WHY WE EXIST
Africa's innovation gap isn't a talent problem.
There are thousands of founders across Africa building genuinely transformative solutions in women's health, climate resilience, and financial inclusion. Most of them are invisible to the investors, partners, and institutions that could help them scale.
The funding landscape is complex and assumes knowledge that most founders don't come with. VC isn't always the answer. Grants, DFIs, blended finance, impact investing these pathways exist, but they're hard to navigate without a guide.
FemImpact Africa exists to close that gap. We map who's building what. We make founders visible. And we help them find the right capital and the right partners for where they actually are, not where a Western funding model assumes they should be.
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VISIBILITY FIRST
Every founder deserves to be found. We build the directory and publish the stories so the ecosystem can see itself clearly.
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NAVIGATE THE FUNDING LANDSCAPE
Beyond VC. We demystify grants, DFIs, blended finance, and impact investment so founders can build the right funding strategy.
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CONNECT THE ECOSYSTEM
Founders to investors. Founders to corporates. Founders to each other. The right introduction at the right time changes everything.
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Join Our
Community
FemImpact Africa is a free, founder-first community, intelligence, and partnership platform supporting people building impact-driven startups and SMEs across female and family impacting health, climate, and wealth challenges in Africa.
We support founders on the continent and in the diaspora to:
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Decode funding and capital flows
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Access partners that unlock pilots, revenue, and scale
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Build credible, fundable businesses in African markets
FOR FOUNDERS
Get visible.
Get supported.
You're building something that matters. We help you get found, navigate funding, and connect with the people who can help you grow.
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Founder profile in our searchable directory
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Featured spotlight on our blog
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Monthly funding & ecosystem newsletter
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Community events and roundtables
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Upgrade for strategy sessions & warm intros
FOR INVESTORS
Access vetted
deal flow.
Stop searching. We surface the founders building the most compelling solutions in health, climate, and wealth across Africa.
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Curated founder & company database
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Quarterly strategic calls with our team
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Speaking & showcase at events
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Featured in reports & publications
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Personalised matchmaking with founders
FOR CORPORRATES
Pilot, partner,
and co-build.
Connect with the African innovators solving the problems your business cares about. Co-brand, pilot, and build relationships that matter.
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Direct access to vetted startup pipeline
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Co-branding across events & content
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Speaking opportunities
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Bespoke market research & reports
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Advisory on African market entry
OUR FOCUS
THE AFRICA OPPORTUNITY
By
2050
By 2050, Africa's population is projected to reach 2.5 billion, with over half under the age of 25. This presents a massive venture opportunity in sectors like digital health, femtech, fintech, agri and climate tech and sustainable consumer goods.
70% of the world's youth will be
African
in the world will be African
Africa will have 25% of the global disease burden
50% of its arable land will be at risk due to
climate change
JOIN FEMIMPACT AFRICA
Be a changemaker. Get visibility for the work you do. Make powerful connections with our community.
FOUNDER PROFILE
Joanna Bichsel
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, KASHA
Kenya | Series A
Kasha is a digital platform for last mile access to health, delivering personal care products and essential goods to women and communities across multiple markets in sub-Saharan Africa.
INVESTOR PROFILE
Paula Mokwena
CEO & HEAD OF CO-INVESTMENTS, FIREBALL VC
South Africa | Early Stage
Fireball VC is a female-led fund investing in early stage (Pre Series A / Series A / Series B) tech ventures, offering investment capital, a network of local and global co-investors and support for entrepreneurs to scale across Africa and internationally.
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FREE RESOURCE
Funding Your
Startup in Africa.
Most founders lose time chasing the wrong type of capital for the stage they are at. This guide breaks down every funding pathway available to African founders and which one fits where you actually are right now.
→ The 8 types of funding, explained plainly
→ Where the capital clusters and what that means for you
→ The funding journey by stage, from idea to scale
→ What investors actually look for
→ Real case studies from African founders
Investment
Potential
Africa’s innovation sector has long been underfunded, creating a gap between available services and the continent’s needs. This disparity presents an opportunity, especially with technology offering low-cost, scalable solutions.
Enormous
potential
market
Founded by builders,
for builders.
Cat Hendy
Founder of Kocha Daily and former Techstars New York alumna, Catherine, built and venture-backed a femtech company before relocating to South Africa. Seeing the gap between global femtech investment conversations and the African ecosystem firsthand, she started mapping who was actually building — and FemImpact Africa grew from there.
Gigi Kenneth
Founder of Asele, a cycle-tracking app built specifically for African women, and marketing lead at Jumping Rivers. Gigi brings a founder's perspective, a biochemistry background, and hands-on experience navigating the African femtech ecosystem. She hosts the Blush & Bloom podcast and has spent years connecting with the builders this community is designed to serve.