| Website | Visit website  |
| Location | 829 7th St NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20001 |
| Targets | Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Sectors | Agribusiness, Computer software, Education, Fintech, Healthcare, ICT, Mobile, Water, sanitation and hygiene |
“If not now, when? If not me, who?”
No business founder or leader ever has all the answers. But together, a group of entrepreneurs probably has among them the right perspective and experience to support peers as they work to scale their ventures and their impact.
At Village Capital, we create the space for entrepreneurs to work together across the boundaries of their organizations, to help lift one another’s performance. By bringing entrepreneurs from similar communities together — whether the same city, or the same sector — we establish cohorts with shared experience and peer-driven mentorship. We then give authority over capital investments to entrepreneurs themselves, empowering them to make sound decisions about which among them is most likely to succeed.
VilCap, Inc., our 501c3 non-profit, operates business development programs for early-stage entrepreneurs in agriculture, education, energy, financial inclusion, and health. VilCap Investments, our affiliated, for-profit investment fund, invests in the two top-ranked graduates from each program.
Our unique model won McKinsey/Harvard Business Review’s prestigious M-Prize for innovation in 2013. Over the past 5 years, program graduates have reached 6 million customers, created over 7,000 jobs, and raised more than $110 million in follow-on capital. To date, 96% of its alumni would recommend Village Capital’s programs to other entrepreneurs, and 93% of its portfolio companies are still in business.
| Name | Country | Sector(s) | Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Youverify Empowering Africans with their Identity | Nigeria | Computer software, Financial services | Growth stage |
 | Tulaa Connecting you to the last mile | Kenya | Agribusiness, Financial services, Mobile | |
 | Annona Trusted trading from seed to stall | Kenya | Agribusiness, Computer software, Financial service… | |
 | Mazima Retirement Plan Children shouldn't be your retirement plan | Uganda | Financial services | |
 | Numida Technologies Inc. We grow African small businesses with fair & convenient digital financial services | Uganda | Financial services, Mobile | Growth stage |
 | FPESA® Save time changing money. | Kenya | Financial services | |
 | Riby Finance We automate cooperatives, their business and financial activities. | Nigeria | Computer software, Financial services, Internet | |
 | Patasente Inc A neobank for SMEs, traders and freelancers. | Uganda | Financial services | Growth stage |
 | Social Lender Microcredit based on social reputation | Nigeria | Financial services | |
 | PayGo Energy Modern energy for all | Kenya | Clean technology, Financial services, Mobile | |
 | Ared Communication and connectivity solution of the future | Rwanda | Clean technology, Computer software, Internet | Growth stage |
 | Ojay Greene Improving livelihoods | Kenya | Agribusiness | |
 | Ensibuuko Equalizing access to financial services | Uganda | Banking, Financial services |
Village Capital’s Agriculture Africa 2019 Accelerator is focused on solutions that improve outcomes for small farmers and address food security issues. A few noteworthy… read more
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