Startups success stories

SimPat - an AI simulated patient platform for medical students, bringing the gap between theory and practice, providing students with immersive and interactive learning experiences that prepare them for real-world patient encounters.

Yaldi Game's mission is to design games that not only entertain but also empower players to explore new ideas, develop new skills and connect with others in a positive and enriching way.

Shasha Network is building digital access, soft‑skills training and career pathways to equip 50 million African youths—already reaching 500,000 learners across 120 communities in Zimbabwe and Rwanda.

Prozymi Biolabs is developing enzyme technology that degrades harmful gluten while preserving its baking functionality to enable wheat‑based ‘gluten‑safe’ bread.

Expanse recovers wasted GPU capacity (typically 60-70% idle) in AI computing clusters by predicting job resource needs, suggesting efficiency tweaks, and catching failing jobs early — helping organisations get more AI work done from hardware they already have, instead of building new data centres.

Ovation Agriculture turns cutting-edge research into practical, evidence‑based tools that boost livestock health, productivity and sustainability; validated by farmer feedback, the startup is now scaling to commercialise solutions, including normalising routine dental care for cattle.

Gradatim is a children’s picture book company creating staggered books that help under‑fives and their guardians understand complex health conditions—improving communication and wellbeing—founded from lived experience, award‑winning, and now expanding with new titles and pilot focus groups.

Ulimi is a story-first language learning platform for African children aged 3–15 that teaches isiZulu and Setswana through narrated folktales, games and serialised Webtoons, using a school-led freemium model to drive family subscriptions.

BioLiberty, addresses the overlooked need for hand rehabilitation with Lifeglov—a soft robotic glove enabling data‑driven, intensive post‑stroke therapy.

Qinara is a deep‑tech startup building hybrid quantum‑AI software that boosts performance and cuts training costs, turning quantum research into scalable, commercially viable tools through patented technology and partnerships with IBM and Microsoft.

Danu Robotics is transforming recycling with an AI‑powered, vision‑guided robotic sorter that identifies and removes contaminants at up to 40 picks per minute—doubling to quadrupling human speed.