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Sarura is a grain trading company based in Kigali, Rwanda, that links small holder farmers with local and international off-takers, such as Africa Improved Foods and World Food Program.

Kentaste Products Limited processes, produces, packages, and distributes coconut based products. The company offers coconut milk, creams, and oil for customers who use it in sauces, drinks, curries, and desserts. Its products are available in supermarkets in Kenya. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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 Renewable Energy provides energy solutions to residential, community, commercial, government, and industrial customers in East Africa. The company offers microgrids and commercial and industrial solar consulting; development; engineering, procurement, and construction; operation and maintenance; and financing services. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya with additional offices in Arusha, Tanzania; Freetown, Sierra Leone; and Lagos, Nigeria.

Tanga Fresh Ltd. is a milk processing company that also produces cheese and yoghurt. The company is based in Tanga, Tanzania.

Zembo provides affordable electric motorcycles for motorcycle taxi drivers in Africa.

Waterbus builds and operates catamaran ferries for safe and affordable transport of passengers and their goods.

Copia Global Inc. provides an e-commerce application that enables users to browse products and place orders with the local shopkeepers. The company’s application enables shopkeepers to order products for customers and make payments for the ordered products through a mobile payment system. Copia Global Inc. was formerly known as TTJL Inc. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Copia Global Inc. provides an e-commerce application that enables users to browse products and place orders with the local shopkeepers. The company’s application enables shopkeepers to order products for customers and make payments for the ordered products through a mobile payment system. Copia Global Inc. was formerly known as TTJL Inc. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Countryside Dairy Ltd, is a milk processing company established in 2014 and operates from the Kenyan equator town of Nyahururu. The firm processes pasteurized fresh milk products for the low-income market segment and institutional organisations such as hospitals, hotels and schools and does about 100,000 litres of milk on a daily basis.

Kentaste Products Limited processes, produces, packages, and distributes coconut based products. The company offers coconut milk, creams, and oil for customers who use it in sauces, drinks, curries, and desserts. Its products are available in supermarkets in Kenya. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Copia Global Inc. provides an e-commerce application that enables users to browse products and place orders with the local shopkeepers. The company’s application enables shopkeepers to order products for customers and make payments for the ordered products through a mobile payment system. Copia Global Inc. was formerly known as TTJL Inc. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

M-KOPA Kenya Limited develops and markets solar home systems. It offers solar systems with three lights, phone charging, and a solar powered radio. The company sells its products through dealers and retail shops in Kenya. It offers M-KOPA 5, KOPA 6, KOPA 600, and KOPA 6000. M-KOPA Kenya Limited was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. M-KOPA Kenya Limited operates as a subsidiary of M-Kopa, LLC.

Mr. Green Africa is a Nairobi-based recycling start-up whose vision is to change people’s perceptions towards waste equals value. This small company incorporates the concept of shared value—creating economic value while addressing social and environmental challenges—into its core, by harnessing the untapped potential of an existing informal waste management industry. Mr. Green Africa sells pre-processed recycling materials with a traceable social and environmental impact.

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.

Sendy is a business-to-business platform that offers on-demand door-to-door package delivery services for small, medium, and large businesses. Its easy-to-use web platform enables users to schedule, track, and pay for all deliveries right from their computer. Sendy was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kwara GmbH develops a digital banking platform for savings and credit co-operative societies (SACCOs). The company offers a cloud-based platform, Kwara, which provides loans application servicing and approval for the members. It also provides integration services, customer support, real-time financial tracking, and compliance services. In addition, the company offers Kwara Pronto for loans management. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Berlin, Germany. It has an additional office in Nairobi, Kenya.

Mr. Green Africa is a Nairobi-based recycling start-up whose vision is to change people’s perceptions towards waste equals value. This small company incorporates the concept of shared value—creating economic value while addressing social and environmental challenges—into its core, by harnessing the untapped potential of an existing informal waste management industry. Mr. Green Africa sells pre-processed recycling materials with a traceable social and environmental impact.

Mr. Green Africa is a Nairobi-based recycling start-up whose vision is to change people’s perceptions towards waste equals value. This small company incorporates the concept of shared value—creating economic value while addressing social and environmental challenges—into its core, by harnessing the untapped potential of an existing informal waste management industry. Mr. Green Africa sells pre-processed recycling materials with a traceable social and environmental impact.

Tanga Fresh Ltd. is a milk processing company that also produces cheese and yoghurt. The company is based in Tanga, Tanzania.

Jibu provides a comprehensive, turn-key start-up package for local entrepreneurs to start their own neighborhood businesses by treating and packaging water in reusable bottles. 450 million East Africans do not have reliable access to safe drinking water. Jibu currently works within this emerging market in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda and plans to expand to surrounding countries in the coming years. Jibu provides seed-financing and support to equip East African entreprenerus with the materials needed to launch safe drinking water franchises. Jibu offers an opportuntiy for local entrepreneurs to make drinking water 75% cheaper than bottled water, at the same price as boiling water, but with the convenience of door-side delivery and the aspirational association with bottled water.

Mr. Green Africa is a Nairobi-based recycling start-up whose vision is to change people’s perceptions towards waste equals value. This small company incorporates the concept of shared value—creating economic value while addressing social and environmental challenges—into its core, by harnessing the untapped potential of an existing informal waste management industry. Mr. Green Africa sells pre-processed recycling materials with a traceable social and environmental impact.

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.

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.

Prothem is the first and only private tea factory in Burundi

Sendy is a business-to-business platform that offers on-demand door-to-door package delivery services for small, medium, and large businesses. Its easy-to-use web platform enables users to schedule, track, and pay for all deliveries right from their computer. Sendy was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

Powergen Renewable Energy provides energy solutions to residential, community, commercial, government, and industrial customers in East Africa. The company offers microgrids and commercial and industrial solar consulting; development; engineering, procurement, and construction; operation and maintenance; and financing services. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya with additional offices in Arusha, Tanzania; Freetown, Sierra Leone; and Lagos, Nigeria.

Africa Logistics Properties (ALP) is the first integrated property investment and development property company dedicated to the modern grade-A logistics and industrial sector in Africa. Based in Nairobi, the management team includes senior property professionals with 20 years of industrial investment experience in emerging markets. ALP is backed by global institutional investors.

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.

Joseph Initiative focuses on delivering bulk high quality agricultural produce to East African markets. It has developed and deployed an integrated supply chain for maize that stretches from village-level farm-gates across Western Uganda to high-value regional markets.

Bridge International Academies is an operator of scholastic academy services used to provide education to underprivileged children. Its services provide lessons based on national curricula, develop in-depth teacher training and programs, and use cutting-edge wireless technology that enables underprivileged children to get the right education, free of cost, for a brighter future.

Ilara Health brings accurate and affordable diagnostics to rural Africans through miniature, AI-powered diagnostic devices that are integrated via a proprietary technology platform and distributed directly to primary care doctors.

Natural Extracts Industries Ltd manufactures vanilla and chocolate flavors ingredients. The company offers vanilla products, gourmet vanilla pods, and cocoa powder products, including Kilimanjaro Vanilla, Mbeya Cacao, Tanga Orange, Kibosho Coffee, and Kilombero Cinnamon under the brand EPICURIOUS HEDGEHOG. It also provides training services to farmers for vanilla crops. The company serves bakeries, dairy processors, cafes, and restaurants in East Africa, Europe, and North America. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Moshi, Tanzania.