AHL Venture Partners

Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services (CROPNUTS) is East Africa’s leading private agricultural services company. We provide our customers with world class laboratory, precision agriculture and soil fertility and fertilizer use advisory services. We partner with farmers to increase their profitability, by raising crop yields through better soil and fertilizer management, and by reducing their input costs through a combination of building healthy soils and adopting precision farming technology.

Sidai is a fully vertically-integrated company supplying quality livestock and crop inputs and training to farmers and pastoralists across Kenya. The company operates through a network of branded, professionally-staffed, company-managed and franchised retail outlets, stockists and field staff. Sidai has a unique ‘last-mile’ service delivery model that also reaches pastoralists and farmers in remote and under-served locations.

Rent To Own provides affordable financing to high capacity entrepreneurs in rural communities across Zambia. Rent To Own variety of rental arrangements helps business owners build assets and expand their own services. Beyond traditional asset financing, Rent To Own adapts its services and to the individual needs of each client, including guided asset selection process, direct distribution and one-on one training for maintenance and proper equipment usage. The company unique six-step loan process mitigates repayment risk and ensures that the equipment is being used optimally.

Tulaa combines mobile technology and last mile agent networks to connect agri-input suppliers, financial service providers and commodity buyers to smallholder farmers. The aim is to lower the cost and risk for the partners to do business with farmers.

Java Foods is a food manufacturer in Southern Africa, committed to providing high quality and nutritious food from local products at affordable prices. Java Foods was founded in 2012 with the objective of providing convenient, affordable and nutritious foods made from local products. Our vision is to become a leading food manufacturer in Southern Africa committed to providing high quality and nutritious food from local products at affordable prices.

Twiga is a mobile-based supply platform for Africa’s retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls. The company is using a mobile-based, cashless, business-to-business (B2B) supply platform to access distribution into the millions of small and medium-sized vendors in African urban markets. Founded in 2013, Twiga is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

PowerGen is leading the clean energy transition in Africa as a developer, builder, and operator of solar mini-grids throughout the continent. PowerGen is backed by sector leaders including Shell, Acumen, Omidyar Network, Sumitomo, DOB Equity, ElectriFI, REPP, and the Rockefeller Foundation. PowerGen has pioneered the solar mini-grid sector in Africa and is a founding member of the Africa Mini-grid Developers Associaiton (AMDA).

EthioChicken is a poultry producing companies in East Africa in which the operative companies are AGP Poultry PLC (AGP), Mekelle Farms Ltd (MKF) and Andasa Poultry PLC.

BURN specializes in designing, manufacturing, and distributing fuel-efficient cooking products aimed at improving the lives of people in the developing world. Operating a modern manufacturing facility located outside of Nairobi, BURN produces one stove per minute, making it the largest facility of its kind in Africa. The organization focuses on creating customized biomass stove solutions that address the specific cooking needs of various communities. By collaborating with implementing organizations, BURN develops sustainable stove dissemination systems that not only enhance cooking efficiency but also contribute positively to environmental and health issues, such as deforestation and women's health.

Acre provides services such as multiperil crop cover, mortality livestock cover, advisory services, vegetation indexing, and soil moisture index cover. They offer risk assessment, product development, and risk monitoring to facilitate access to crop and livestock insurance products for smallholders.

Sidai is a fully vertically-integrated company supplying quality livestock and crop inputs and training to farmers and pastoralists across Kenya. The company operates through a network of branded, professionally-staffed, company-managed and franchised retail outlets, stockists and field staff. Sidai has a unique ‘last-mile’ service delivery model that also reaches pastoralists and farmers in remote and under-served locations.

Zoona is a mobile technology company developing products such as money transfers, electronic voucher payments, and agent payments. It brings together the drive of young entrepreneurs and the power of cutting-edge technology to bring safe and reliable financial services to underserved communities all over Africa! It has support offices in South Africa with operations in Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique. Since being founded in 2009, they have processed over $2 billion in transactions and been recognized by The Nike Foundation and The Unreasonable Group as one of the top ten Startups best positioned to take girls out of poverty by helping them become entrepreneurs.

M-KOPA provides connected asset financing solutions for underbanked customers. Its platform combines digital micropayments and IoT connectivity to offer access to products including solar lighting, televisions, fridges, smartphones, financial services, and more.

Honey Care Africa generates income for small beekeepers and nuts farmers and offers products for the benefit of local consumers.

EFTA is a Tanzanian finance company that provides equipment loans for small and medium-scale enterprises and farmers. The company provides financing for construction, agricultural processing, transportation, tourism, and other industries. They specialize in equipment loans up to $600,000 with no collateral other than the equipment itself.

Umiliki Investment is a finance company that provides fund for small and medium scale businesses.