A mobile layaway system that helps farmers save money gradually using their mobile phones and to cash out in order to purchase farm inputs such as hybrid (drought-resistant) seeds, from maize to sorghum, sunflower and soybean during the planting season.

A digital insurtech platform offering end-users access to a range of insurance products (e.g. agriculture, automotive, health, housing, natural disasters) from over 20+ insurance companies with a fully integrated claims management system.

A tech-enabled waste collection solution enabling companies and households to exchange their waste (plastic, paper, electronics, metals, cooking oil) against a financial incentive paid on a digital wallet.

Biobuu Limited is an East African insect company. It was registered in Tanzania after three years of research on the breeding and feeding behaviors of black soldier flies. The company has focused on a factory model that produces high protein chicken and fish feed as well as organic compost. Our model is labor intensive and perfect for Africa. After developing our first factories in Tanzania and Kenya we are now looking to open factories all across the continent.

As climate impacts intensify, the need for affordable, reliable and clean energy solutions for SMEs will grow. Earthbond meets this need by offering a clean energy marketplace matching SMBs with solar financing and installation providers tailored to their budgets and energy needs. Their platform makes financing solar energy accessible for overlooked SMBs via partnerships with banks, micro-lenders and solar companies.

A cloud-native Emergency Medical Services (EMS) platform that provides on-demand urgent care when and where it is needed. This “911 for Africa” connects emergency medical responders on motorcycles to users in distress in 10 minutes or less, including for climate-induced crises.

A mobility technology platform that connects people going to the same destination with semi-collective carriers (minibuses and vans) available.

A food supply chain company that is providing a digitally-enabled solution to food loss/waste. Their climate-smart solution focuses on providing a market for imperfect and surplus produce from farmers, contributing to food security and greenhouse gas emissions reduction.

An agtech enterprise driving sustainable agriculture. Through Farmz2U, farmers can access personalized farming advice (especially on regenerative farming practices), affordable credit, quality and traceable inputs, and direct buyers for their harvest.

Keep It Cool is addressing food supply chain challenges for small-scale fish and poultry farmers in East Africa through proximate solar-powered cold chain solutions. With this solution integrated across the entire value chain, this initiative aims to achieve a 98% reduction in waste, while also enhancing market access and resilience for farmers experiencing food insecurity. Utilizing the Markiti e-commerce platform, Keep It Cool facilitates direct sales of white meat products to fishmongers and small businesses. The commitment to transparent pricing, fair compensation, and guaranteed off-take benefits both producers and consumers, ensuring a reliable supply of fresh, affordable white meats with doorstep delivery in and around Nairobi. Learn more

In Tanzania, over 19 million people live on degraded lands, confronting challenges like malnutrition, migration, and lost incomes. Mazao Hub meets this need by empowering Tanzania’s 22 million smallholders with tools to regenerate their soil and double or triple yields profitably. Their platform matches farmers with localized climate-smart farm management advice, inputs, and finance - facilitating climate adaptation and food security.

As climate change impacts intensify, the need for affordable preventative and primary care, diagnostics, and compliance support will also intensify. Medikea makes such services accessible to overlooked Tanzanians, directly empowering vulnerable groups to safeguard their well-being in the face of growing threats. Medikea’s hybrid model blends round-the-clock telemedicine with physical clinics located in underserved communities to make trusted care convenient and cost-effective.

NoorNation, is an Egyptian startup providing decentralized solar energy and water solutions tailored for farming businesses and underserved communities. NoorNation’s flagship product, the LifeBox, bundles solar energy capabilities with water pumping and desalination—all from one plug-and-play unit. This unique solar-powered approach brings essential, climate-resilient infrastructure directly to those who need it most.

The Global South’s first Direct Air Capture (DAC) company that is building the world’s lowest-cost DAC hub. Octavia is currently building DAC machinery to capture carbon from the air for resale as either carbon dioxide or carbon credits to off-takers.

Paddy Cover works with established insurers and digital platforms to design and offer bespoke products via their platform that facilitates flexible insurance packages, including health, life and, in the future, index-based crop insurance. The offerings are built into the lifestyle touchpoints of the customer, either as a convenience or as complementary value-adds.

Sand to Green transforms deserts into cultivable land using agroforestry methodology and a solar-powered desalination system to design climate-smart regenerative farms.

In Africa, waste constitutes 8% of the carbon footprint, surpassing global averages. Scrapays tackles this crisis through an innovative model that enables individuals and small businesses to launch mini-waste enterprises. Their asset-light approach equips the enterprises with the relevant technology and materials, coordinates logistics and aggregation of waste, and sells the waste to processors and formal recyclers, thereby helping small-scale collectors and households augment their incomes and avoiding disasters caused by litter. Learn more

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Thola liberates SMEs to catalyze climate resilience and food safety by transforming and democratizing compliance from an obstacle into an opportunity to unlock premium export markets, partnerships, and growth funding while broadcasting their commitment to equitable and eco-friendly practices.

Tolbi is a Pan-African climate-agtech startup using satellite imagery and AI to enable climate-smart agriculture practices on the continent with data. Tolbi's platform addresses the lack of agricultural and climate data in Africa. It offers smallholder farmers, agribusinesses, and agricultural stakeholders hyperlocal insights into weather patterns, irrigation requirements, soil health, and crop yields. This information helps to reduce inputs and operational costs, comply with new regulations on sustainable agriculture, and promote a net-zero emissions supply chain in agriculture. By optimizing inputs like water and fertilizer, farmers can boost productivity and incomes while adapting to climate change. For example, cashew farmers using Tolbi’s recommendations have increased yields by over 200% in some cases.

A precision agtech startup committed to climate resilience and food security by providing data intelligence to farms via their FarmGATE application, which is powered by proprietary artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-based virtual field probing (VFP) technology, to enable better use of water and other farm inputs to produce better yields.

Zebra CropBank provides climate-smart solutions tailored to overcome the interlinked challenges holding smallholders back. Their solar-powered micro-warehouses allow farmers to safely store more of their harvest while integrated trading platforms connect them to stable markets and fair prices.