We invest in bold and visionary leaders who are fearless champions for change on the continent.
Our team has helped build some of Africa’s most impactful, category-defining businesses. In less than a decade of investing, we’ve tracked outsized impact beyond financial returns.
Our track record goes beyond financial returns
direct jobs created by our porfolio companies
of our portfolio have an African founder
of our companies have a female founder
countries in Africa where our portfolio companies operate
The Boost platform supports existing distributors operating in an offline trillion-dollar informal economy. A single, flexible platform to serve customers in different languages and currencies, with multiple catalogues and prices across channels. Our on-the-ground teams in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa help with onboarding and customer success.
Big Cabal Media (BCM) is a Nigerian digital media company creating super-engaging content that African youth audiences love. We lead the most engaging conversations around culture, innovation, entrepreneurship, entertainment and all the things that matter to the youth today. For brands that want to connect deeply with Africa's young and growing digital audience, Big Cabal puts you in the conversation with a fresh and authentic voice.
At Balad Technologies, our purpose is to simplify cross-border payments and help businesses grow. We understand the challenges that come with cross-border transactions, and we are committed to providing the most efficient and secure payment solutions to our clients. Our goal is to make cross-border payments as easy as domestic payments, and to enable businesses to expand their reach and increase their revenue.
In today's world, you can book just about anything you need quickly and manage your use of resources easily. ARK is bringing this measure of convenience to the storage industry in Nigeria. With ARK, you can book a storage space, move in within 72 hours and rest assured that your stored items are secure. You can then retrieve items from your storage as and when you need to do so. Our storage facilities are more than just spaces; they are fully equipped havens for your possessions. Rest easy knowing that our facilities are meticulously secured, insured, and professionally managed. Your items are protected around the clock, providing you with peace of mind throughout your storage journey
We’re on a mission to increase access to financial choices by providing infrastructure for offering simple, fair and inclusive financial products. We are building the platform to power the next generation of financial services. Millions of Africans remain unbanked and under-banked. We are building the infrastructure that will enable banking access for this new generation of Africans. Our vision is to be the greatest enabler of financial access and choices in emerging markets.
We offer a suite of API products designed to empower your business. We run automated KYC/ KYB processes with the following verifications: business registration, Identity number, bank account, phone number and many more. We Aggregate bank transaction history feed or analyse bank statements and get affordability, liquidity and risk assessments. Enhance decisions with financial analysis and health forecasts and Perform AML/PEP checks on customers, along with sanction listings and default listings. Flag suspicious behaviour, tempered documents and information mismatches.
We are building a network comprising the best that Africa and the diaspora offer across art, finance, tech, health, energy, sports, and media. The Afropolitan Network is a Curator of Black and African: Talent (recruit, partner up) , Culture (art, media, fashion), Capital (investment DAOs), Information (newsletter, blog, Twitter), Experiences (events, curated offerings)Nevertheless, we believe our reach should exceed our grasp. While it may be a humble Network today, Afropolitan will be the first-ever internet country in the future. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. First, you may be asking: why build a Digital Nation?
At the heart of all we do is the belief that sending money overseas should be as easy as sending a text message. While our approach to this has evolved over the years, our long term goal is to build a global bank that enables people to send money to anyone instantly.
Luke and Karl both broke into the African startup and venture capital landscape whilst still in university and found themselves largely isolated from the support systems young professionals enjoy in more established industries on the continent. Meeting each other further catalyzed this realization, as the pair began sharing deal flow, due diligence tips, and aiding founder introductions to the profound benefits of their respective careers. This ‘micro-ecosystem’ got the pair thinking about how they could ignite further collaboration amongst African youth in the venture ecosystem; Young African Catalysts was born, and in just one year grew to include the lead investor, under the age of 35, from the 50 leading venture capital funds on the African continent.Their rise has seen them invited to speak on African venture capital globally on the biggest of stages – including Oxford, Wharton, Harvard, and Columbia business schools, as well as the Global Impact Investing Network. Moreover, the pair have worked with leading accelerators such as Techstars, and led over a dozen Investments in countries ranging from Egypt to Mozambique.
Itana's (formerly Talent City) story began with Iyinoluwa Aboyeji. Between 2014-2016, he co-founded Andela (now a unicorn), he and the team had to move offices multiple times in a short period, due to the restrictions in infrastructure and the rate of scale. Every time, they spent a fortune renovating and retrofitting the offices and living quarters. Iyin met with his good friend Luqman Edu to convince him to take on the challenge - How do we build the ideal environment for tech in Africa? Luqman & Iyin, having worked together in the past to solve big problems, and Luqman's vast experience in providing business services & using tech to provide solutions for cities and critical functions of state governments in the UK and Nigeria. This was the beginning of a team up for the task:
Savetown streamlines the process of home ownership with a smart savings payment model. You can now save safely towards owning your dream home, in up to 15 years. Savetown strives to empower Africans to achieve seamless home ownership in premium locations. We believe that luxury doesn’t have to be out of reach and have created an alternative solution to owning a home.
Foodcourt is a cloud kitchen platform making good food affordable and accessible through a curation of in-demand virtual restaurant brands
In 2019, while at film school, we researched ways we could solve complex situations in the film industry. We discovered based on surveys and first hand experiences that filmmakers had a hard time finding locations, so in 2020, amidst covid, we started to work on our first solution, Recce Solutions, a scouting and recceing company, finding film-friendly locations. However in 2021, with the intention to offer more and requests from clients for other services, we morphed into Filmmakers Mart, an online marketplace where filmmakers can find verified services of all kinds to facilitate a smooth production. We’re a team of filmmakers who live these experiences hence why our service is tailored to offer you convenience, and guarantee.
We provide Africans with the simplest way to purchase items and meet their needs without running into high value debts... We want to always give Africans the power to own. We grew up in the average Nigerian family where it took painfully saving for a period of time before simple house-hold appliances could be acquired. One of us waited for months for his mother to save for his first laptop and also realized that many Nigerian families also go through the same arduous circle. He realized that this is a big problem that he wanted to solve. After iterating different solutions to the problem over 10 years, CDcare was founded as the best solution to the Africans inability to easily pay in one lump-sum for items. CDcare is the smartest way to buy in Africa today and we are happy to give Africans the power to own.
In our mission to improve the lives of two million smallholder farmers, we recognize the invaluable role that agriculture plays in sustaining communities and driving economic progress. Agriculture isn't just a sector; it's a way of life, a source of sustenance, and a cornerstone of civilization. We honor this tradition by leveraging technology to empower smallholder farmers, equipping them with the tools and knowledge they need to thrive in today's ever-changing world.