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SeamlessHR is building Africa’s first enterprise-grade, cloud-based HR platform. SeamlessHR’s end-to-end suite helps medium to large-sized companies automate and optimise their entire HR process from recruitment to retirement. SeamlessHR offers powerful technology that is well priced for emerging markets. The product suite includes a Recruitment Management System, Core HR Management, Performance and Competency Management, Payroll Management, Leave Management, HR Analytics and several other modules.

Kobo360 is a tech-enabled digital logistics platform that aggregates end-to-end haulage operations to help cargo owners, truck owners, and drivers, and cargo recipients to achieve an efficient supply chain framework. Through an all-in-one robust logistics ecosystem, Kobo uses big data and technology to reduce logistics frictions, empowering rural farmers to earn more by reducing farm wastages and helping manufacturers of all sizes to find new markets. Kobo enables unprecedented efficiency and cost reduction in the supply chain, providing 360-visibility while delivering products of all sizes safely, on time and in full. The Kobo mission is to build the Global Logistics Operating System that will power trade and commerce across Africa and Emerging Markets. The company is also preparing to enter the agro-trading space by creating a marketplace that links farmers with buyers all over the world. The marketplace will effectively eliminate the high cost of middlemen for smallholder farmers and significantly improve profits. Ife Oyedele ll and Obi Ozor founded it in 2017 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

uLesson has built the technology to deploy curriculum-relevant content via smartphones, that allows learners to use the product without concern for internet limitations and costs. uLesson’s mobile offering rests on three pillars: academics, media & technology and curriculum content is delivered via streaming and SD cards.

Twiga Foods Ltd. operates a mobile-based business-to-business supply platform, serving retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls across Africa. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the company facilitates the ordering of various supplies, including bananas, pineapples, and tomatoes, through its innovative platform. Twiga Foods aims to streamline the supply chain and enhance access to essential goods for millions of small and medium-sized vendors in urban markets throughout the continent.

Autochek is an automotive technology company founded in 2020 and based in South Africa. It operates online platforms that connect buyers and sellers in the automotive sector, enhancing commerce through digital solutions. The company focuses on creating a marketplace that improves access to auto loans, quality maintenance, aftersales services, and warranty solutions. By offering a comprehensive digital infrastructure, Autochek aims to streamline the coordination and maintenance of vehicle records, facilitating smoother transactions and interactions within the car market.

Okra Technologies Limited develops an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows developers to retrieve real-time financial information from a bank account to any web or mobile application. The company develops a portal and process to exchange financial information back and forth between customer, applications, and banks and enables developers to build financial products. Okra Technologies Limited was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

Pula GmbH is an insurance intermediary based in Mollis, Switzerland, specializing in agricultural insurance broking services. The company focuses on providing data-driven insurance solutions for small-scale farmers across six countries in Africa. By leveraging machine learning and analyzing weather patterns and farm losses, Pula helps farmers navigate climate risks and enhance their agricultural practices. Through the use of mobile technology, Pula empowers hundreds of thousands of smallholders to protect their crops and make informed financial decisions, ultimately enabling them to invest in their farms and improve their overall income.

uLesson has built the technology to deploy curriculum-relevant content via smartphones, that allows learners to use the product without concern for internet limitations and costs. uLesson’s mobile offering rests on three pillars: academics, media & technology and curriculum content is delivered via streaming and SD cards.

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.

Autochek is an automotive technology company founded in 2020 and based in South Africa. It operates online platforms that connect buyers and sellers in the automotive sector, enhancing commerce through digital solutions. The company focuses on creating a marketplace that improves access to auto loans, quality maintenance, aftersales services, and warranty solutions. By offering a comprehensive digital infrastructure, Autochek aims to streamline the coordination and maintenance of vehicle records, facilitating smoother transactions and interactions within the car market.

Okra Technologies Limited develops an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows developers to retrieve real-time financial information from a bank account to any web or mobile application. The company develops a portal and process to exchange financial information back and forth between customer, applications, and banks and enables developers to build financial products. Okra Technologies Limited was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

uLesson has built the technology to deploy curriculum-relevant content via smartphones, that allows learners to use the product without concern for internet limitations and costs. uLesson’s mobile offering rests on three pillars: academics, media & technology and curriculum content is delivered via streaming and SD cards.

Twiga Foods Ltd. operates a mobile-based business-to-business supply platform, serving retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls across Africa. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the company facilitates the ordering of various supplies, including bananas, pineapples, and tomatoes, through its innovative platform. Twiga Foods aims to streamline the supply chain and enhance access to essential goods for millions of small and medium-sized vendors in urban markets throughout the continent.

