The Cohort · 2026
Africa's next-generation
builders.
Fourteen founders. Nine markets. One room. Meet the ventures selected for Nova Garage 2026 — surfaced through cross-validated review of the continent's most ambitious early- and growth-stage technology companies.
14
Founders
9
Countries across Africa & MENA
8
Sectors from fintech to voice AI
27%
Female-founded ventures
14 of 14
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Fintech · Côte d'Ivoire
Daba Finance
Founded by Boum III Jr
Africa's first unified multi-asset investment infrastructure — brokerage, custody, wallets, compliance and APIs in one stack.
Climate · Senegal
Sikili
Founded by Kadia Faye
Certified refurbished smartphones with one-year warranty, sold through telcos, banks and BNPL across Francophone West Africa.
Fintech · Nigeria
Zeeh Africa
Founded by David Adeleke
WhatsApp-first credit and financial advisory platform for Africa's 350 million credit-excluded MSMEs.
Fintech · Guinea
SkaleTek
Founded by Hamidou Barry
AI-powered compliance and fraud infrastructure platform for African financial institutions.
Logistics · Côte d'Ivoire
BLOK
Founded by Waly N'Diaye
AI-powered B2B procurement platform digitising the fragmented construction supply chain in Francophone Africa.
Climate · Côte d'Ivoire
Flot
Founded by Pierre-Alexandre Assou
Decarbonised mobility platform putting ride-hailing drivers on a 36-month drive-to-own path to electric vehicle ownership.
Healthtech · Kenya
Neural Labs Africa
Founded by Tom Kinyanjui
Edge AI Gateway that retrofits legacy analog X-ray and ultrasound machines into intelligent diagnostic tools.
Logistics · DRC
Daredare
Founded by Henock Mukendi
Unified logistics and trust infrastructure for commerce in DRC — algorithmic dispatch plus an escrow payment layer.
Healthtech · Kenya
Panacea
Founded by Millicent Wanyeki
Barcode-enabled, offline-first medication verification platform connecting nurses, doctors, pharmacists, insurers and patients.
AI · Kenya
Provision Sight Africa
Founded by Victoria Mwaura
AI-powered smart glasses and mobile app that translate visual surroundings into real-time audio for the visually impaired.
Cybersecurity · Morocco
Nucleon Security
Founded by Anas Chanaa
AI-powered cybersecurity platform built on Zero Trust principles — continuous verification of users, devices and activities.
Agritech · Ghana
Kodu Technology
Founded by Iddi Mohammed Faried
Affordable sanitary pads manufactured from banana and plantain agricultural waste.
Fintech · Kenya
Keverd AI
Founded by Rodgers Wisdom
Hardware-level device fingerprinting that stops fraud across IP switching, VPNs, incognito mode and SIM swaps.
AI · Egypt / Jordan
Intella
Founded by Nour Al Taher
Voice AI purpose-built for dialectal Arabic and under-represented languages — serving a 500M+ speaker market overlooked by English-first speech platforms.
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