Incubatees

2025

LifeLine

LifeLine integrates insurance with outpatient drug tracking to reduce medication access barriers in Africa. It provides affordable access to medications and uses AI tools to increase efficiency and revenue, benefiting insurers and pharmacies. LifeLine has partnered with 20 pharmacies and eight insurance providers, generating $1,200 in its first month of beta testing.

Afya Ya Mnyama Digital

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.

Geuza

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.

Vizion Bot

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.

Signvrse

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.

DFTR

DFTR simplifies financial management for small businesses that rely on manual bookkeeping. DFTR provides a user-friendly platform designed for ease of use, even for those with limited digital experience. By digitizing financial records, DFTR automates bookkeeping, saving time and effort, and allowing business owners to focus on growth. It helps keep personal, business, and group finances distinct, improving organization, financial transparency, and empowering better financial decisions.

Greenalytic Motors Ltd

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.

Afya Wave Ltd

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.

Ace Solutions

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.

CheckMe

CheckMe enables women to perform self-breast screenings from home, addressing high healthcare costs and 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.

A Hity Design

A Hity Design produces a project called Green Transport, which develops affordable electric scooters to address transportation challenges in rural areas. These scooters provide a sustainable and cost-effective mobility solution, reducing travel costs and improving access to essential services for low-income individuals, especially teachers, farmers, and community members. By focusing on underserved communities, Green Transport aims to make transportation more efficient and environmentally friendly.

Olga

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, reducing advisors' workload.

Smart Trak

Smart Trak specializes in live tracking solutions for shuttle services tailored to organizations, schools, and institutions. Smart Trak provides real-time shuttle tracking, enhancing convenience for students and streamlining operations for management and drivers. This innovative approach ensures efficiency, punctuality, and improved coordination, transforming shuttle services into a seamless experience.

Chanels Innovations

Chanels Innovations is revolutionizing energy metering for Africa’s micro-utilities with its AI-powered, multi-tenant smart meters. By reducing hardware costs by up to 70 percent through proprietary designs and enhancing grid reliability with AI-driven software, Chanels delivers reliable, cost-effective, and scalable energy solutions.

SafeSpeak

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.