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of African innovators maximising their impact by learning from each other.
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Real connections.
Real opportunities.
Real impact.
For founders who are done waiting to be discovered. FemImpact Africa puts you in front of the right people, and connects you to a community of women-led and inclusive ventures building in health, climate and wealth.
WHY WE EXIST
Africa's innovation gap isn't a talent problem.
There are tens of 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. FemImpact Africa exists to close that gap.
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 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
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Be a changemaker. Get visibility for the work you do. Make powerful connections with our community.
FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT
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 capital clusters & 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, a digital health club that helps South Africans lower their blood pressure, Cat is a Techstars New York alum and multi-time venture-backed founder. 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.
