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Unlocking Africa’s Market, Scaling Impactful Solutions

Investing in Africa’s future

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IGA

Impact Gateway Africa is a Venture support studio and early-stage investment fund dedicated to handholding high-impact enterprises across Africa. By providing early-stage seed capital, tailored support and strategic market access, we scale impactful solutions and create massive jobs across Africa.

Seed Capital

We offer early funding to help enterprises grow and build scalable solutions.

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Venture Hand-Holding

Impact Gateway Africa provides tailored, hands-on support in key strategic growth areas

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Market Access

We facilitate ventures new market access by aligning their growth strategies for scale

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Why Choose Us?

  • We offer early funding to help enterprises achieve their intended growth, develop their business models, and position their solution for long-term success
  • We provide tailored, hands-on support in key strategic growth areas
  • We facilitate ventures new market access by aligning their growth strategies for scale
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Our Approach

Early seed capital

Our investment is allocated directly to areas with the highest potential for exponential growth, ensuring that ventures receive the necessary financial boost to scale effectively throughout the investment cycle.

Hands-on venture building

IGA provides 6 to 12 months of expert support, focusing on key strategic growth areas. This guidance helps ventures build a strong foundation and determines the phased disbursement of seed capital based on their progress.

Market access

IGA facilitates ventures new market access by aligning their growth strategies with key milestones, leveraging both online e-commerce platforms and physical distribution channels to maximize their reach.

Our Portifolio Companies

Sweet N Dried

Sweet N Dried sources raw materials directly from smallholder farmers and processes them at source but following internationally certified food safety standards

Funded $100,000

Ziada

Ziada is a mobile application that helps service providers in the informal sector find more jobs and grow their businesses by linking them with clients who are actively seeking trusted services, as well as providing business advisory and access to equipment rental.

Funded: $10,000

Nyabon Enterprise

Nyabon Enterprise: Provides mechanization equipment to smallholder farmers to increase their yields.

Funded: $100,000

Kieni Dairy Ltd

Kieni Dairy Ltd trades under the name Highridge through the innovative process it produces high-quality pasteurized milk and milk products such as lala and yogurt.

Funded: $100,000

Wikitabu Publishers

Wikitabu is a firm that transforms traditional books and knowledge into compelling print, digital, and multimedia experiences—ranging from e‑books and audiobooks to immersive video storytelling. The mission? To tell African stories “well told”, ensuring content is engaging, accessible, and impactful. Wikitabu also specializes in lifeskills education platforms, leveraging group dynamics to focus on the individual, all while maintaining wide-reaching distribution and strategic marketing to ensure books reach the right audience

Clisolve Africa

Clisolve Africa is a climate innovation and sustainability venture committed to accelerating Africa’s transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future. Positioned at the intersection of science, technology, and entrepreneurship, Clisolve Africa develops and supports solutions that reduce carbon emissions, enhance circular economy practices, and drive inclusive green growth. Through research, partnerships, and enterprise support, Clisolve empowers startups and industries to adopt scalable, data-driven climate technologies—creating jobs, improving livelihoods, and safeguarding the planet for future generations.

Esusfarm

eSusFarm Africa is an award-winning agri‑fintech venture transforming smallholder agriculture across Sub‑Saharan Africa. The platform collects real-time production data via USSD or mobile apps, empowering over 100,000 farmers in countries like Uganda, Eswatini, and South Africa. By aggregating quality and quantity insights, eSusFarm strengthens financial inclusion—connecting farmers with credit, parametric insurance, and markets through partnerships with banks, insurers, telecoms, and government agencies . Recognized as a 2020 World Bank Top Innovator and winner of Pitch AgriHack 2023, eSusFarm uniquely blends agricultural intelligence with fintech solutions to enhance productivity, resilience, and livelihoods across the continent

Jamii.one

Jamii.one is transforming traditional community savings groups—known as “idirs”—across Ethiopia and beyond. By digitizing informal savings and loan records into a low-data, offline-first mobile app, Jamii.one builds users’ credit profiles and unlocks access to formal financial services like microinsurance, loans, and health products reddit.com+12jamii.one+12jamii.one+12. Trusted by over 700,000 users and partnered with NGOs and insurers, the platform empowers underbanked, low‑literacy communities to gain financial resilience and protect their families from shocks. Its impact is underscored by rapid fundraising success—raising €200 000 in one day on Seedrs—and support from leading investors and grants, including Renew Capital Angels and the Swiss Capacity Building Facility.

