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The solution was co-founded by a trained nutritionist and dietician who decided to help those suffering from food-related illnesses and malnutrition.
Lya Dietitian is a digital solution developed by Ugandan start-up Impact Nutrition Limited. It offers clinical nutrition services and enables users to adopt the right eating habits to maintain good health.
Its founding startup, Impact Nutrition Limited, was launched in 2017 by Nankunda Ronnah and Regina Nantege.
Impact Nutrition Company Limited’s mission is to “reduce the growing health burden of diet-related non-communicable diseases, obesity, and the persisting levels of undernutrition in Africa. Each person with a diet-related disease or malnutrition deserves access to appropriate diet therapy for a healthy life,” the startup explains on its web platform.
To successfully carry out this mission, in 2022, the startup launched its Android and iOS apps. Once they set up their accounts, users are required to enter some information about their health and the goals they wish to achieve through Lya Dietitian (weight loss, blood pressure control, etc.). Based on this information, the start-up's nutrition and dietetics experts suggest adequate solutions.
Users then begin to receive daily customized meals, with Lya Dietitian tracking the subscribers’ progress over time. It should be noted that the solution also provides nutritional advice and healthy products that can help achieve various health goals.
According to Play Store data, the Android version of the app has been downloaded over a hundred times.
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Unlike most of the fintech solutions sprouting across Africa, the solution chose to add Sharia-compliant products and services.
HalalVest is a fintech solution developed by a Nigerian start-up. It facilitates access to financial services such as savings, loans, investments, insurance, pensions, and payments.
As a Halal-friendly solution, the fintech works with financial institutions to help them list their Sharia-compliant products. It facilitates electronic payments and the collection of Islamic alms like zakat, sadaqah, and waqf. It aims to democratize access to interest-free financial products and services.
“We are focused on building and sustaining long-term access to ethical financial products and services. [We aim] to be a leading Non-Interest Fintech Bank in Africa and Middle East region,” the solution indicates on its web platform.
Users can sign up for HalalVest's services through their Android app by completing a specialized form. After verification, they gain access to a variety of ethical savings and investment plans from multiple providers. HalalVest serves as a convenient platform for accessing traditional financial services and more. Through their web platform and mobile app, users can conveniently transfer funds to any bank globally.
The fintech claims a thousand members and serves around 5 countries in Africa and the Middle East. According to Play Store, its mobile application has already been downloaded over 100 times.
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The startup behind the solution was founded by two Moroccans with decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. When they decided to venture into entrepreneurship, they turned to a rapidly-growing sector they knew best: pharmaceuticals.
Blink Pharmacie is a digital solution developed by Moroccan start-up Blink Pharma. It provides pharmacies with access to a marketplace where they can directly source pharmaceutical products from wholesalers and laboratories. The start-up, based in Casablanca, was founded in 2019 by Bertul Adil and Sami Khalil Mohamed Ali.
One of the main objectives of this solution is to prevent stock-outs and delivery delays. "We want to accelerate the digitalization of healthcare services [...] The healthcare sector is undergoing a profound transformation due to digital technology, and we aim to support healthcare stakeholders in this transformation. Leveraging our in-depth knowledge of the scientific and regulatory environment, as well as our background in healthcare, we have a deep respect for the ethical rules that govern the sector," says Sami Khalil Mohamed Ali.
Blink Pharmacie launched its mobile app for Android and iOS in 2020. Users can create an account on the app to access the marketplace. During the account setup process, users are required to specify their professional designation, such as pharmacist, pharmacy technician, laboratory representative, wholesaler, or visitor. These designations are then authenticated by the start-up to provide a better framework for its activities.
Laboratory representatives and wholesalers can use the app to share news about new product launches or advertising campaigns and monitor prospects in real-time. Based on the data they collect, they can adjust their marketing strategies for greater efficiency.
According to Blink Pharma, the platform currently has over 4,500 registered pharmacists, more than 41 wholesalers, and over 20 laboratories. The Android app alone has been downloaded more than 5,000 times, as reported by Play Store data.
