Plant Biodefenders
Plant Biodefenders
Plant Biodefenders is a Tanzanian company that manufactures an innovative biopesticide called Vuruga Biocide. The biopesticide is made from the Aspergillus oryzae fungus and effectively controls pests like the invasive fall armyworm and tomato leafminer. The company sells its affordable and environmentally friendly biopesticide to agricultural input distributors, wholesalers, and directly to growers of various crops.
Starting date: 07 July 2023
End date: 31 August 2025
Commitment: EUR 300,000
farm to feed
farm to feed
Farm to Feed is addressing fresh produce supply and climate change solutions. The company created a market for imperfect/surplus produce, connecting smallholder farmers to the market and offering lower-cost products to the customer. FTF aims to transform the food system and is developing a data strategy for identifying food loss drivers and implementing a carbon credit model. They're also exploring semi-processing services and data products for additional income streams.
Starting date: 28 July 2023
End date: 30 September 2025
Commitment: EUR 300,000
Figorr Kenya
Figorr Kenya
Real-time monitoring technology from Figorr safeguards perishable goods in transit, tracking temperature and humidity to ensure product quality. By reducing spoilage and CO2 emissions, Figorr optimizes supply chains for agricultural and medical clients.
Starting date: 04 September 2024
End date: 07 October 2025
Commitment: EUR 100,000
TemboPlus
TemboPlus
TemboPlus offers a suite of digital solutions (API/SDK) to help companies bring banking, payments and remittance services to underserved customers across Africa. As part of its offering, TemboPlus manages banking relationships and regulatory approvals, enabling its corporate clients to avoid the need to obtain their own banking licences or manage their own technology infrastructure to offer financial services.
Starting date: 10 February 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Medikea
Medikea
Medikea offers a convenient healthcare solution that combines virtual and face-to-face care 24/7 through a seamless blend of app-based telemedicine and local physical clinics. Medikea has developed its own electronic medical record system, which includes laboratory and pharmacy inventory, appointment booking and dispensing systems, ensuring a smooth and integrated patient journey, reducing waiting times and digitising patient health records. A cash-pay business model also targets the uninsured.
Starting date: 28 February 2024
End date: 08 January 2026
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Kazi Yetu
Kazi Yetu
Kazi Yetu produces organic teas, herbs, and spices without the use of chemicals for B2B and B2C customers in Tanzania and Europe. The products are locally grown, processed, and marketed, come in biodegradable packaging and can be traced from cultivation to consumption. The company promotes women's economic independence and is certified as a B Corporation.
Starting date: 10 July 2023
End date: 02 February 2026
Commitment: EUR 300,000
Stima Mobility
Stima Mobility
Stima Mobility provides green tech solutions for the motor-taxi sector in Kenya. The company sells battery swapping services to individual electrical motor-taxi riders (boda boda riders) and is building an operating system of battery swapping stations. Additionally, STIMA has developed a full battery technology suite based on an IoT system that embeds software for Battery and Station Monitoring, a Rider App and a Swapper App.
Starting date: 10 June 2023
End date: 01 March 2026
Commitment: EUR 300,000
Taimba
Taimba
Taimba connects smallholder farmers with vendors, providing quick access to affordable, high-quality produce. Its mobile platform automates sourcing and distribution, reducing waste and improving market access for farmers.
Starting date: 08 January 2025
End date: 25 March 2026
Commitment: EUR 100,000
eFiche
eFiche
eFiche digitizes primary healthcare in underserved regions through a cloud-based EMR platform with AI decision support, improving clinical efficiency and patient outcomes across East Africa’s rural health systems.
Starting date: 13 August 2025
End date: May 2026
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Swahilies
Swahilies
Swahilies offers a powerful, tech-driven financial platform designed to streamline operations for MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. With tools for inventory management, sales tracking, and digital payments, Swahilies empowers businesses to boost efficiency and drive growth.
Starting date: 29 January 2025
End date: May 2026
Commitment: EUR 100,000
NovFeed
NovFeed
NovFeed specializes in sustainable agriculture, developing EcoVita, a bio-fertilizer made from aquaculture byproducts and organic waste. This cost-effective product replaces expensive chemical fertilizers, boosts crop yields by 45%, reduces environmental impact and empowers farmers.
Starting date: 15 January 2025
End date: May 2026
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Drop Access
Drop Access
Drop Access is a female-led company and is the first to manufacture a portable solar-powered cool box for the delivery of vaccines and medical supplies in rural areas in Africa. The "Vaccine Box" is a real innovation that uses technology IoT integration in terms of remote data collection and monitoring capability, data on temperature, location, battery voltage, stock, and fridge operations can be accessed from anywhere in the world in real time.
Starting date: 31 January 2023
End date: May 2026
1000 Hills
1000 Hills
1000 Hills Products processes organic fruits and specialty coffee using solar-powered, low-emission technology to produce premium exports for European markets, enhancing farmer incomes and reducing post-harvest losses through climate-smart production.
Starting date: 30 July 2025
End date: June 2026
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Kosmotive
Kosmotive
Kosmotive produces affordable, reusable menstrual pads and delivers menstrual health education, empowering women and girls in Rwanda while reducing single-use waste and promoting gender equality.
Starting date: 28 July 2025
End date: June 2026
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Beem Africa
Beem Africa
Beem Africa supports the digital transformation of SMEs in Africa by leveraging AI-driven communication, marketing, and customer relationship management solutions to accelerate business growth and improve access to services in areas such as finance, agriculture or healthcare for consumers.
Starting date: 18 March 2025
End date: June 2026
Commitment: EUR 100,000
GOBEBA
GOBEBA
GOBEBA has developed a holistic approach that ensures a safe, efficient, high-quality and low-threshold distribution of bulky utilities (such as cooking energy and water), benefiting consumers as well as brands. Consumers can use messenger services or an app to order the quantity of goods they need, which are then delivered by a driver from a nearby micro-fulfilment hub.
Starting date: 16 February 2024
End date: June 2026
Commitment: EUR 300,000
DOT Glasses Kenya
DOT Glasses Kenya
Revolutionizing vision care, low-cost adjustable eyeglasses are offered for remote communities, correcting 85% of impairments with just six lens options, eliminating the need for optometrists.
Starting date: 28 August 2024
End date: July 2026
Commitment: EUR 300,000
