The Uganda Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Uganda 2025 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 13 companies were able to make it through.
Each of these Founders have demonstrated a high level of perseverance and creativity, and their businesses have been thoroughly vetted and supported by a panel of Uganda's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Uganda program:
- Solver Tribe Africa - Connecting life sciences companies in Africa with top-tier statistics and data management experts for project-based consulting and training.
- Studionomak Ltd- Simplifying construction material sourcing in Kenya, enabling Mid - sized Contractors/Project Managers to build the shell of their structure starting from bare land.
- Amashami - Assisting enterprising refugees and refugee firms who are currently trading and operating inside the refugee camps, through business development services.
- Inuka Ongoza Africa (INOZA) Limited - Equipping young professionals with leadership skills by making top executive leadership training and tools available to young men and women, supporting a frog leaping to success.
- Tranzio Co. - An online app for 25 to 45-year-old Africans offering automated micro-deductions to build medical savings pools for as low as $5, leveraging mobile and financial infrastructures to address under-saving for retirement medical expenses.
- Jetpac Africa - Providing locally manufactured, sustainable paper takeaway packaging to medium and large restaurants in East Africa, helping them improve cash flow, reduce supply chain risks, and minimize environmental impact.
- Kilonova Technologies Limited - Employing blockchain technology to streamline farm record management, empowering farmers with enhanced funding accessibility through efficient data organization for donors and lenders.
- SCHaiR - Developing AI-powered immersive training simulations that prepare UN peacekeepers and military personnel for complex conflict scenarios, reducing operational risks and saving lives in volatile deployment environments.
- EASY RIDE ACCIDENT SOLUTIONS LTD - A B2B web-based platform that provides support services to insurance and corporate companies in Uganda.
- RecycleHub - Developing a mobile platform that helps individuals, businesses, and communities track their plastic and electronic waste footprint, order recycling services for hard-to-recycle waste materials, and access a marketplace for eco-friendly alternatives.
- Kanyakla EcoFarms - Empowering rural women and youth in Western Kenya with fruit tree-based agroforestry, using climate-smart tools and sustainable markets to regenerate land, increase incomes, and fight poverty through inclusive, carbon-sequestering farming.
- PANACEA - Making hospitals safer by using simple scan-and-check bands that help doctors and nurses confirm each patient’s medicine is correct before giving it.
- JOMAH FINANCE - Providing credit, savings, and investment solutions tailored for individuals and businesses in Uganda, starting in Hoima.
Uganda 2025 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
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Uganda Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Uganda Founder Institute: Alan Lwetabe (Director, Founder Institute Kampala), Ivan Kahangire (Co Director Founder Institute & Oracle East Africa Territory Manager, Oracle), Jacinta Anyinge (Co-Director, Founder Institute - Kampala), Joanitah Nantongo (Associate, FI), Kitawa Wemo (Founder & CEO, MAMA Social Ventures). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Uganda that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Uganda 2025 program was supported by some of Uganda's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Uganda’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:
In the Founder Institute's pre-seed accelerator program, early-stage entrepreneurs and teams build their business alongside a critical support network of local startup experts that share equity in their success, and through a structured and challenging business-building process that has helped alumni raise over $1.85BN.
After Graduation, the new Uganda Founder Institute Portfolio Companies now have a fast-growing company that has been fully validated by experienced startup founders, with access to the Founder Institute's global network and post-graduate support programs to continue building their business.
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, building a co-founding team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities and 100+ countries, the Founder Institute’s mission is to Globalize Silicon Valley and empower talented and motivated entrepreneurs to build companies that will create one million new jobs.
The next Uganda Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/uganda.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over $1.85BN in funding, and building products people love across over 200 cities worldwide.
See the most recent news from our Grads at FI.co/news, or learn more about their stories at FI.co/graduates.
