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BetaStore operates a business-to-business marketplace that connects informal retailers with wholesalers and manufacturers, enhancing their access to a wide range of fast-moving consumer goods at wholesale prices. By delivering products directly to retailers' stores, BetaStore eliminates the need for them to visit open markets or negotiate with multiple suppliers, thereby reducing transaction costs and saving time. The company also offers working capital support and tailored payment facilities, allowing retailers to manage inventory more efficiently without over-purchasing. With more than 90% of retail sales in Africa occurring through informal channels, BetaStore plays a crucial role in streamlining digital procurement and financing for small retailers, ultimately helping them to improve their operations and financial profiles.

Stax is all of your bank accounts, mobile wallets, crypto in a single app that works without mobile data.

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.

EZFarming is a marketplace that helps farmers finance their business and sell their products. It aims to provide the best-bet farm investment opportunities to tackle youth unemployment, increase agricultural productivity and enhance national capacity to scale in agriculture. It targets to get at least 1% of African diaspora remittances invested in agriculture to increase food security and create 1 million decent job opportunities in agriculture by 2024. It has partnered with several manufacturing and food processing companies to off-take our farm produce. We have guaranteed markets and use efficient modern technology, effective supply chain management systems and implement good agricultural practices (GAP) to provide you with risk-mitigated investment packages. It was founded by Adewale Oparinde and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

Thrive Agric is an agricultural technology providing access to finance, premium markets, and data-driven advisory for smallholder farmers. We fondly call ourselves Farmily and at our core, we are a technology-driven and agribusiness startup connecting farmers with access to finance, premium markets and passionate about ensuring global food security and democratising agricultural participation. We drive digital participation by crowdfunding through our online platform; thriveagric.com and use these funds to engage farmers with quality inputs, agricultural expertise, process automation, and machinery, with the promise of decent returns to our subscribers and the farmers at the end of each farming cycle. One farmer at a time, our big vision is to build an Africa that feeds the world and itself. How do we plan to achieve this? Empower African Farmers by lowering barriers to accessing Capital and financial services, data driven best practices and technology to improve yield as well as access to local and global markets for their produce with established offtaker relationships like Flour Mills of Nigeria, Dangote Foods, Nestle, Stallion Rice, Grand Cereal, Amo Byng, and a lot more others. We offer farm investment opportunities that create big impact with our farmers and makes you a profit. Need High yield and guaranteed investments that positively affects the lives of rural farmers? there is no better place to look but thriveagric.com Backed by Telefonica’s Wayra, Ventures platform, Ycombinator and Google’s Launchpad, we are on a mission to create a prosperous and economically resilent Africa powered by Agriculture.

Fyodor is a privately held medical device company whose mission is to develop and commercialize novel medical diagnostic tests that address unmet needs in Nigeria and emerging economies. In response to the large proportion of malaria that is managed at home and in all healthcare settings, Fyodor has developed the Urine Malaria TestTM (UMT) – the first ever non-blood (one-step, no blood, no reagents, no equipment, visually read) rapid test that tells in 25 minutes or less if a fever is due to malaria or not. It removes the complexity, pain and risks associated with a blood test.

Aella provides instant credit solutions that eliminates the hassle of standard loan applications and enables employee to borrow at competitive and fair rates through their employers. Individuals can download the application through Android devices. Benefits of the platform are offered to employees, companies, and investors. The offices of the company are located across the United States and Nigeria.

500 Labs, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a global venture capital firm and startup accelerator established in 2010 and headquartered in Mountain View, California. The firm focuses on seed and early-stage investments across a wide range of sectors, including technology, financial services, biotech, and various emerging markets. It aims to support small and medium-sized startups through funding, mentorship, and a structured four-month accelerator program. 500 Labs invests between $0.05 million and $1 million for equity stakes of 5 to 10 percent in companies with monthly revenues of at least $100,000 and valuations between $1.54 million and $7.69 million. The firm has a strong emphasis on diversity, actively seeking to invest in companies led by minority founders. With a global footprint, 500 Labs operates in regions such as the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, and has supported over 2,200 startups since its inception. It also contributes to building startup ecosystems through educational initiatives and global partnerships.

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.

Aella provides instant credit solutions that eliminates the hassle of standard loan applications and enables employee to borrow at competitive and fair rates through their employers. Individuals can download the application through Android devices. Benefits of the platform are offered to employees, companies, and investors. The offices of the company are located across the United States and Nigeria.