Pearl Insurance (Somalia)

Pearl Insurance (Somalia) is one of the pioneering providers reintroducing formal insurance to Somalia’s market after a gap of more than two decades. Based in Mogadishu and established in December 2014, the firm operates under Takaful (Islamic insurance) principles—offering Sharia‑compliant life, vehicle, and property coverage. As the first full-service insurer since 1991, it has quickly become a vital player in supporting local businesses and individuals managing risk in Somalia’s unique socio-cultural and economic environment

Our Bold Commitment

1,000 enterprises scaled 1 Million Jobs created $500M in Seed Capital mobilized for women and youth -led enterprises 1,000 Markets Unlocked Unlocking Africa’s Market, Scaling Impactful Solutions

Our Team

Meet the professionals behind IGA’s success

Anne Lawi

Managing Partner

Esther Pendo

Leads Programs

Katrine Folkmann

Lead Market Strategist

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Frequently Ask Question

IGA invites partnerships in several strategic areas:

1. Co-Investment Opportunities

  • Who it’s for: Venture capital firms, angel investors, impact investors, and development finance institutions (DFIs).
  • What to expect: Access to a curated pipeline of high-impact, early-stage enterprises across Africa.
  • Goal: Jointly mobilize the targeted $500 million in seed capital—with a priority on women- and youth-led enterprises.

2. Investor Readiness & Venture Building Support

  • Who it’s for: Enterprise support organizations (ESOs), incubators, accelerators, and technical assistance providers.
  • What to expect: Collaborate on tailored capacity-building programs focused on:
    Investment readiness
    Market linkage
    Product-market fit
    Governance and scale strategies

3. Thematic Program Design and Implementation

  • Who it’s for: Governments, foundations, NGOs, and development agencies.
  • What to expect: Co-create sector-specific programs to unlock high-potential markets and accelerate impactful solutions.

  • Examples:
    • Agritech and food systems
    • Green energy and climate solutions
    • Digital inclusion

4. Partnering with IGA means aligning with these bold ambitions:

1,000 enterprises scaled across Africa
1 million jobs created through supported ventures
$500 million mobilized in seed capital for women and youth-led businesses
1,000 markets unlocked for impact-driven enterprises

Africa-first lens with a local and continental network.
Venture support studio model that blends capital, talent, and technical support.
Strong commitment to inclusive economic transformation

1. Africa-Centered, Impact-Driven Model

– IGA is deeply rooted in the African context, designed by Africans, for Africa, with a focus on scaling homegrown solutions to the continent’s most pressing challenges. This local-first approach ensures relevance, sustainability, and long-term commitment.
 

 2. Hybrid Venture Studio + Fund Model

– IGA integrates both:
Venture Studio Services – supporting ideation, venture building, market validation, and acceleration.
Early-Stage Investment Vehicle – providing catalytic seed capital to unlock further funding and growth.
This dual approach ensures startups are not just funded but also well-prepared to scale and attract follow-on investment.
 

3. Bold, Measurable Commitments

– IGA is guided by ambitious, measurable targets:
  • 1,000 enterprises scaled
  • 1 million jobs created
  • $500 million mobilized in seed capital (with emphasis on women and youth-led enterprises)
  • 1,000 new markets unlocked
 

4. Tailored Support to Enterprise Support Organizations (ESOs)

– IGA doesn’t only support startups—it also strengthens the enablers (accelerators, incubators, hubs) by co-designing and delivering programs that elevate the capacity of the wider innovation ecosystem.

Yes, IGA supports starting up enterprises through a unique venture studio model that combines, Seed funding,  tailored start-up handholding, and market access, designed specifically for Africa’s high-impact, women- and youth-led ventures.

2022

IGA sources high-potential enterprises twice a year through dedicated application windows. The current cycle is closed, with the next intake scheduled for October 2025. Stay connected and get the latest updates by following us on our social media channels.

Also feel free to reachout to us at info@impactgateway.africa for any further enquires.

Do you still have a question? Feel free to contact us

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