Kobo360 is a tech-enabled digital logistics platform that aggregates end-to-end haulage operations to help cargo owners, truck owners, and drivers, and cargo recipients to achieve an efficient supply chain framework. Through an all-in-one robust logistics ecosystem, Kobo uses big data and technology to reduce logistics frictions, empowering rural farmers to earn more by reducing farm wastages and helping manufacturers of all sizes to find new markets. Kobo enables unprecedented efficiency and cost reduction in the supply chain, providing 360-visibility while delivering products of all sizes safely, on time and in full. The Kobo mission is to build the Global Logistics Operating System that will power trade and commerce across Africa and Emerging Markets. The company is also preparing to enter the agro-trading space by creating a marketplace that links farmers with buyers all over the world. The marketplace will effectively eliminate the high cost of middlemen for smallholder farmers and significantly improve profits. Ife Oyedele ll and Obi Ozor founded it in 2017 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

mSurvey is a mobile survey platform driving decision-making for businesses across the continent of Africa and the Caribbean. mSurvey works with some well-known brands across the world; reducing churn, improving customer service, and increasing their Net Promoter Score. We solve the problem of customer service to market research with a technology and team that have deep local reach. We open up communication lines between our customers, their employees, and their customers.

Andela is a global talent network that specializes in recruiting and managing software developers from emerging markets, particularly in Africa. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, the company provides training and mentorship to prepare developers for roles with companies worldwide. Through its platform, Andela connects leading organizations like GitHub and Cloudflare with highly skilled engineering talent, enabling businesses to scale their teams efficiently and cost-effectively. The company focuses on identifying the top 1% of software developers, fostering a network that empowers developers while facilitating job opportunities. Andela operates as a distributed organization across four continents and has garnered support from notable investors, including Generation Investment Management and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Kobo360 is a tech-enabled digital logistics platform that aggregates end-to-end haulage operations to help cargo owners, truck owners, and drivers, and cargo recipients to achieve an efficient supply chain framework. Through an all-in-one robust logistics ecosystem, Kobo uses big data and technology to reduce logistics frictions, empowering rural farmers to earn more by reducing farm wastages and helping manufacturers of all sizes to find new markets. Kobo enables unprecedented efficiency and cost reduction in the supply chain, providing 360-visibility while delivering products of all sizes safely, on time and in full. The Kobo mission is to build the Global Logistics Operating System that will power trade and commerce across Africa and Emerging Markets. The company is also preparing to enter the agro-trading space by creating a marketplace that links farmers with buyers all over the world. The marketplace will effectively eliminate the high cost of middlemen for smallholder farmers and significantly improve profits. Ife Oyedele ll and Obi Ozor founded it in 2017 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

Twiga Foods Ltd. operates a mobile-based business-to-business supply platform, serving retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls across Africa. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the company facilitates the ordering of various supplies, including bananas, pineapples, and tomatoes, through its innovative platform. Twiga Foods aims to streamline the supply chain and enhance access to essential goods for millions of small and medium-sized vendors in urban markets throughout the continent.

Twiga Foods Ltd. operates a mobile-based business-to-business supply platform, serving retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls across Africa. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the company facilitates the ordering of various supplies, including bananas, pineapples, and tomatoes, through its innovative platform. Twiga Foods aims to streamline the supply chain and enhance access to essential goods for millions of small and medium-sized vendors in urban markets throughout the continent.

Cuebiq Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in location and data intelligence, focusing on understanding offline consumer behavior through its platform, AudienceQ. Founded in 2011, Cuebiq offers a range of services that assist advertisers in targeting geo-behavioral audiences across various platforms, enabling effective cross-platform advertisement strategies. The company's offerings include offline campaign attribution, performance analytics, and insights into consumer interactions with points of interest. Additionally, Cuebiq provides retail services such as footfall analysis and site selection, as well as audience segmentation and data monetization for publishers. By analyzing anonymous location patterns, Cuebiq delivers actionable insights that help businesses understand real-world consumer trends and behaviors.

mSurvey is a mobile survey platform driving decision-making for businesses across the continent of Africa and the Caribbean. mSurvey works with some well-known brands across the world; reducing churn, improving customer service, and increasing their Net Promoter Score. We solve the problem of customer service to market research with a technology and team that have deep local reach. We open up communication lines between our customers, their employees, and their customers.

