COHORT 1
(2025-2026)
Fincart.io
Fincart is the operating system for e-commerce SMEs in emerging markets. We unif…
Fincart.io
Nihal Ali
Co-Founder & COO
Mostafa Masry
Co-founder & CEO
OnePort 365
OnePort 365 is a digital freight management company that integrates air, ocean, and trucki…
OnePort 365
OnePort 365 is a digital freight management company that integrates air, ocean, and trucking services into a single digital ecosystem, addressing Africa’s persistent logistics challenges, including delays, high costs, and limited visibility. Through its platform, OnePort 365 delivers end-to-end shipment visibility from port to final destination, digitizes customs and compliance processes to reduce delays and fraud, and enables transparent pricing with real-time freight booking.
OnePort 365 connects key African trade corridors—Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya—to global trade routes while generating proprietary data on cargo flows, cost structures, and risk insights.
Currently operating across Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya, OnePort 365 is supported by a growing network of global carriers and local trucking partners. Beyond solving operational inefficiencies, OnePort 365 unlocks access for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises)—who represent ~30% of trade activity but remain underserved to seamless logistics previously available only to larger corporates.
Hio Sola-Usidame
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Timon
Zowasel is an African agritech and finance company transforming agribusiness trade acro…
Timon
Timon is a global travel and payments wallet designed to eliminate payment anxiety for African travelers and businesses, while enabling seamless cross-border transactions across the continent.
We provide USD travel cards alongside local payment methods such as mobile money, QR codes, and bank transfers, allowing users to pay and get paid like locals in every market.
Today, Timon supports collections and payouts across 15 African countries. By Q1 2026, we will expand payouts to 40 African countries, positioning Timon as a trusted cross-border payments platform for travelers, SMEs, and remote workers engaged in tourism, procurement, logistics, and digital services.
Central to our mission is advancing intra-African trade and economic integration. By facilitating local-currency-to-local-currency payments where possible and reducing reliance on the US dollar as an intermediary, Timon helps lower transaction costs, improve settlement efficiency, and ease pressure on local foreign exchange markets—supporting a more connected and resilient African economy.
Chizaram Ucheaga
CEO
Oluwatomi Ayorinde
CEO
Zowasel
Zowasel is an African agritech and finance company transforming agribusiness trade ac…
Zowasel
Zowasel is an African agritech and finance company transforming agribusiness trade across the continent through technology, data-driven insights, and alternative finance solutions. Operating in Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania, Zowasel connects over 4,000 verified cooperatives, merchants, and agribusinesses to national, regional, and international buyers, ensuring reliable delivery, quality compliance, and transparent pricing.
Jerry Oche
Founder & CEO
Gebeya
Gebeya gives Africa’s service and creative economy its own AI Agent – a reliable, always-…
Gebeya
Gebeya gives Africa’s service and creative economy its own AI Agent – a reliable, always-on digital assistant built for every business owner in the African market.
We design intelligent systems that embed directly into everyday operations, helping entrepreneurs work smarter, reduce costs, and grow sustainably. From automating customer engagement to supporting better decision-making and seamless scale, Gebeya’s AI Agents provide the constant operational backbone African businesses need to compete and win.
Whether you’re a solo creator or a growing enterprise, Gebeya transforms how businesses operate in the real African economy – turning talent into structured, efficient, and future-ready enterprises.
Martin Ndlovu
Head of Product
Amadou Daffe
CEO & Co-Founder
Fluna
Fluna is building the digital trade infrastructure to unlock Africa’s agricultural …
Fluna
Fluna is building the digital trade infrastructure to unlock Africa’s agricultural export opportunity.
We are a pan-African B2B platform enabling seamless intra- and inter-African trade by solving the core market failures that keep producers disconnected from global demand.
Our vetted marketplace connects pre-screened African suppliers with verified regional and international buyers, closing the discoverability gap that keeps exporters invisible. We tackle payment-term mismatch by embedding financing into the trade flow, allowing suppliers to access working capital while buyers pay on terms they prefer. We also enforce quality control through standardized sourcing, traceability, and compliance checks—reducing costly rejections and building the trust modern buyers and regulations demand.
Since launch, Fluna has supported 500+ exporters, facilitated $50+ million in trade across 10 African countries, and enabled 8,000+ jobs. We are building the digital rails that connect African producers to markets, capital, and capability at scale.
Olumide Bolumole
Chief Commercial Officer
Miguel Sousa Dias
CEO & Co-Founder
Capsa
We make faster, smarter, and easier payments into and across 40+ African markets, seamle…
Capsa
Capsa Technology is Africa’s leading alternative finance marketplace, transforming how businesses across the continent access working capital. Founded in 2019, Capsa has built an operating system for working capital that empowers SMEs, corporates, and investors alike.
Through its flagship platform, GetCapsa, the company provides a seamless digital marketplace for invoice factoring and supply chain finance, enabling businesses to convert unpaid invoices into cash within 48 hours. By leveraging the credit strength of large corporates, Capsa de-risks supply chain financing and offers investors high-quality alternative assets.
In just four years, Capsa has facilitated over ₦70 billion in financing, executed more than 10,000 transactions, and supported hundreds of SMEs with fast, reliable access to working capital. Backed by an experienced team and leading institutional investors, Capsa is shaping the future of supply chain finance and working-capital optimization across emerging markets.
Segun Dada
CCO & Co-Founder
Mustapha Suberu
CEO & Co-Founder
Daba Finance
Daba Finance is Africa’s first unified investment and capital-mobilization platfor…
Daba finance
Daba Finance is Africa’s first unified investment and capital-mobilization platform built to power cross-border investing and support African trade. Daba connects local, diaspora and global capital to African capital markets and businesses by turning savings and remittances into productive investment that fuels the African economy.
Through a simple platform for individuals and business, Daba enables access to African stocks, bonds, funds, as well as structured savings and treasuring management products across multiple countries, in a compliant, multi-currency experience. By aggregating regulated products and infrastructure, Daba significantly reduces the cost and friction of investing across borders and financing African businesses.
Anthony Miclet
CPO & Co-Founder
BOUM III JR
CEO & Co-Founder
