Business Incubation Program

LifeLine is transforming healthcare affordability in Africa by seamlessly integrating insurance with outpatient care tracking. Our platform ensures affordable and efficient healthcare while leveraging AI-driven tools to optimize insurer and healthcare operations.

LifeLine has successfully partnered with 40 healthcare providers and 8 insurance providers, demonstrating early traction with $1,200 in revenue in its first month of beta testing.

Founder: King Chukwumere
Geographical focus: Rwanda

Afya Ya Mnyama Digital has developed a solution to address the challenge of early animal disease diagnosis faced by 80 percent of livestock farmers in Tanzania, involving sensor technology in ear tags or ruminal boluses. This technology enables early disease detection and real-time health monitoring, helping farmers manage animal health more effectively. This approach aims to reduce the significant annual treatment costs, which currently exceed 250.8 billion Tsh.

Founders: Julieth Tarimo, Marko M. Mabula Kaswahili
Geographical focus: Tanzania

Geuza creates eco-friendly assistive devices, like crutches and prosthetics, from recycled e-waste to aid people with disabilities. They use IoT sensors for enhanced functionality and support local economic growth by reducing e-waste.

Founders: Aline Nicole Uwamariya
Geographical focus: Rwanda

Vizion Bot develops a digital walking stick for visually impaired people, featuring auto-sensing, vibration alerts, adjustable tubes, and a solar-powered battery. Their goal is to improve accessibility, safety, and quality of life for people with visual impairments.

Founders: Adrien Biziyaremye, Guillaume Nzayisenga

Signvrse enhances communication for the deaf community with AI-powered real-time sign language translation. Using motion capture and 3D avatars, it interprets spoken and written language into sign language, breaking barriers in education, healthcare, and public services. Signvrse promotes digital accessibility and social inclusion for over 600,000 deaf individuals in Kenya, and 466 million people with hearing loss globally.

Founders: Elly Savatia, Branice Kazira
Geographical focus: Kenya/Rwanda

Greenalytic Motors Ltd specializes in environmental technology, focusing on vehicle emissions monitoring and control. The Vehicle Pollution Monitoring System provides real-time emissions data and alerts for non-compliance, and integrates with a dashboard platform. This innovation helps reduce harmful emissions, improve air quality, and support environmental sustainability in urban areas.

Founders: Emmanuel Tuyizere, Fausta Tumukunde
Geographical focus: Rwanda

Afya Wave Ltd is a healthcare startup reducing maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa with AI-powered ultrasound technology. Their lightweight, portable devices address barriers like the lack of ultrasound machines and trained personnel, helping healthcare providers quickly identify pregnancy risk factors. Afya Wave aims to promote equitable access to prenatal care and transform maternal healthcare delivery in the region.

Founders: Sarah Sunday Moses (MSIT '26), Moussa Moustapha
Geographical focus: Rwanda

Ace Solutions' product, Assetify, is a web and mobile app platform that helps organizations manage their growing collection of assets. It provides valuable insights from asset valuation, lifecycle tracking, auditing, and books of accounts, facilitating informed decision-making. Assetify empowers institutions to efficiently manage assets from acquisition to disposal, ensuring maximum value extraction throughout their lifecycle.

Founders: Gedeon Mirenge, Jean Damascene Uwingeneye
Geographical focus: Rwanda

CheckMe enables women to perform self-breast screenings from home, addressing high healthcare costs, limited accessibility, and breast cancer awareness. CheckMe offers interactive education, self-screening guidance, and connects users with healthcare specialists and breast cancer survivors. Using AI, data analytics, and community engagement, CheckMe promotes early detection and proactive healthcare practices, aiming to reduce breast cancer and save lives across Africa.

Founders: Francis Berinuy Yuyun (MSIT '25), Assynath Mlay (MSIT '25), Apoh Prince Eldrige
Geographical focus: Cameroon/Rwanda

Olga (Optimized Learning and Guidance Assistant) is an AI-powered academic planning assistant at CMU-Africa that provides 24/7 personalized course recommendations based on students' career aspirations. It addresses limited academic guidance, restricted access to advisors, and short registration windows, helping students make informed decisions and align their courses with their career goals. Olga also automates degree-requirement tracking and integrates insights from career services, thereby reducing advisors' workload.

Founders: Wendy Essuan (MS ECE '25), Michael Nwankwo (MSIT '25), Brhane Giday, Roy Esibe (MSIT '25)
Geographical focus: Rwanda

SafeSpeak produces an app offering a confidential platform for students to report sexual harassment and assault, receive support from a wellness team, engage in peer discussions, and access relevant resources.

Founders: Peace Bakare (MSIT '26), Cynthia Iradukunda (MSIT '26), Michaella Marie Rugumbira (MSIT '26)
Geographical focus: Rwanda