"We faced significant challenges in authenticating pharmacists, particularly due to the regulations governing the medication supply chain. Initially, it was difficult to convince people about our idea. However, through hard work, we have successfully carved out a niche for ourselves in the market," explains Sami Khalil Mohamed Ali.
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Branper combines two words, “brand” and “perception”. The solution offers tech entrepreneurs another way of assessing their brand image. Thanks to Branper, they can anticipate certain situations.
Branper is a B2B service developed by strategy consulting firm GOWL. It enables users to conduct or participate in customized surveys and market research. Tech entrepreneurs can use it to optimize their business intelligence and customer experience by predicting consumer trends. It aims to get insights, customer perceptions, and benchmarks.
The service has no mobile app so users need to visit its web platform to access its services and features. They can register either as users or tech entrepreneurs and access the Branper dashboard. During registration, the platform collects personal information, which can be used by its clients for brand advertising.
Users can then take part in various surveys or market studies. "The questions mainly focus on consumer satisfaction at each stage of the sales process. That is to say, how they are welcomed in the stores, how their request is handled, how interest was shown in their needs, the quality of the products, whether they intend to recommend the brand or not, and whether they plan to buy the brand's products or services again," says Saïd Ben Jlili founder of GOWL.
Each survey earns users points that can be redeemed for airtime top-ups or gift vouchers. "Facebook's services are [gradually] becoming fee-based, which could harm SMEs. Brands are therefore called upon to work harder on customer satisfaction by finding other communication channels and more innovative strategies. They can no longer rely on their images alone," says Saïd Ben Jlili.
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After several incubation programs, including Plug and Play and 212 Founders, the Moroccan fintech is now growing rapidly and wants to invest in other African countries.
Hsabati is a fintech solution developed by a Moroccan start-up. Among other things, it enables the owners of very small, small, and medium-sized enterprises (VSMMEs) to track prospecting performance, stocks, invoicing, and finances.
"I've managed several SMEs, I've done consulting and freelance work with SMEs, and they all had the same problem (we didn't have the right tools). Either they were easy to use but too simple and not at all extensible, or they were very complex tools and you had to have a developer on hand. So, after a few months, we had to go back to Excel," founder Saad Kemou told We Are Tech Africa while expanding on the reasons that prompted the creation of Hsabati.
The solution has a mobile application accessible on Android and iOS. Once registered, a user can access the various functionalities that facilitate day-to-day business management. Hsabati is a turn-key solution with functionalities like "CRM", which lets users manage and organize customers and their contacts with all the necessary information, as well as the history of interactions, and "Finance", which lets them keep track of cash flow.
What's more, users can use it without even installing any software and they also need no tech skills. Nevertheless, a premium subscription is required. Its basic package costs MAD149 ($14.62) monthly against MAD249 for the premium package.
Currently, Hsabati operates in Morocco but, it plans to conquer international markets, starting from West Africa. "The simplest and most historic connections are Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal, and then we can expand to the other countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union," Saad Kemmou said.
Since its launch in 2019, the solution has attracted $600,000 in funding to support its growth.
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Africa suffers from inadequate access to education despite the governments’ efforts. To address the challenges preventing access in some regions, tech entrepreneurs create edtech tools but, they are sometimes inadequate to ground realities.
Genoskul is an edtech solution developed by a Chadian start-up. It allows access to online training courses, and tutors. It also allows users to get relevant answers to their questions, thanks to its smart assistant.
Through its Android app, users can register with an email or phone number to access services like virtual classrooms, where they can discuss with other learners.
"The virtual rooms interconnect learners from different backgrounds for an intellectual exchange. They are supervised by qualified teachers for effective preparation for national and international secondary and higher education exams and competitions,” the startup explains.
Genoskul offers courses in a diverse range of professions such as loincloth shoe making, shea butter processing, and rabbit breeding, as well as in public management and sustainable development, and civic action. According to Valery Kagro, founder of Genoskul, everyone should have access to the education and training of their choice, whatever their age or the type of training they aspire to.
