African startups

• Yellow Card

  Cryptocurrency exchange through retail stores visits

  Nigeria

• Yemaachi Biotechnology

  Using cutting edge immunogenomics, bioinformatics and artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of cancer detection and cure strategies

  Ghana

• Yep!

  “Financial super app” with payments, remittance and banking features

  Nigeria

• Yikodeen

  Offers a range of manufacturing solutions across multiple industries, including PPE, soles, boots, life-saving equipment, non-lethal weapons, and surveillance drones.

  Nigeria

• YMO

  Remittances and payment app locally and internationally

  Guinea

• Yobante Express

  Web & mobile platform that connects retailers, businesses & individuals with carriers for point-to-point delivery

  Senegal

• Yoco

  Payments platform for small businesses offering a convenient way to accept card payments in-person or online

  South Africa

• Yodawy

  Provider of online pharmacy platform

  Egypt

• YoLa Fresh

  Directly connects smallholder farmers with traditional retailers of fruits and vegetables

  Morocco

• Yolele

  Purpose-driven natural food company that is centered on fonio, and provides a fair-trade, global marketplace for this delicious, gluten-free grain.

  Africa

• Yongeza Capital

  Specializes in building a comprehensive charging network that supports e-mobility, including the sale of two-wheelers, three-wheelers, vehicles, heavy passenger vehicles and heavy goods vehicles.

  Uganda

• Your Parts

  Online store that sells genuine spare parts for all the car brands

  Egypt

• Youverify

  Provider of Identity Fraud, background verification and secure digital identity

  Nigeria

• Yumamia

  Marketplace for home cooked food

  Egypt

• Yuppiechef

  Online store that offers food, beverages, spices, kitchenware, appliances, and more

  South Africa

• Yusudi

  Supplies their customers with entry-level and mid to high-level Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) from their pool of trained individuals.

  Kenya

• YYTZ

  Full service cashew processing company dedicated to consistently producing high quality cashew nuts by selecting high quality raw cashews from Tanzania.

  Tanzania

• Zaher AI

  Audits, fixes, and proves your AI search visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews — purpose-built for Arabic content and fully English-ready

  Egypt

• Zaio Technologies

  Offers comprehensive, job-oriented coding training through full-stack and specialised front-end and back-end courses via an online Learning Management System.

  South Africa

• ZanaAfrica

  Delivers affordable, high-quality menstrual and maternal care products under its brand “Nia”, and provides reproductive health education and digital support via a chatbot and a hotline.

  Kenya

• Zanifu

  Technology to enable manufacturers, distributors & retailers unlock efficiency in the process of buying & distribution of goods

  Kenya

• Zatona Eats

  All-in-one meal planning and ordering app which offers an end-to-end solution for personalized meal plans, cooked meals, scheduled delivery, nutrition therapy, and medical supervision

  Egypt

• ZayRide

  On-demand taxi service connects riders and taxi drivers quickly and conveniently.

  Ethiopia

• Zazu

  Provides SMEs with a powerful bank account at the core, combined with invoicing, bookkeeping and cash flow management tools

  South Africa

• Zazu Africa

  Prepaid card with a linked expense tracker app

  Zambia

• Zazuu

  Banking channel for cross-border money transfers

  Nigeria

• Zeal

  Offers POS Terminal Plugin that empowers Brick-and-Mortar Retailers with Customer Identification, Seamless Loyalty, In-Depth Behavior Insights, and Re-marketing Capabilities.

  Egypt

• Zebra Cropbank

  Agritech startup providing the infrastructure for farmers to store their produce, connect them to markets, improve access to credit ,and secure better prices.

  Nigeria

• ZED Motors

  Accelerates Africa's transition to electric mobility by fast installing automated battery rental networks and helping petrol ICE vehicle manufacturers and distributors make the transition.

  Benin

• Zedny

  Arabic online learning and development platform

  Egypt

• Zeeh Africa

  Fintech infrastructure company, makes it possible to unify financial data in one place.

  Nigeria

• Zeepay

  Mobile payments service provider. Integrated omni-channel digital payments and value-added financial services provider operating across the continent

  Ghana

• Zeew

  SAAS on Demand Delivery Market place

  Egypt

• Zembo

  Offers electric motorcycles to boda-boda drivers and recharges batteries in its solar stations

  Uganda

• Zencey

  Modern-day one-stop healthcare platform building software to make patients' access to medication easy and affordable

  Cote d'Ivoire

• Zeno

  Supports electric mobility and flexible energy storage solutions, offering home charging, swap stations, and destination chargers.

  Kenya

• Zeraki

  Provides schools, parents, teachers, and students with innovative technology tools to make teaching and learning effective, engaging, and productive.

  Kenya

• Zero Carbon Charge

  Decentralised energy generation model that produces power directly at the point of consumption and sale

  South Africa

• Zimi

  Fulfillment provider connecting merchants in emerging markets to global buyers, with an initial focus on Africa + US trade.

  Cameroon

• Zimi Charge

  Helps logistics, field services and private fleets charge vehicles, manage energy, and track carbon while transitioning to EVs.

  South Africa

• Zinacare

  Offers at-home health testing for various health conditions covering sexually transmitted infections, reproductive health and general wellness.

  South Africa

• Zindi

  Data science competition platform, dedicated to solving Africa’s most pressing problems by bringing together a community of data scientists who collaborate and compete to come up with the best possible solutions.

  South Africa

• Ziotio (TRī)

  Sells smart, IoT-connected, zero-emission electric 3-wheelers directly to professional taxi drivers on a lease-to-own scheme.

  Tanzania

• Ziroopay (IroFit)

  Provides internet-free, easy-to-use POS terminals.

  Nigeria

• Ziz Energie

  Construction company specialising in rural and urban electrification.

  Chad

• Zofi Cash

  Making everyday payday through real-time payroll processing and flexible salary advance.

  Uganda

• Zoie Health

  Holistic women’s healthcare platform offering virtual consults, at-home consults, subscriptions for medications, and resources and a community of women to support one another through healthcare seasons.

  South Africa

• Zola Electric

  Solar installation and upgradation services for rural areas in Africa

  Tanzania