin Kariithi, is the education financing platform making schooling affordable for Kenyans.

Kenya

EdTech

Iwomi

Collins building AI driven compliance for banks in emerging markets.

Cameroon

Financial Services

Kakbima

Sam and Bertrand building the operating system for Africa’s insurance industry

Kenya

Insurance

Kawu

Steven and Gerald building financial services for the next generation of consumers in Uganda

Uganda

Financial Services

Lemon

Kabelo, Dale and Hlumelo building South Africa’s first full-stack B2B market place for industrial supplies

South Africa

Logistics

Lemonade Payments

Co-founded by Andrew and Mark, Lemonade Payments is a privacy-first digital payments platform that handles everything from secure money transfers to invoicing and reporting for SMEs.

Kenya

Financial Services

Lendha

Tunji and Peter disrupting Nigeria’s multi-billion dollar SME credit space

Nigeria

Financial Services

Local Knowledge

Nick and Keegan using technology to change the way the world travels (acquired by Neighbourgood in November 2023)

South Africa

Travel Tech

Mangwee

Inonge, Kampamba and Aston driving financial inclusion across Zambia (acquired by Zeepay in April 2021)

Zambia

Financial Services

Medikea

Desirè and Elvis building a digital primary healthcare system for Tanzanian consumers

Tanzania

Healthcare

Messenger

Amanda and Essien bringing the last-mile online for delivery companies and customers across Nigeria

Nigeria

Logistics

MightyFin

Vwanganji building a full-stack lending platform for Zambian SMEs

Zambia

Financial Services

Mudupay

Ousmane bringing payments and remittances in Francophone Africa online for consumers and small businesses

Guinea

Financial Services

Opus

Somaya, Basil and Sherif redefining HR analytics for corporates and SMEs in Egypt, MENA and beyond

Egypt

HR Tech

Oval Interactive

Silas, Folabi and Oje inspiring new audiences in emerging markets through next-generation video technology

Nigeria

B2B SaaS

Pavelon

Gerard building the full technology stack for running consumer finance programmes in Ghana

Ghana

Financial Services

Peer Carbon

Peer Carbon, co-founded by Raymond and Glenn, is the climate finance platform unlocking affordable green finance for Kenyan SMEs

Kenya

ClimateTech

Pennysmart

Joshua and Yao building Ghana's first digital bank (acquired by Flutterwave in June 2020)

Ghana

Financial Services

PocketDoc

Imad helping doctors perform accurate diagnoses in Morocco and across Francophone Africa

Morocco

Healthcare

PocketFood

Omolara and Bunmi automating healthy food for consumers and businesses across Nigeria

Nigeria

FoodTech

Powerfull

Ifeanyi and Mayowa embedding finance into Africa’s solar asset economy

Nigeria

Financial Services

Primed E-Health

Esther and Dr Are bringing Nigeria’s public healthcare system online

Nigeria

Healthcare

Rafiki

Co-founded by Greg Cooke and Nick Boswell, Rafiki is the talent platform that helps global companies build fractional teams with Africa's top freelancers.

South Africa

HR Tech

Regulon

Yao, Kwaku and Timi making it seamless for Fintechs in Africa to onboard businesses.

Ghana

KYC

Rentscore

RentScore, co-founded by Christabel and David, helps Kenyan tenants turn rent payments into homeownership at a cost similar to renting.

Kenya

Property Finance

Rippledesk

Lovell and Theophilus building the business phone and messaging platform for teams

Ghana

Communication

Scandium

Abdulazeez and Sodeeq saving the world from buggy apps through faster, automated testing

Nigeria

Technology

Shago Payments

Sabastine, Linda and Adeniyi making payments seamless for SMEs across Nigeria (acquired by Alerzo in October 2021)

Nigeria

Financial Services

Shemach

Dawit and Yihunsew modernising informal retail in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Logistics

Sidebrief

Eunice, Usman and Abdul helping African businesses scale across borders through seamless legals, banking and company infrastructure

Nigeria

Legal Tech

Swahilies

John, Kelvin and Mohamed building the financial operating system for Tanzanian SMEs

Tanzania

Financial Services

Swyft

Swyft, founded by Franck Batchadji, is the logistics software powering trackable, door-to-door delivery in Cameroon.

Cameroon

Logistics

Terminal

Nnamdi and Udi connecting Africa to the world through seamless, full-stack logistics

Nigeria

Logistics

Thola

Nneile making global B2B agricultural trading seamless

South Africa

B2B SaaS

Tradevu

Nkiru creating holistic solutions for procurement management in Africa.

Nigeria

B2B SaaS

Triply

Peter and Collins building the operating system and finance stack for Africa’s 26 million tourism SMEs

Kenya

Travel Tech

Twende

Kiptoo and Arlene using technology to empower mobility and logistics in Kenya

Kenya

Logistics

Vove ID

Founded by Khalid, Tarik, and Youssef, Vove ID is KYC software that offers secure, reusable identity verification. Like Apple Pay, for KYC.

Morocco

KYC

Vutia

Milka and Carrilus bringing East Africa’s cosmetics, beauty and personal care industry online

Kenya

Logistics

Workskuad

Jimmy democratising the way companies hire, screen and pay top techies

Nigeria

HR Tech