To support its growth, Genoskul has raised CFAF5 million (around $8,149). It is also supported by Chad Innovation, an incubator that gave the start-up a stand at the Gitex Africa 2023 in Marrakech, Morocco.
Recently, it told We Are Tech Africa it has over 17,000 users in French-speaking African countries. It also indicated it was planning to create an English and Arabic version of its platform to expand to African countries where these languages are spoken.
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The solution was developed by a Cameroonian doctor to offer a customized solution tailored to local realities for affordable access to home healthcare.
Clinic Home is an e-health solution developed by E-santé Cameroun. It enables users to book appointments for home or remote consultations with doctors, general practitioners, or specialists. It also offers home laboratory and online pharmacy services.
Based in Douala, E-santé Cameroun was founded in 2021 by Philippe Ohandja, a trained doctor. Its solution aims to smooth the care pathway. For that purpose, it developed a mobile app -available for Android and iOS users- through which users can register and start booking services. To book the services of a practitioner, they just have to fill a form informing of the type of practitioner they need, when and the type of service they need as well as their conditions.
"Few minutes after payment is made, a teleoperator will call [the user] and forward the call to a doctor who will make an over-the-phone assessment before going to the patient’s home. After the consultation, if necessary, the doctor will ask a nurse to go to the patient for further tests or nursing care,” Philippe Ohandja told We Are Tech Africa at Gitex Africa (May 31-June 2) in Morocco.
If needed, the patient can also buy drugs and directly request for tests right from the mobile app.
A consultation with a general practitioner affiliated with Clinic Home costs CFAF10,000 (around $16.41). The fee rises to CFAF15,000 for consultations at night time or at weekends. Consultations with specialists cost CFAF15,000 at daytime and CFAF20,000 for night and weekend consultations. Teleconsultation, on the other hand, costs CFAF3,000.
The start-up claims around 25,000 users. In 2022, it joined an acceleration program in the Sahel through I&P (investors and partners). Although it has not yet completed a financing round, E-santé Cameroun plans to expand outside Cameroon, starting with Côte d’Ivoire.
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Common law is practiced in some 80 countries around the world. Lawyers can therefore refer to court decisions in these countries to defend their clients more effectively. However, accessing such information can sometimes be tedious. Hence the importance of Judy Legal.
Judy Legal is a digital solution developed by a Nigerian start-up. It gives lawyers easier access to case law from common law countries (around 80 countries), particularly Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana, to help them defend their cases in court.
It aims to be the “most comprehensive, most utilized database of case judgments in the world.”
“Our mission is to support the legal profession and the administration of justice by providing a law reporting service in a convenient form and at a moderate price,” it says.
With its Android and iOS apps, users can access its services once they set up accounts and buy a premium subscription. The type of services they are given depends on their subscription type. The startup has three premium subscriptions. The basic subscription costs $25 monthly and allows services like choosing a database, refining cases by date, court, country, and subject matter, and also highlighting comments. There are also the standard ($50 monthly) and premium ($150 monthly) plans besides the basic plan.
Since its launch, the Android version of its mobile app has been downloaded more than 10,000 times. In 2018, Judy Legal was one of the winners of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) program, going home with a $100,000 check. Two years later, it was selected to take part in the fifth cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator Africa.
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After working for five years in American firms such as Yahoo, Bassem Bouguerra decided to return to his country, Tunisia, where he launched a start-up shortly before the Covid-19 pandemic.
IntiGo is an e-mobility solution developed by a Tunisian start-up. It allows users to book taxi scooters and vehicles for hire for their errands and package deliveries. The Tunis-based startup was founded in 2019 by Bassem Bouguerra and Nebil Jridet. Since its launch, it has raised $1.6 million to develop its technology, expand its offerings and accelerate its growth in Tunisia, among other things.
"We provide our customers with comfortable and [most modern] cars. We also offer coupons and do not increase prices during peak hours," explained Bassem Bouguerra.
