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Founders Factory Africa Program

FFA is a venture development and investment company that builds and scales businesses across Africa through our unique approach providing founders access to both capital and our highly skilled team. FFA has already invested in and supported 23 fintech and healthtech entrepreneurs in Africa across Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and aims to build and scale 88 businesses by 2025. We are looking for innovative African AgriTech startups to transform business models and improve the delivery of a range of services to smallholder farmers and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the agricultural sector.  We will consider startups across the agricultural value chain addressing bottlenecks in areas such as productivity, postharvest handling, foodtech, data and information, market access, finance, and supply chain management.

Investment
All Countries
Deadline: Rolling
The TiimAfrica Venture Fund

The TimAfrica Venture Fund launched a digital seamless venture fund with an aim of investing equity funds in 50 high-end technology businesses across Africa within the next 7 years. 

Venture Capital
All Countries
Deadline: Rolling
Spark Fund II
Others

True to our mission of transforming lives, we seek to identify, grow, and scale commercially viable businesses that are also creating societal change. In line with this purpose, we strongly believe that there are innovators who are determined to address challenges that exist in their communities by finding locally relevant solutions that work for them. We would like to give them a platform to enhance and scale across Kenya and beyond. Therefore, we launched the Safaricom Spark Venture Fund to invest and support late-seed, early-growth stage companies with a presence in Kenya, whilst leveraging Safaricom assets to enable the companies to scale. 

Grant
Kenya
Deadline: Rolling
GroFin  Funding for Small and Growing Businesses in Africa

GroFin is seeking applications for its Small and Growing Business Fund. GroFin is a pioneering development financier specializing in financing and supporting small and growing businesses (SGBs) across Africa and the Middle East.

Loans
All Countries
Deadline: Rolling
Innovation Partnerships In Food & Agriculture - Call for Concepts
Training and Capacity Building

Prospero Zambia has announced a call for applications for the Innovation Partnerships in Food and Agriculture. Prospero Zambia works with intervention partners in the small livestock, fruits, and vegetables and legumes sectors to address market constraints that hamper sector growth, competitiveness, and opportunities for SMEs.

Grant
Zambia
Deadline: Rolling
Equalife Capital Venture Debt Funding

Equalife Capital Venture Debt Funding extends financing to East African Companies seeking capital to cope with cash flow challenges related to the crisis.

Debt Financing
Deadline: Rolling
Investisseurs & Partenaires Investment
Financial Services
I&P has been supporting more than fifty SMEs, based in 15 African countries and operating in various sectors.I&P intervenes as a minority stakeholder. Through this association, we become a real partner to the company, and we participate to its governance, in close relationship with the management team. Our investment is established for a given period of time, after which we exit the company. We are managing several investment funds, which offer different investment deals.
Equity
All Countries
Deadline: Rolling
Hortfin
Financial Services

Hortfin is a ring-fenced loan facility directed at the fruit industry value chain. It will provide innovative and comprehensive financing and support systems in a manner that promotes job creation, transformation and sustainability. Funding will be provided by Land Bank, Jobs Fund and the industries with the loan book being managed by the Land Bank. Participants in the broader fruit industry are expected to play an important role in identifying opportunities, forming joint ventures and generally providing support to the investee companies. 

Loans
South Africa
Deadline: Rolling
South African Sector Specific Assistance Scheme (SSAS)
Financial Services

The SSAS is a reimbursable cost-sharing government grant that can be applied to the agricultural sector, where financial support is given to businesses that are supporting the development of industry sectors and businesses contributing to the growth of SA’s exports. 

Grant
South Africa
Deadline: Rolling
Mango Fund
Financial Services
Mango Fund promotes economic development in emerging economies by providing financial and business consulting services to experienced and growth-oriented entrepreneurs. Perform value addition activities mainly in manufacturing, agro-processing, and technical farming, but other sectors are welcome to apply. Engage with technology to provide skilled employment – we like social impact, especially job creation.
Loans
All Countries
Deadline: Rolling