African startups

• Chaint Afrique Academy

  Focuses on the collection of PET, HDPE and monofilament nylon nets at coastal communities and the Lake Volta and estuaries in Ghana, and leverages technology to educate households, reward them in the process, and more.

  Ghana

• Chaka

  Stocks trading platform

  Nigeria

• Chanja Datti

  Technology driven in-house end-to-end process for plastics waste recycling by purchasing directly from the waste aggregators and waste pickers, who are some of society’s most marginalized people.

  Nigeria

• Chapa

  Online payment gateway that enables businesses in Ethiopia to accept digital payments

  Ethiopia

• ChapChap

  Empowering small and medium-sized businesses by providing them with digital financial tools and services to help them scale

  Uganda

• Chapi Core

  Transforms traditional farming practices into sustainable, productive, and climate-resilient ventures using IoT technology

  Zambia

• ChargeAm

  Electric vehicles charging and swapping station provider.

  Ghana

• Chargel

  Brings the offline operations of trucking online, by matching the shippers to the right carriers at the right price

  Senegal

• Chari

  B2B e-commerce and fintech platform for traditional proximity stores

  Morocco

• Charikaty

  Offers fully digital company formation services in Morocco, simplifying legal structuring, registration, modifications, and compliance processes for entrepreneurs.

  Morocco

• Charis UAS

  Provider of drone-assisted photography and mapping services

  Rwanda

• Chefaa

  Medicine delivery platform that help patients manage all their pharmacy needs

  Egypt

• Cheki

  Online car classified for dealers, importers and private sellers.

  Kenya

• Chekkit Technologies

  Chekkit offers product verification and anti-counterfeiting solutions using Blockchain.

  Nigeria

• Chemchem Agro

  Works in beekeeping (manufacturing, hive installation, harvesting assistance, marketing of honey as well as honey by-products) also pollination via the development of fruit tree seedlings.

  DRC

• Chemolex

  Recyclable, reusable and 100% biodegradable material that completely replaces the use of single-use plastic polymers in food and product packaging as well as in manufacturing diapers.

  Kenya

• Cherehani

  Leverages mobile to provide credit and to distribute tailored financial literacy content to women and adolescent girls who own micro-enterprises in Africa.

  Kenya

• Cherehani Labs

  Is building a chain of solar-powered containerised veterinary laboratories in rural areas and providing zero-rated access to an AI-driven platform for translating lab results and recommending medical and dietary intervention to veterinarians via their mobile phones.

  Kenya

• Chicoa Fish Farm

  Sustainable tilapia fish farm

  Mozambique

• Chikwama Pay

  Provides financial services to the unbanked through a mobile wallet. The wallet comes with a debit card for online shopping, ATM withdrawals, and swiping at merchants.

  South Africa

• ChipChip

  Social buying platform that connects customers directly to farmers, bypassing traditional supply chains and allowing group purchase

  Ethiopia

• ChipMango

  Semiconductor technology startup that provides AI-powered microchip design training, certification programs, and commercial engineering services.

  Nigeria

• Chipper Cash

  Cross-border money transfer platform in Africa

  United States

• Chitosan

  Extracts the binding agent ‘chitin’ from waste in the shellfish industry and reformulates it into an agricultural bio-stimulant.

  Egypt

• Chooya

  eCommerce startup digitizing word-of-mouth marketing

  Nigeria

• Chow Central

  Restaurant chains for millennials and zoomers in African cities

  Nigeria

• Chowdeck

  On-demand food delivery service and marketplace where people can purchase their favourite meals from a wide range of restaurants.

  Nigeria

• Chpter

  Provides small business with the tools they need to start, run and grow their businesses, both online and offline.

  Kenya

• Chumz

  Savings platform that is using behavioural psychology techniques to ease saving and investment experiences for its users.

  Kenya

• Chunguza Travel

  Provides a self-service online travel reservation platform

  Uganda

• Churpy

  Connects developers with an aggregated API for both financial data and payment processing

  Kenya

• Cinch Markets

  Increases the productivity of smallholder farms through mosaic agriculture

  Kenya

• Cinetpay

  Payment gateway that allows e-merchants and merchants to accept mobile money and other forms of payments in Francophone Africa

  Cote d'Ivoire

• Circadian

  Empowers solar developers to win more projects, reduce operating costs and grow revenue with its SaaS platform and proprietary IoT hardware.

  Africa

• Circle+

  Due diligence, investment analytics, and fundraising platform for startup ecosystem in Africa - built around a Crunchbase-esque database of startups, founders, and VCs.

  Africa

• CIRT

  Internet of things (IOT) data insights solutions provider

  South Africa

• Cladfy

  Provides microfinance lenders with an end-to-end solution that helps them manage their loan books, assess a user’s credit history, and engage with borrowers, colleagues, and partners with a simple API.

  Kenya

• Clafiya

  Digital primary healthcare service that connects individuals and businesses to health practitioners to provide convenient, quality, and affordable, on-demand primary care from their mobile phones.

  Nigeria

• Clarrio.ai

  Transforms real-world health signals into AI-powered insights that help providers, researchers, insurers, and pharma companies improve outcomes and reduce costs.

  Tunisia

• Cleva

  Banking platform for African individuals and businesses to receive international payments by opening USD accounts

  Nigeria

• Click2sure

  Click2Sure has developed a range of API’s which enable cross-selling of insurance products directly at the point of sale.

  South Africa

• Clickatell

  Supports the creation and development of customer relationships in chat-based messaging, engagement, and payment solutions

  South Africa

• Climate Crop

  Specializes in the use of gene editing technology to enhance the potential of plants to harness more energy, store more carbon, produce higher yields.

  Morocco

• ClinicPesa

  Financial technology company that increases low- and middle-income Ugandans’ access to medical care by offering tailored, flexible healthcare financing

  Uganda

• Clinify

  Centralized and standardized Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system that enables providers submit health insurance claims directly to Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) while processing payments.

  Nigeria

• Cliniva

  Integrates technology, patient centred thinking and clinical talent in healthcare experience

  Kenya

• Cloud Equipment

  Provides African healthcare facilities with medical equipment, financing, maintenance and support.

  Nigeria

• Cloud Invest

  Offers a comprehensive range of products and services that empower banks, retailers, micro-finance, and other industries to enable seamless customer payment services.

  Morocco