African startups

• Koinz

  Customer engagement platform for restaurants

  Egypt

• Kokens

  Kitchen as a Service platform transforming online recipes into cool menus that can be ordered and delivered.

  Egypt

• Koko Networks

  Replaces demand for charcoal with bioethanol cooking fuel distributed through a network of KOKO Fuel ATMs located in thousands of corner stores across urban Kenya.

  Kenya

• Kokoberna

  Heritage brand and e-commerce platform converging skincare, health, beauty, nutrition, and wellness

  Nigeria

• Kola Market

  Full-stack platform providing sales-as-a service, smart inventory and product financing to SMEs through data science methods(ML).

  Ghana

• Komari

  Alcohol manufacturing company

  Ethiopia

• Komaza

  Tech-enabled, sustainable forestry company

  Kenya

• Kombo King

  South African kitchen equipment supplier that offers ventless fryer technology to the fried food niche market

  South Africa

• Konexa

  Integrated energy development and investment platform

  Nigeria

• Konnect Networks

  Provides their customers with a variety of intuitive and easy-to-implement online payment methods

  Tunisia

• Konta

  Saas invoice-to-pay automation platform running on artificial intelligence technology

  Morocco

• Koolboks

  Technology-enabled renewable energy refrigeration company that provides cost-effective cooling services to business owners, in off-grid areas in Nigeria and globally.

  Nigeria

• Koolskools

  Collaborative educational platform that responds to pedagogical problems with the digitization of various processes

  Morocco

• Kopagas

  LPG distribution company with proprietary PAYGO GSM-enabled smart meter for LPG cylinders

  Tanzania

• Kopo Kopo

  Makes it simple for businesses to accept digital payments while providing access to credit and other business tools.

  Kenya

• Koree

  Allows customers to save spare cash (change) on their cards

  Cameroon

• Kosa AI

  Auditing software that helps enterprises build more responsible AI

  Kenya

• Kosmotive

  Produces affordable, reusable menstrual pads and delivers menstrual health education, empowering women and girls in Rwanda while reducing single-use waste and promoting gender equality.

  Rwanda

• Kotani Pay

  Technology stack that enables blockchain protocols, dapps, and blockchain fintech companies to integrate seamlessly to local payment channels

  Kenya

• Koto.ci

  Digital platform in Côte d’Ivoire that specializes in providing price references and information for new vehicles.

  Cote d'Ivoire

• Kouncel

  Online legal education platform to bring modern learning to lawyers and enterprises in the MENA Region

  Egypt

• Kredete

  Streamlining the process of obtaining credit, financial management and future planning for your benefits.

  Nigeria

• Kredi Bank

  Bespoke digital banking solution that seeks to be the one-stop shop for all financial needs.

  Nigeria

• Kredit

  Lending company designed to cater to the financing needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt

  Egypt

• Kubik

  Has developed a technology that recycles plastic waste into a variety of low-carbon and low-cost building materials

  Kenya

• Kuchera

  Augmented intelligence and optimization platform for the mining industry

  South Africa

• Kuda

  Digital-only retail bank

  Nigeria

• Kudigo

  Holistic retail management solution for small business owners

  Ghana

• Kudoti

  Empowers a network of recycling stakeholders to buy and sell recovered waste resources and creates opportunities in the informal waste sector.

  South Africa

• Kukua

  Education entertainment company building a pan-African children’s franchise around Super Sema, Africa’s first animated child heroine.

  Kenya

• Kumulus

  Provides drinking water in an economical and sustainable way by designing, selling, and operating machines that create drinking water from air

  Tunisia

• Kunda Kids

  Children's publishing and media studio providing diverse children's books, animations and digital learning resources.

  Nigeria

• Kune

  Produces quality take-away meals at an affordable price and distribute them to individuals, retails, and corporate.

  Kenya

• Kunfabo

  Brand of quality African Smartphone with purely African applications to support the African consumer in their daily life.

  Guinea

• Kupatana

  Online and mobile web based classifieds platform that offer a flexible and efficient market place for buyers and sellers to meet.

  Tanzania

• Kurasa Africa

  Enhances the teaching and learning experience in K-12 education through tools that enable the delivery of competency-based education.

  Kenya

• Kuronga

  Uses machine vision and deep learning to help farmers grade their produce so they can target the right quality to the right buyer.

  South Africa

• Kusini Water

  Cleantech enterprise that makes mobile, solar-powered water purification systems for the local communities and corporates

  South Africa

• Kutana Pay

  Makes it easy for UK exporters to get paid and for African SMEs to send money globally with instant settlements, escrow protection, and multi-currency wallets

  Ghana

• Kuunda

  Data and agent liquidity tools for MNOs and mobile money agents

  South Africa

• Kuza One

  Digitized agricultural practices, climate smart technologies, regenerative agriculture practices for food crops, horticulture crops and livestock.

  Kenya

• Kuze.ai

  AI-enabled platform that provides learners with personalized learning experiences through its precision education infrastructure, particularly in underserved areas.

  Kenya

• Kuzlo

  B2B marketplace that connects FMCG small retailers with wholesalers available in their area providing full transparency on product availability and prices.

  Egypt

• Kwaba

  Makes home financing easy by enabling savings via convenient monthly instalments and instant loan provision.

  Nigeria

• Kwangu Kwako

  Provides design, manufacturing and construction of precast modular building systems

  Kenya

• Kwanza Tukule

  Last-mile distribution business that supplies informal food vendors with staple foods to cook meals for their customers

  Kenya

• Kwara

  Omnichannel banking solution for savings and credit cooperatives

  Kenya

• Kwely

  B2B wholesale distribution platform for Made-in-Africa products

  Senegal