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Antler East Africa

Global day-zero investor (30+ locations worldwide). East Africa program in Nairobi builds companies from scratch — join as individual, find co-founder, build MVP, get funded in 6 months. $100-150K pre-seed. Follow-on fund available for graduates. Part of $1B+ global Antler platform.

TechPre-Seed

Rolling

Private Equityopen

Amethis Finance

Pan-African PE firm. Strong Francophone Africa expertise. $500M+ AUM. Consumer and financial services focus.

Financial ServicesHealthcareGrowth

Rolling

VC / Growth Fundopen

Algebra Ventures Fund III

MENA tech ecosystem

FinTechSaaSSeries A

Rolling

VCinvite-only

Algebra Ventures Fund II

Growth-stage extension of Algebra Ventures. $100M Fund II for larger tickets in scaling Egyptian and MENA tech companies.

DigitalFinTechSeries A

Rolling

VCopen

Algebra Ventures (Egypt)

Egyptian tech founders with strong teams and market traction

DigitalFinTechSeed

Rolling

Family Officeopen

Al Mada (Morocco Family Office)

Strong management teams in growing sectors

DiversifiedSeries A-B

Rolling

Impact Fundopen

AHL Venture Partners

Market-proven models with significant market opportunity delivering returns and impact

AgricultureFood SecurityGrowth

Rolling

Impact Fundinvite-only

AgDevCo

Specialist agricultural impact investor for Sub-Saharan Africa. $200M+ deployed. 60+ investments. Focus on commercial agriculture that creates smallholder farmer livelihoods. DFID/FCDO backed. Patient and catalytic capital for agriculture sector — one of the most underinvested sectors in Africa.

AgricultureAgro-ProcessingSeed

Rolling

Fundopen

African Culture Fund (ACF)

Arts and cultural institutions

Creative IndustriesGrowth

Rolling

Corporate Programopen

Zendesk for Startups (Africa)

Startups needing customer service and support tools

TechnologyPre-Seed

Rolling

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Zayed Sustainability Prize

Rolling

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YALI (Young African Leaders Initiative)

Rolling

open

Y Combinator

Rolling

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Y Combinator (Africa track)

World's top accelerator. 50+ African startups funded including Paystack ($200M Stripe acquisition), Flutterwave ($3B+ valuation), Mono, Termii. $500K for 7% standard deal. Demo Day gives access to top global investors. 3-month program in San Francisco. Africa batch increasing every cycle.

Sector agnostic — FintechSaaSPre-Seed

Rolling

Private Equityopen

XSML Capital (African Rivers Fund)

Income-generating high-growth SMEs in frontier and least-developed markets

Growth

Rolling

Competitionopen

XPRIZE Foundation

Teams creating breakthrough, scalable solutions to specific grand challenges. Technology-focused with emphasis on real-world testing and measurable outcomes. Teams must demonstrate genuine technical capability — these are engineering-heavy competitions, not pitch contests.

WaterHealthAll Stages

Rolling

Acceleratoropen

WFP Innovation Accelerator

Transformative solutions strengthening humanitarian assistance, supply chain resilience, food security, nutrition, and climate adaptation. Startups, social enterprises, companies, NGOs, and WFP internal teams.

Rolling

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