Terragon Group is a digital media business focused on Africa. Within the digital ecosystem, Terragon Group understands the interplay between content and platform and has business verticals that deliver on components of the digital world. Terragon Group operates across key markets in Africa namely; Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya, as well as India. The Group is made up of three independent but complimentary business units that focus on different aspect of the digital media sphere; Terragon Limited (TL): Access and Aggregationl; Twinpine Limited: Mobile Advertising; and Terragon Media Limited (TML): Digital Agency.

Andela is a global talent network that specializes in recruiting and managing software developers from emerging markets, particularly in Africa. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, the company provides training and mentorship to prepare developers for roles with companies worldwide. Through its platform, Andela connects leading organizations like GitHub and Cloudflare with highly skilled engineering talent, enabling businesses to scale their teams efficiently and cost-effectively. The company focuses on identifying the top 1% of software developers, fostering a network that empowers developers while facilitating job opportunities. Andela operates as a distributed organization across four continents and has garnered support from notable investors, including Generation Investment Management and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Cuebiq Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in location and data intelligence, focusing on understanding offline consumer behavior through its platform, AudienceQ. Founded in 2011, Cuebiq offers a range of services that assist advertisers in targeting geo-behavioral audiences across various platforms, enabling effective cross-platform advertisement strategies. The company's offerings include offline campaign attribution, performance analytics, and insights into consumer interactions with points of interest. Additionally, Cuebiq provides retail services such as footfall analysis and site selection, as well as audience segmentation and data monetization for publishers. By analyzing anonymous location patterns, Cuebiq delivers actionable insights that help businesses understand real-world consumer trends and behaviors.

Intellibox is a patented technology which makes it quick and easy for customers to sell their phone for cash. Customers can take their used mobile phones to an Intellibox, complete the evaluation in 5 mins and walk away with 100s of pounds.

Persado Inc. specializes in artificial intelligence-generated marketing language solutions designed to enhance brand engagement and marketing effectiveness. The company offers a range of products, including Pro Email, which optimizes email subject lines through emotional language, and Pro Social, which creates compelling paid social ads. Its flagship product, Persado Enterprise, generates personalized emotional language tailored to individual consumers, facilitating both immediate sales and long-term relationships. Additionally, Persado One provides a cloud-based solution for multi-channel consumer engagement. The company's Marketing Language Cloud analyzes a vast database of words and phrases to identify language that resonates with audiences, ultimately driving improved engagement and business outcomes. Persado serves various industries, including retail, financial services, travel, and telecommunications, and maintains strategic partnerships with organizations such as Emarsys and Listrak. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, the company has additional locations in San Francisco, Chicago, Milan, Rome, Neo Irakleio, and London.

Beintoo is creating an ecosystem for advertisers and publishers to power a new generation of relevant mobile advertising. Our first-to-market technology enables marketers to understand users based on actual geo-behavior. Mobile advertising has a problem. Current-state location data collection methodologies do not capture a mobile users’ actual consumer behavior. App publishers and advertisers have not had the means to personalize the mobile experience based on offline user behavior…until now. Through machine learning BeAudience processes user dwell-time data within beacon, Wi-Fi and GPS signals to segment highly targetable audiences for mobile marketing. We provide this valuable, actionable geo-behavioral data for advertisers and app publishers through our automated platform.

Movirtu is a company focused on enhancing mobile phone accessibility for underserved populations, particularly those in rural areas who earn between $1-2 a day. The company has developed a cloud-based phone solution that allows these individuals to access mobile services affordably, addressing the significant expenses associated with phone sharing. By providing mobile carriers with innovative infrastructure products, Movirtu enables operators to offer their customers the ability to have multiple phone numbers and messaging accounts using a single standard SIM card. This virtual SIM platform not only reduces costs but also increases the reach of mobile services to those who cannot afford their own devices.

Upstream S.A. is a mobile marketing technology company based in Athens, Greece, specializing in accelerating mobile commerce in high-growth markets. Founded in 2001, Upstream operates the MINT platform, which serves mobile operators, agencies, e-commerce brands, and application developers by providing insights from mobile interactions and customer data. The platform facilitates mobile purchase rates and offers a variety of services, including marketing promotions, mobile content, loyalty programs, and direct billing solutions. Upstream reaches over one billion consumers across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, the CIS, and Southeast Asia, leveraging partnerships with more than 50 mobile operators. The company has successfully engaged half a billion consumers and converted 65 million into paying customers through a subscription micro-payment model. With a global presence, Upstream has offices in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Brazil, Nigeria, Romania, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates.