Via its mobile application -available for Android and iOS devices, users can signup to access its services. For a lift, users enter their destination and get quotes for every transportation means available. Then, they can choose the means they want and even filter based on drivers’ ratings or the nearest ride.
In addition to urban transportation, the startup deals with package, grocery, and food delivery. It has seven warehouses where items can be stored. During the coronavirus pandemic, the startup recorded a boom in the number of weekly deliveries. But, after that period, it went from an average of 2,000 to 600 deliveries weekly.
By 2023, IntiGo was claiming more than 200,000 runs and 60,000 app downloads. According to Play Store statistics, its Android app has been downloaded more than 50,000 times, which corroborates the figures put forward by the start-up. IntiGo has expansion plans but, it wants to wait for the right timing, the right destination, and the right product that can compete in international markets.
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After going through an incubation program in 2022, the Kenyan agritech launched its pilot phase in February 2023. Then, with its partners, it decided to proceed to the official launch this month.
Tawi is an agritech marketplace developed by a Kenyan startup. It allows hotels, restaurants, caterers, schools, and hospitals, to directly access fresh produce from small-scale farmers via its web platform. The startup, founded by Cherotich Rutto, launched its platform in 2023 after incubating with SC Ventures, a subsidiary of British bank Standard Chartered.
“Tawi will connect our farmers to an estimated Sh200 billion (US$1.6 billion) market opportunity. Through this platform, farmers will earn more for their produce while also improving the supply-chain efficiency of high-quality products to commercial clients," said Cherotich Rutto, the founder and CEO of Tawi.
The solution does not have a mobile app yet. So, users need to visit its web platform to register either as buyers or sellers.
Between February 2023 when it started testing the platform and May 2023 when it officially launched, Tawi has registered more than 1,000 farmers, and 250 commercial kitchens and made more than 1,000 deliveries.
Deliveries are managed by the startup’s logistics teams, 12 to 18 hours after the orders (a minimum of Ksh2,000 or $14.71) are completed.
The agritech ensures that at least 25 percent of the farmers it partners with are women and youth and that 90 percent of the produce comes directly from farmers. It also plans to integrate financial services like loans and microinsurance, as well as agronomic assistance to spearhead the adoption of good agricultural practices. For the time being, the startup, launched on May 9, 2023, has no expansion plan.
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During the coronavirus pandemic, the African ecommerce industry grew quickly, affecting related sectors, including the delivery segment whose solutions have multiplied across the continent.
Wiikko is a digital marketplace developed by a Congolese start-up. It connects consumers to various businesses and provides parcel delivery for commercial transactions.
Through its mobile app -available on Playstore and Appstore, users can sign up for a Wiikko account and access the listed stores, including fast-foods, restaurants, and supermarkets.
When users complete their purchase, the startup also takes care of the last-mile delivery, thanks to its delivery drivers. Right from the app, users can provide every information required to ensure smooth deliveries. Wiikko is committed to ensuring that deliveries are made within the hour by trained professionals. "We have helped over 50 drivers provide better delivery service through training. Before Wiikko, most of them were unregistered motorcycle cab drivers," the platform says.
The startup claims more than a thousand merchants on its platform, more than 50,000 delivered orders, some 25,000 users, and more than 16,000 active customers. Play Store data corroborates the user numbers as the Android version of the app has already been downloaded more than 50,000 times.
Currently, Wiikko is active in Kinshasa, the largest city in DRC with 16 million residents. According to founder Eric Bemba, in DRC, the startup targets the 5 million and counting active social media users. It also plans to expand outside the country in a later phase.
“Our vision is to become the pan-African delivery service with one of the largest networks of merchants and delivery partners on the continent to promote sustained, shared, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent employment for all," Wiikko says.
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The solution is the result of one of its co-founders’ experiences. Indeed, when her grandmother got serious burns and was to be hospitalized, there was no one to assist her at the hospital since her parents also had chronic diseases. That is how she decided to create a solution to avoid such pain for others.
Mbombo Home Care is an e-health solution developed by a Cameroonian start-up, founded in 2019. It allows elderly and dependent persons to get home healthcare services.
