African startups

• Dopay

  Platform enables businesses of any size to open personal accounts for their employees, contractors, and other beneficiaries in seconds

  Egypt

• DOT Glasses

  Created customized eyeglasses to even the most remote corners of the world.

  Kenya

• DotPay

  Mobile-first AI-led banking solution that allows users to withdraw/save money, transfer funds, pay bills, and access insurance as well as credit.

  Nigeria

• Downforce Technologies

  Specializes in remote sensing software for soil health assessment and tools for carbon projects and farm emissions data collection.

  Africa

• Doxx

  Connects medical professionals and institutional healthcare providers including pharmacies, labs, scans, and insurance companies

  Egypt

• DPO Group

  Solutions to enable cross-border money transfers

  Kenya

• Dreevo

  Last mile delivery solutions and services

  Egypt

• Dresscode

  Lifestyle and fashion e-commerce retail service

  Egypt

• Drest.tn

  Specializing in online sales of lifestyle products

  Tunisia

• Drive to Own

  System of providing people purchasing private cars with prepaid cards for making payments for insurance, maintenance services, fuel, and other items, and granting miles according to their prepaid amount.

  South Africa

• Drive45

  Offers a unique subscription model that allows individuals and businesses to access both brand-new and pre-owned vehicles without the financial burden of purchasing outright.

  Nigeria

• DriveMe

  Driver sourcing, driver verification, and driver pairing for vehicle owners and fleet operators.

  Nigeria

• Drop Access

  Manufacture a portable solarpowered cool box for the delivery of vaccines and medical supplies in rural areas in Africa

  Kenya

• Droppa

  On-demand logistics service that makes it convenient and safer to transport parcels, goods and furniture by using a mobile app and an interactive booking system.

  South Africa

• Drugstoc

  e-health drug procurement platform

  Nigeria

• Dsquares

  Loyalty program management solution

  Egypt

• Duck

  Offers real-time market data for consumer brands

  Kenya

• Duhqa

  Enables retailers to connect with manufacturers and other supplies sources, locally & internationally.

  Kenya

• Dukapepe

  Tech-enabled mobile applications that digitize the distribution of Fast Moving Household Goods (FMHG) in Africa With a single tap on the mobile apps

  Kenya

• Dunia Payment

  Cryptocurrency-based mobile wallet that lets its users send and receive money, pay in stores with a simple QR Code, save in-app

  Burkina Faso

• Duniya Healthcare

  Specializes in using technology to streamline the distribution of medicines across Africa.

  Zambia

• Duplo

  Allows distributors to create unique virtual accounts for retailers and agents to make real-time payments or bank transfers, while the platform helps to reconcile their books automatically

  Nigeria

• DXwand

  Conversational AI tool to automate and extract insights from conversations in Arabic dialects

  Egypt

• E-Safiri

  Provides affordable and environmentally friendly fuel alternative, championing the adoption of electric mobility.

  Kenya

• E-stores Factory

  Web platform that helps rent and manage e-shops for enterprises seeking to sell online

  Tunisia

• E4

  Offers custom, innovative solutions and services such as software development and business automation.

  South Africa

• Ear1

  Platform aimed at incentivising access to professionals and influencers

  Ghana

• Earnipay

  Provides employees with financial tools to enable them to make better financial decisions and achieve financial freedom

  Nigeria

• Earthbond

  Climate resilience assets financing for SMEs starting with solar energy access financing

  Nigeria

• East Africa Fruits Co

  Provides a stable, fair market for horticulture crops by aggregating supply and demand and improving cold chain distribution and warehousing infrastructure that reduces post-harvest loss and increases availability and quality of produce in local markets

  Tanzania

• East African Smart Villages and Rural Mobility

  IOT-enabled, solar powered, light electric vehicle cold chain fleet to enhance market access for produce

  Kenya

• Easy Matatu

  Platform that connects commuters in Africa to safer, more reliable and cleaner transportation.

  Uganda

• Easy Solar

  Providers of solar-powered devices on rent-to-own financing staructure

  Sierra Leone

• EasyBank

  Facilitates access to loans and various banking services.

  Tunisia

• EasyCash

  Provides payment services for individuals, merchants, and businesses.

  Egypt

• Eato

  AI-powered digital marketplace that connects African food entrepreneurs—chefs, processors, small businesses, and informal traders—with global consumers, markets, and financing opportunities.

  Ghana

• Eazipay

  Payroll and bookkeeping for startups

  Nigeria

• eBanqo

  Omnichannel AI-powered solution for customer service

  Nigeria

• Ebikes4Africa (ex Suncycles)

  Provides solar-powered e-bikes that are adapted to local conditions.

  Namibia

• eClat

  Specializes in assisting healthcare service providers in planning, designing and operating their unique practices through the deployment of its bespoke healthcare technology platform.

  Nigeria

• Eco Brixs

  Converts plastic waste into construction materials and furniture

  Uganda

• Ecobodaa

  Rent-to-own electric powered motorcycles based model for environmentally-friendly means of transportation for commuters in African cities

  Kenya

• EcoCoCo Homecare

  Spearheads the development of EcoCoco, a range of multi-purpose everyday home care products (scouring pads scrubbing brushes and brooms) made from compostable natural coconut fibre.

  Kenya

• Ecodudu

  Produces organic fertilizers and highly nutritious inputs for animal feed by leveraging nature's recycling agent, the mighty Black Soldier Flies whose larvae convert organic waste into nutritious high-protein-dense animal feed.

  Kenya

• Ecomak

  Transforms plastic waste into low-carbon construction materials that are cheaper and faster to build with than cement

  Uganda

• Ecowaka

  Provides infrastructure, efficient electric vehicles and flexible payment options to acquire three-wheelers (E3Ws) paired with efficient battery swapping services.

  Nigeria

• Ecozen

  Thermal energy storage platform for off-grid solar freezers in Africa

  Nigeria

• Ed Partners Africa

  Non-Banking Financial Institution that transforms the education sector through providing financial solutions to private schools

  Kenya