CommProve specializes in real-time Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring for wireless networks. Founded in 1996 by experts in network operations and software engineering, the company initially focused on GSM network deployment for Tier 1 customers. This early work revealed the necessity for effective measurement, analysis, and reporting of subscriber experience related to radio link performance. Today, CommProve continues to provide network monitoring, diagnostics, and analytics solutions to enhance the quality of wireless communication services.

Runcom Technologies develops, manufactures and markets superior technological standards and products that target the emerging beyond 3G market, enabling the delivery of enhanced communications services to cellular phones and other mobile and fixed devices. A privately owned company headquartered in Rishon LeZion, Israel, Runcom is the recognized pioneer of OFDMA® (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) NLOS (Non-Line Of Sight) technology, which has been adopted by ETSI for wireless telecom applications and by the WiMAX Forum® for its IEEE 802.16e standard.

TheBlogTV is a pioneering social media company in Europe, operating across Italy, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom since its inception in 2006. The company focuses on creating, activating, and managing online communities for prominent business clients, facilitating project development on web and mobile platforms to deliver measurable value. Its core services encompass comprehensive management of community-related activities, including content production and social media marketing, aimed at enhancing customer performance. Additionally, TheBlogTV specializes in producing social video content for both television and websites, utilizing traditional methods as well as user-generated approaches through video crowdsourcing. The company has collaborated with notable clients such as Microsoft, Juventus FC, and UNICEF, establishing a strong international presence and reputation in social media marketing and community management.

PacketFront Software is a young software company with a well-proven solution. PacketFront Software offering for automated multi-vendor networks was created as part of the world’s first public fiber optical network build-out in Sweden in 2001. PacketFront Software products were built to deliver true end-to-end automation in high-volume scenarios, a core characteristic that we have carried with us all the way since then. PacketFront Software products are now a few generations more mature and as solid, scalable, robust and effective as ever. They enhance the agility, competitiveness and profitability of our customers by providing strong automated solutions for complex multi-vendor networks.

Eblana Photonics Ltd. designs and manufactures laser diode products for space, medical, sensor, and fiber-optic communications industry. It offers products for broadband, access, and enterprise markets, as well as wavelength division multiplexing, sensor, and medical applications. The company also offers research and development services on contract basis. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland with additional office in France, Germany, the United States, Japan, China, and Taiwan.

Axerra Networks Incorporated is a pseudo-wire company that provides circuit and service emulation solutions over packet access networks. It offers pseudo-wire solutions, which enable mobile wireless operators, cable MSOs, competitive service providers, and incumbent carriers to extend Internet protocol (IP), legacy voice, and data services over Ethernet, IP, and MPLS networks. The company also provides pseudo-wire gateways and access devices that enable multiservice pseudo-wire capabilities, as well as provides service interworking over a range of transport technologies, such as Ethernet, MPLS, cable HFC, WiMAX, xDSL, EPON/GPON, and copper. Its solutions enable service providers to convert various packet access networks into an alternative to TDM access and layer-2 services, such as ATM, HDLC, and frame relay. The company also provides service convergence, mobile backhaul, mobile service provider packet service access, mobile backhaul service delivery, and business service delivery solutions. Axerra Networks Incorporated was formerly known as IPRad and changed its name in 2000. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel with additional offices in Moscow, Russia; Waltham, Massachusetts; Woodbury, Connecticut; and Wanchai, Hong Kong.

Sphera is a leading global provider of Integrated Risk Management software and information services, specializing in Environmental Performance, Operational Risk, and Product Stewardship. With over 30 years of experience, the Chicago-based company is dedicated to enhancing safety, sustainability, and productivity worldwide. It serves more than 3,000 customers and over 1 million individual users across more than 70 countries. Sphera is focused on advancing operational excellence and continuous improvement in risk management practices. Recently, the company has expanded its management team and relocated its corporate headquarters to Denver, Colorado, with plans to strengthen its technology portfolio and enhance support for its global customers.

ShoZu is the provider of mobile social media services that connect mobile consumers with their online social networks, personal blogs, photo storage sites and other Web 2.0 properties from the handset. The company’s patented technology provides fast, easy, one-click uploads of photos and video clips from the mobile to the Web, full-resolution photo and video delivery without compression, an emerging suite of services that push content to the phone, the ability to work in the background even if a connection is dropped, and other unique features that simplify and enhance the user experience, plus a mobile advertising service that provides non-intrusive and behaviorally targeted ad delivery.

