Coamana’s mission is to improve market efficiency by supporting farmers and businesses with access to market trade services, financing and fulfilment solutions in Africa’s physical market hubs. With operations in Kenya and Nigeria, Coamana are a true tech trailblazer in digitising physical market hubs and food systems in Africa.

PROBOUTIK is an invoice lending management platform for informal micro-businesses and SMEs in francophone West Africa. It extends credit for its clients’ receivables, allows the micro-businesses to keep a record of all store credit extended, and facilitates transparency for all parties. EAFF is very excited to be a part of its growth story along other Africa-based investors. We are delighted to be supporting their work expanding into the horticulture value chain in Senegal, as well as facilitating a growth into rural areas.

Credify Africa is on a mission to make trade seamless and transparent for exporters and importers across the continent. The company is tackling one of the biggest challenges faced by African SME importers: lack of access to trade finance. The innovative, technology-enabled product empowers SMEs by providing an integrated solution that seamlessly combines trade financing, real-time cross-border payments, freight forwarding and customs support services.
Their approach not only drives economic empowerment but also fuels sustainable growth in critical industries like agriculture, retail and machinery components.

Pumpkn is a South African digital-first lender supporting SMEs operating in the agri and food value chain. Their USP is their “funding ladder”, a structured loan scaling algorithm where SMEs access larger and longer-term financing, progressively. It is an exciting and novel approach to developing a deep understanding of an SMEs credit risk while lending.

Lendha is a cutting-edge fintech company providing access to finance for MSMEs in Nigeria. Lendha’s financial operating system for offline businesses in Africa, provides a seamless collateral-free credit, a business account and a bookkeeping tool for expense management. We are excited to support their continued expansion into rural areas and their work with farmers and small agribusinesses.

Sevi is an innovative B2B platform in the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) space, working with a range of SMEs to provide supply chain financing. Sevi enables MSME buyers and sellers to buy stock on credit quickly and conveniently. Their app helps businesses streamline their supply chain, simplify online transactions, and free up time, resources, and capital for other aspects of their operations. With about 30% of their current end customers in rural areas and a strong pipeline focused on enrolling rural/agri anchor partners, Sevi is a great example of the type of early-stage venture EAFF wants to invest in.

Liquify is a transformative player in trade finance for African SME exporters, particularly in the agricultural sector. The Company’s mission is to empower small and medium-sized enterprises, that are trading with multinational buyers, with direct access to affordable working capital allowing them to optimise their cash flow, strengthen relationships with their stakeholders and expand into new markets.

Vetsark is an agtech company that helps farmers and agribusinesses in Africa access finance, increase productivity, and improve their profitability. They unlock the potential of African agriculture by providing farmers and agribusinesses with the financing they need to grow their businesses, alongside supporting farmers to source inputs and sell their products at a fair price.