African startups

• Odiggo

  Digital marketplace for automotive spare parts

  Egypt

• Odyssey Energy Solutions

  Connects solar developers, OEMs, financiers, and governments on a single platform that streamlines the entire project lifecycle—from procuring Tier-1 equipment with flexible payment terms to program delivery with embedded AI and real-time portfolio insights.

  Africa

• Offerzen

  Marketplace for companies to hire software developers

  South Africa

• Offgrid Finance

  Specializes in financing loans to SMEs to afford clean and more efficient technologies

  Kenya

• Ofgen

  Solar energy company that designs, suppliers and installs solar PV and thermal products for domestic and commercial markets.

  Kenya

• OjirehPrime

  Digital bank that offers more transparent and customer focused banking services with access to loans, innovative savings product and free credit card delivered to your doorstep.

  Nigeria

• OKHi

  Physical address generation system

  Kenya

• Okhtein

  Luxury fashion brand, known for its handbags,developping a robust local client base and attracting an international celebrity following.

  Egypt

• Okja

  Specializes in plant-based milk, oat milk, creamy milk blended with superfoods in smoothies, and chocolate chip cookies, enabling consumers to stay healthy and energetic the whole day.

  South Africa

• Oko Finance

  Parametric crop insurance solutions

  Mali

• Okra

  API creating a secure portal and process to exchange real-time financial information between customers, applications and banks

  Nigeria

• Oliv

  Empowers Egyptian SMEs with simple, fully‑digital invoice financing in under 48 hours.

  Egypt

• Ollie

  Makes access to mental healthcare effortless for remote team members by providing mental health credits for the worldwide workforce.

  South Africa

• Ollo Africa

  Digitizes traditional rotating savings and credit associations

  Togo

• Oltio

  Digital payments platform that assists Masterpass, Mastercard’s QR payment service

  South Africa

• Omiflo

  Uses plant-based biotechnology to treat wastewater for urban developments and institutions.

  Kenya

• Omnibiz

  B2B e-commerce platform that connects fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) manufacturers to retailers by digitizing the supply chain stakeholders

  Nigeria

• Omnisient

  Secure data sharing solutions

  South Africa

• Omnivat

  Modular power generation and storage system, which delivers clean water, energy, and Wi-Fi with virtual reality support to rural areas.

  South Africa

• ON Market

  Connects customers with grocery retailers and enables them to order from multiple retailers in a single order.

  Egypt

• onafriq (ex MFS Africa)

  Mobile money hub for cross-border money transfers

  South Africa

• One Acre Fund

  Offline services for micro-credits and post-harvest marketing to farmers

  Kenya

• One Plan

  Helps workers in Africa’s informal economy create affordable financial plans, making it easier to start a retirement plan, access low-interest credit, and access health + life insurance cover.

  Ghana

• OneCart

  FMCG marketplace and logistics platform that partners with retailers in South Africa to offer fast and efficient online sales and home delivery to consumers

  South Africa

• OneDosh

  Develops payment infrastructure designed to connect wallets, cards, and markets into a single programmable system.

  Nigeria

• OneHealth

  Mobile-First Pharmacy & Healthcare platform that is providing access to medicines and healthcare solutions

  Nigeria

• OneOrder

  Addresses the supply chain inefficiencies faced by Egypt’s restaurants by connecting them directly to local food and beverage suppliers

  Egypt

• OnePipe

  Builds and maintains APIs that enable banks to partner with modern digital services and fintech

  Nigeria

• OnePort 365

  Digital channel for freight management

  Nigeria

• OneWattSolar

  Using digital solutions built on a Blockchain platform to provide off-grid renewable energy

  Nigeria

• Ongair

  Customer service platform for businesses. It allows companies to interact with their customers via major messaging apps like WeChat, Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger and Telegram

  Kenya

• Onion Doctor

  Monitors onion crops, maximizing sustainability and profitability for Kenyan farmers using the Internet of Things and machine learning

  Kenya

• Oolu

  Solar electrification in rural africa

  Senegal

• Opareta

  Automates commercial operations across mobile money agent networks, with tools that boost operational efficiency, manage liquidity, mitigate fraud, and drive growth.

  Uganda

• Opay

  Africa-focused mobile payments

  Nigeria

• Open Access Energy

  Multilateral wheeling platform that automates the matching of generation and consumption loads, allowing energy wheelers to execute wheeling transactions

  South Africa

• Operativa

  Custom software development firm

  South Africa

• Opibus

  Electric mobility startup

  Kenya

• Opio

  Direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform and commissions white label and toll manufacturing women’s wear apparel to different manufacturers

  Egypt

• OPT-IN

  Offers tools and services to manage outsourcing, from idea generation to campaign execution

  Morocco

• Optasia

  Offers a B2B2X financial technology platform covering scoring, financial decisioning, disbursement and collection.

  South Africa

• Opticharge

  B2B techno-logistics platform that connects carriers and shippers and manages the haulage with automation and optimization of road freight

  Algeria

• Optique

  Simplifies and democratises access to eye care at an affordable price.

  South Africa

• Ora Technologies

  Allows its users to carry out transactions, reserve services, and soon, make money transfers and digital payments, all thanks to a secure chat entirely developed in Morocco.

  Morocco

• Orca Fraud

  Builds a set of tools that analysts and compliance officers need to tackle various fraud types.

  South Africa

• Orcas

  Mobile application that helps parents/students find tutors in their area or online

  Egypt

• Orchestrate

  Provides businesses instant access to multiple payment methods and providers globally through a single integration

  Nigeria

• Orda

  Helps restaurants in Africa manage their online and offline orders, payments, and customers in one place.

  Africa