PacketFront Software is a young software company with a well-proven solution. PacketFront Software offering for automated multi-vendor networks was created as part of the world’s first public fiber optical network build-out in Sweden in 2001. PacketFront Software products were built to deliver true end-to-end automation in high-volume scenarios, a core characteristic that we have carried with us all the way since then. PacketFront Software products are now a few generations more mature and as solid, scalable, robust and effective as ever. They enhance the agility, competitiveness and profitability of our customers by providing strong automated solutions for complex multi-vendor networks.

CommProve specializes in real-time Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring for wireless networks. Founded in 1996 by experts in network operations and software engineering, the company initially focused on GSM network deployment for Tier 1 customers. This early work revealed the necessity for effective measurement, analysis, and reporting of subscriber experience related to radio link performance. Today, CommProve continues to provide network monitoring, diagnostics, and analytics solutions to enhance the quality of wireless communication services.

MediaLario Technologies S.r.l. specializes in designing and manufacturing precision reflective optical components and systems for various applications, including semiconductor lithography, semiconductor processing equipment, and both space and terrestrial telescopes. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Bosisio Parini, Italy, with an additional office in Pleasanton, California, the company provides a range of solutions such as multi-waveband imaging systems for free space optical communication, medical imaging systems, and inspection and metrology systems for the semiconductor industry. MediaLario partners with prominent organizations, including the European Space Agency and NASA, to develop technology that supports space exploration and satellite imaging systems. The company is committed to delivering advanced optical solutions that enhance research and applications in both the scientific and industrial sectors.

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Sphera is a leading global provider of Integrated Risk Management software and information services, specializing in Environmental Performance, Operational Risk, and Product Stewardship. With over 30 years of experience, the Chicago-based company is dedicated to enhancing safety, sustainability, and productivity worldwide. It serves more than 3,000 customers and over 1 million individual users across more than 70 countries. Sphera is focused on advancing operational excellence and continuous improvement in risk management practices. Recently, the company has expanded its management team and relocated its corporate headquarters to Denver, Colorado, with plans to strengthen its technology portfolio and enhance support for its global customers.

IXI Mobile, Inc. engages in the development, production, and marketing of mobile messaging devices and related services. The company’s data-centric wireless mobile devices, Ogo, deliver various applications, including email, instant messaging, short messaging service, RSS, voice, Web browsing, games, headlines, and other Web information solutions. The company, through third parties, also provides hosted services, including gateways and backend servers, as well as related launch and support services. It serves mobile operators, mobile virtual network operators, and Internet service providers. The company, formerly Israel Technology Acquisition Company, is based in Belmont, California. As of January 8, 2009, IXI Mobile, Inc. operates as subsidiary of Runcom Technologies Ltd.

Axerra Networks Incorporated is a pseudo-wire company that provides circuit and service emulation solutions over packet access networks. It offers pseudo-wire solutions, which enable mobile wireless operators, cable MSOs, competitive service providers, and incumbent carriers to extend Internet protocol (IP), legacy voice, and data services over Ethernet, IP, and MPLS networks. The company also provides pseudo-wire gateways and access devices that enable multiservice pseudo-wire capabilities, as well as provides service interworking over a range of transport technologies, such as Ethernet, MPLS, cable HFC, WiMAX, xDSL, EPON/GPON, and copper. Its solutions enable service providers to convert various packet access networks into an alternative to TDM access and layer-2 services, such as ATM, HDLC, and frame relay. The company also provides service convergence, mobile backhaul, mobile service provider packet service access, mobile backhaul service delivery, and business service delivery solutions. Axerra Networks Incorporated was formerly known as IPRad and changed its name in 2000. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel with additional offices in Moscow, Russia; Waltham, Massachusetts; Woodbury, Connecticut; and Wanchai, Hong Kong.

CellGlide innovative traffic shaping technology allows mobile operators to increase their return on the investment by providing more profitable services while reducing the required capital expenditure.

Sphera is a leading global provider of Integrated Risk Management software and information services, specializing in Environmental Performance, Operational Risk, and Product Stewardship. With over 30 years of experience, the Chicago-based company is dedicated to enhancing safety, sustainability, and productivity worldwide. It serves more than 3,000 customers and over 1 million individual users across more than 70 countries. Sphera is focused on advancing operational excellence and continuous improvement in risk management practices. Recently, the company has expanded its management team and relocated its corporate headquarters to Denver, Colorado, with plans to strengthen its technology portfolio and enhance support for its global customers.

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