"Mbombo Home Care assists elderly and dependent people in Cameroon every day. We have a personalized approach to home care and choose the best options to meet your expectations," it says on its web platform.
Currently, it has no mobile app. So, users need to visit its web platform to book its services. Once they click on the “Book an appointment” option on the web platform, users are redirected to a Whatsapp account where they can discuss their needs.
Among other things, Mbombo Home Care offers geriatric and general consultations, nursing and life support services, physical therapy, and even daycare services. The healthtech also rents or sells wheelchairs, anti-scarring mattresses, canes, walkers, and crutches.
In 2021, it had a team of about twenty people, of which 90% were women. They included doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers in the cities of Douala and Yaoundé. Despite the negative impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on its activities, it has continued to grow.
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Before launching MyFeda, the Beninese startup behind the solution had developed a popular payment aggregator. This new technology aims to facilitate online transactions.
MyFeda is a fintech solution developed by Beninese startup FedaPay SAS. It allows users to send and receive funds and make online payments anywhere in the world without a bank account.
"MyFeda is a mobile solution that allows you to manage your money daily. Whether your money is on your mobile money account or a card, MyFeda allows you to control all your expenses whatever their nature (online, or in a brick-and-mortar store),” the solution indicates on its web platform.
To access its services, users need to first download its mobile app (Android or iOS version) and create their MyFeda accounts. The process can be completed in just a few minutes.
With MyFeda, users can send and receive funds via mobile money in Benin, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Guinea. They can also send funds via Western Union and MoneyGram or make bank transfers using MasterCard and Visa cards. The solution also provides access to a virtual Visa card.
Each MyFeda account is managed by the Lagos-based pan-African bank, United Bank of Africa (UBA), and linked to a card from the same bank.
A monthly subscription fee is required to use the services offered by MyFeda. Since its launch, the Android version of the app has been downloaded more than 5,000 times, according to PlayStore data.
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Senegal held the first edition of “The Digital Week - Senegal Connect” last week, from May 16 to 20. The event, held in Dakar, gave startups the opportunity to showcase themselves before politicians, potential investors, and the general public as a whole. Some of the most promising were celebrated with awards.
Earlier last week, Caytu Robotics won the presidential award for digital innovation during the first edition of The Digital Week-Senegal Connect. The robotics startup, founded in 2020, is thus the second startup to ever receive that award. It seduced the jury with its technology that allows users to remotely control robots from anywhere in the world. With that award, Caytu Robotics went home with a CFAF30 million ($50,000) grant to support its growth.
“Today, remote outsourcing is primarily concerned with non-tangible digital skills such as software and digital content development. CAYTU closes the gap between remote digital outsourcing and onsite physical experience, enabling the distribution of skills and hands-on expertise to distant geographic locations where they are needed. [...] CAYTU’s Robotics Platform is the world’s first crowdsourced Robotics as a Service solution. Our software is robot-agnostic and therefore can integrate any robotics hardware/application through our API,” the awardee explains on its web platform.
Caytu has a mobile app from which users can issue commands. Currently, it is carrying out its pilot phase at Brigham Young University (BYU) in the United States. During that phase, previously selected students and staff can order food at the university restaurant. Once the order is received, in Dakar, the Caytu team remotely controls the robots to deliver the ordered food.
“We implement an AI-Human Collaborative Shared Control approach to put the human touch at the center of robotics and therefore unlock the full potential of robots and create new opportunities for individuals and businesses. We have made teleoperation as intuitive and easy as it can be; simply using our Android & iOS app, anyone with a mobile phone can become a CAYTU Pilot,” Caytu explains.
Brigham Young University (BYU), a private research institution, was chosen to host the pilot phase of Caytu because of robotics professor Benjamin Terry, a BYU professor involved in the project. He joined the project to collect data to better understand human-robot interactions. In the long run, Caytu wants to create a global network of autonomous delivery robots. Still, for now, after BYU, the Senegalese startup intends to expand to other universities around the world.
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