African startups

• Skilladder

  AI-powered skills verification platform helping organizations across Africa hire, place, and develop talent based on verified skills

  Nigeria

• Skin Gourmet

  Makes raw handmade skincare products sourced from of Ghana

  Ghana

• Skrmiish

  Gaming tech venture whose proprietary technology is built for streamers, online gamers, teams and brands of all sizes to be able to collaborate, compete and monetize their gaming experience on the blockchain.

  South Africa

• Sky.Garden

  SaaS ecommerce platform that helps retail stores digitize offline and online sales

  Kenya

• Skynamo

  Skynamo is a field sales management and productivity app that provides real-time customer, stock, and sales information.

  South Africa

• Sle3ti

  B2B marketplace connecting FMCG retailers to wholesalers and distributors

  Morocco

• Slidzo

  Online presentation platform that has unique features like 3D virtual presentations and an AI-powered automated slide creation.

  Tunisia

• SLM Impact Finance

  Develops and implements innovative technology solutions based on cognitive and proprietary quantitative models.

  Morocco

• SmallSmall

  Gives renters access to monthly rent payments and offers landlords a way to vet tenants, increase their income and manage properties

  Nigeria

• Smartprof

  Tutoring marketplace that connects K-12 students with qualified #tutors to help improve their performance and track their progress through follow up tools.

  Morocco

• Smartwage

  Gives employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave and give employees access to financial wellness products, all via WhatsApp.

  South Africa

• Smile Identity

  KYC and identity authentication platform for banks, telecoms, financial services and shared economy applications

  Nigeria

• SmsPortal

  Uses Cloud Messaging to expand reach and customer engagement through API integration and diverse solutions

  South Africa

• Snapplify

  Marketplace for digital education content, related educational services and devices

  South Africa

• Socium Job

  Job board that connects African companies with local talent and those from the diaspora

  Senegal

• SodaWorld

  Operates as a platform to utilize the much-hyped Metaverse in a way that benefits creatives.

  South Africa

• Sokna

  Performs end-to-end funeral services and provides logistical assistance to the deceased’s family

  Egypt

• Sokofresh

  Offers Mobile, Solar Powered Cold Storage ( CaaS) & Digital Market Linkage for small holder farmers.

  Kenya

• Solar Panda

  Social enterprise providing smart, low-cost solar power to communities across Africa

  Canada

• Solar Sister

  Female-empowered entrepreneurial program focusing on the distribution of solar energy in developing countries

  Uganda

• Solarbox

  Designs and engineers e-mobility and charging solutions in Senegal.

  Senegal

• Solaris Offgrid

  Pay-as-you-go software for energy companies

  Tanzania

• Solarise Africa

  Provider of solar financing and leasing solutions

  South Africa

• SolarNow

  Off-grid solar company

  Uganda

• SolarSaver

  Develops, owns and operates small-scale solar and battery systems that supply power directly to businesses.

  South Africa

• SolarTaxi

  E-mobility company that designs, locally assembles, and distributes electric two-wheel (e-2Ws) and four-wheel (e-4Ws) vehicles for transportation and delivery services.

  Ghana

• SolarWorks Energy

  Develops a ‘pay-as-you-catch’ consumer finance model for solar-powered night fishing lights to enable deep-water fishing on Lake Malawi.

  Malawi

• Solarworks!

  Develops a ‘pay-as-you-catch’ consumer finance model for solar-powered night fishing lights to enable deep-water fishing on Lake Malawi.

  Malawi

• Solarx

  One-stop shop for solar energy solutions

  Mali

• Solerchil

  Food tech company that makes and rents solar-powered cold rooms to farmers and food market vendors to safely preserve their unsold food for a longer time.

  Uganda

• Solis

  Licensed deposit-taking Tier 2 financial institution regulated by the Bank of Ghana to provide banking services

  Ghana

• Solutech

  Assists manufacturers, distributors and other key players in the supply chain to do business more efficiently and generate maximum returns by purposefully accelerating and maintaining their last mile distribution process.

  Kenya

• Soma Siri Afrika

  Afrocentric Virtual Innovation Incubator for kids aged 5-18

  Kenya

• SomaChat Services

  Digital learning platform for Kenyan students with its suite of AI-powered educational tools, accessible through WhatsApp.

  Kenya

• Sommalife

  Improves the climate resilience and incomes of female shea farmers by improving the traceability of the shea value chain through digital software.

  Ghana

• Sora Technology

  Uses drones to reach remote communities with medical supplies and to deploy mosquito control solutions.

  Africa

• Sorted Chale

  Curates bucket-list travel experiences across the African continent

  Ghana

• Sosai Renewable Energies

  Uses market-based strategies to help lift rural communities in northern Nigeria out of poverty by providing access to clean energy and water

  Nigeria

• Soso Care

  Provides an option for low income populations to pay for health insurance cover using recyclable waste as premium.

  Nigeria

• Sote

  AI-enabled collaborative marketplace for logistics services

  Kenya

• Sotech

  Smart IoT, trackable out-of-home advertising, and data gathering to help clinics understand the volume, flow, and demographic of their visitors

  Egypt

• Souk Farms

  Grows and exports high-quality horticultural produce

  Rwanda

• Source Beauty

  Marketplace that provides customers with affordable and easy access to beauty products, and exposes them to products sourced from the best raw materials by female start-ups.

  Egypt

• Sourcefin

  Provides tailored financing solutions for purchase orders and tenders

  South Africa

• Sowit

  Combines remote sensing (drone and satellite), agronomy and artificial intelligence to provide African farmers with information allowing them to sustainably intensify their production.

  Morocco

• SparePap

  Allows car owners to find, compare prices, buy spare parts from trusted merchants verified by Sparepap, and get them delivered at their convenience.

  Kenya

• Spark

  Financial services app that allows its users to transact easily between multiple people, track payments in real-time and view transaction history, and manage their different financial clubs all in one place.

  Ghana

• Spark Possibilities

  Off-grid solar distributed energy services company focused on enhancing the lives of millions of residents living in rural Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

  Kenya