UNICEF StartUp Lab Accelerator Program has selected 25 tech-enabled companies for the fourth cohort, which kicked off within the week. The early-stage companies are addressing challenges in education, health, climate action, food and agriculture, finance, circular economy, frontier and assistive technologies, and mobility.
The programme is led by UNICEF in Ghana, supported by KOICA and implemented by MEST Africa.
The program will provide intense, hands-on, practical business acceleration support, mentorship, networking opportunities, and access to up to GHS 30,000 in prototyping funding. Qualified companies will also receive dedicated assistance in achieving recognition as a UN-recognized Digital Public Good.
Meet the 25 tech-enabled companies developing solutions to address the Sustainable Development Goals.
- TECHAiDE provides technology solutions to enhance teaching, learning, and testing, particularly in Science, English, Math, and ICT.
- STEMAIDE provides educational tools and fosters a supportive environment to equip young Africans with the necessary skills and mindset to thrive.
- Craft Education offers tech-enabled therapy for children with learning delays in Africa.
- Muna Kalati is a digital platform dedicated to the promotion of African children’s literature by providing access to culturally-relevant resources.
- Nikasemo develops solutions to help basic schools integrate technology into teaching, learning, and school management.
- AkooBooks Audio is digital publisher and streaming platform for Black/ African audiobooks.
- Chalkboard Education is a mobile-first learning management system designed specifically for underserved communities around the world.
- RiviaCo operates a network of primary care clinics offering high-quality and affordable in-person and virtual doctor consultations, medication and lab diagnosis services.
- Geia Technologies works to strengthen coordination and collaboration standards across the African healthcare industry, to reduce errors and gaps in information.
- MINAGIE Energy specializing in wind energy generation and direct air capture technology.
- Kodu Technology produces affordable and eco-friendly sanitary pads from banana and plantain fibers to help address period poverty.
- AgriVest Africa offers a crowdfunding platform to increase access to finance for smallholder farmers in rural Africa.
- Alle-AI tackles misleading AI-generated information by simultaneously evaluating query outputs across multiple AI models.
- MeSADA PCL develops farming equipment for smallholder and medium-scale staple grain growers in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Farmercy Technologies retrofits domestic air conditioners into decentralized, solar-powered micro-cold rooms to address post-harvest loss.
- Ozone Technologies increases access to prosthetics, targeting individuals in low and middle-income countries.
- Husk Technologies manufactures agricultural machinery and software solutions for farmers and agribusinesses.
- ThinkBikes provides last-mile transportation, distributing clean, electric cargo bikes for affordable ride-sharing and leasing to individuals and businesses.
- Code Club Academy assists people with disabilities by producing prototypes such as smart spectacles and a stick to aid in navigation.
- OGames Studio promotes African culture in the gaming industry by developing immersive games that celebrate African folklore and traditions.
- Eazzier Transpay is a fintech startup focused on empowering small and local merchants in Ghana who are currently underserved by payment service providers and banks.
- FreshLine Post Harvest Solutions provides a solar-powered mobile postharvest management facility with a packhouse, cold storage, and processing unit to address postharvest loss.
- E-Africa Solutions is a health technology company aimed at transforming healthcare records management in Africa.
- Mundaly connects impact funders and facilitators directly to communities and gives them affordable, evidence-based insights on specific community needs and contexts.
- BenBen ensures bankable, and transparent large-scale land transactions through Keva, a web3-enabled land rights data layer to de-risk and safeguard land transactions between land investors and local communities
Source: UNICEF Startup Lab
