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Pennee solves cash flow problems for small businesses starting with credit financing.

Bettr was founded by a collective of creative entrepreneurs and fintech veterans. A team determined to rewrite the financial fate of the South African youth, no matter what. Young people aren’t being given the access they need to the financial products they deserve, and it’s time that someone stepped in and changed that. We’re rethinking money, and we’ve called it Bettr. Through technology, creativity and community; we’re equipping young people with the confidence and currency to achieve their dreams. Around our core team is a growing community of striving and thriving creators. Together we’re co-creating a new culture of money in Africa. Our platform doesn’t just bank wealth, it nurtures worth. Because more than anything, we believe in the exponential potential of humans, and their ability to move the world forward. We’re founder-funded, angel-backed and here to build the future we want to live in.

ShopEX is the teleshopping startup offers a different shopping experience from existing eCommerce players.

Traction Apps is a developer of a financial platform meant to take payments from small businesses. The platform of the company provides all of the tools required for monitoring sales, sending invoices, receiving payments, maintaining inventory, and allowing retailers to access financing for expansion in order to manage their businesses.

Shuittlers is a tech-enabled scheduled bus-sharing company that provides a comfortable and affordable shared commute. The company's platform enables users to find, book, and share bus rides for commuting to work and returning home, allowing customers to commute.

The ANDO platform offers an end-to-end technology stack that begins when an order is placed and ends when an order is delivered and guest feedback is collected. The company's technologically advanced commercial kitchens ensure that all food is produced while keeping very sensitive prep times and quality requirements in mind.

Wapi Pay is the first, leading and secure Africa-Asia financial solution (Payments / Remittance) that is not only faster than ‘Telegraphic Transfers’ but significantly more affordable for customers. Wapi Pay is a platform that allows demand for Africa’s agricultural and natural products & services to fund payments for Asia manufacturing products through mobile and banking infrastructure. Wapi Pay gives the customer the option to choose a payment and delivery method whereby the customer can select Bank to Bank, Wallet to Wallet, Bank to Wallet and Wallet to Bank options to transfer funds as well as make merchant payments through its technology and infrastructure. Our proprietary funding and settlement processes and infrastructure allows for availability of instant cost effective liquidity and service guarantee of not more than 24 hours, where we electronically complete our compliance and due diligence. Wapi Pay offers mass payments for corporate, merchant payments for SMEs and P2P.

MarketForce is a US, Kenya and Nigeria-based technology company that is building the SuperApp for Africa's 100 million merchants. MarketForce provides an all-inclusive B2B Commerce and Fintech platform (dubbed “RejaReja” – Swahili for ‘retail’) that empowers merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently, access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments. Launched in 2018, MarketForce is a fast-growing YC backed company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 50 consumer brands trading on the platform.

QuickBus operates as an online marketplace ticketing system. QuickBus allows users to see reviews for different buses in Africa and book their seats online through its mobile application.

Lori is a venture-backed start-up building cutting-edge logistics infrastructure for trucking in Africa. The start-up is tackling a massive issue - $180 billion is spent annually on haulage across Africa, which means that up to 75% of a product’s cost is due to logistics (compared to 6% in the US). Lori’s tech-enabled and operations-driven marketplace efficiently connects transport to cargo. The supply chain management system brings transparency and has pushed for significantly improved flexibility, reliability, and cost savings (savings of upwards of 18%). The company has experienced 30% month-over-month compounded growth since its product launch in May 2017. The market demand for Lori’s platform is increasing exponentially. To continue this pace of growth, Lori recently closed a landmark raise from globally leading institutional and strategic investors. The company won Techcrunch Battlefield Africa.

WorldCover protects farmers around the world from droughts, by offering satellite-enabled insurance delivered with mobile money. Founded by MIT computer science and finance professionals, WorldCover is building an insurance platform to address the $100 billion in climate risks facing the world today. WorldCover's platform improves food and income security for smallholder farmers in developing countries. More than 70% of the 2.5 billion people living at the “base of the pyramid” throughout the world rely on agriculture for income and sustenance.

SystemOne approaches infectious disease challenges from a systems point-of-view, moving critical data to enable rapid decision-making around resource allocation, training, ROI evaluations and, most importantly, to ensure every positive diagnosis is linked to a patient and treatment is confirmed.

Cellulant is a leading multinational payments company in Africa on a mission to digitise payments for Africa’s largest economies. The company operates a one-stop shop payment innovations that enables businesses and consumers to make and accept digital and mobile payments.

Easyshop Easycook Services Limited Is A Proudly Nigerian Domestic Outsource Company That Specializes In Shopping Services. They Provide Customized Domestic Solutions To The Working Professional Who Otherwise Cannot Meet Up Due To Work And Timing Challenges.

Frontier Car Group is a berlin-based startup who develop, launch, and operate used-automotive marketplaces within emerging market economies, with operations in Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Pakistan, and Indonesia. Additionally, we are successfully engaging in two joint ventures with OLX in India and Poland. We increase the efficiency of selling and buying cars through technology, infra-structure creation, access to capital and innovative business models that allows all stakeholders to gain from our impact.

MyPadi.ng is Nigeria’s #1 go-to platform for finding off-campus hostels and roommates.

LifeBank App is an intuitive blood donor database that inspires committed Africans to give blood and save lives in their community. LifeBank Plus is an enterprise marketplace for hospitals and blood banks. The app helps their clients to source for the best blood and blood products that patients need. Their nimble logistics system helps to deliver the products to patients on time and also provides a simple payment systems that works.

Frontier Car Group is a berlin-based startup who develop, launch, and operate used-automotive marketplaces within emerging market economies, with operations in Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Pakistan, and Indonesia. Additionally, we are successfully engaging in two joint ventures with OLX in India and Poland. We increase the efficiency of selling and buying cars through technology, infra-structure creation, access to capital and innovative business models that allows all stakeholders to gain from our impact.

Cars45 buys, sells, prices, and rates the condition of pre-owned autos. The Cars45 process begins online, where owners enter their vehicle information for a free quote. They can then schedule an appointment at one of the company’s 13 inspection centers in Nigeria. After a multi-point evaluation including engine, brakes, tires, and a road-test, Cars45 makes an offer. If accepted, the company commits to wire payment to the owner’s bank account within 45 minutes. After pricing and creating a digital service history, Cars45 offers the autos it acquires to a private network of buyers.

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Printivo.com is disrupting the Nigerian printing industry through its efficient printing expertise, wide range of design templates and the reach of the internet. Printivo is an online print provider that provides its customers with free templates created by designers across Nigeria. Printivo aims to help Nigeria business print marketing and business materials with ease.

ACE (Africa Courier Express) is an African enterprise that engages in delivering logistics solutions to both businesses and consumers.