Context and Opportunity

Africa’s services sector is the continent’s single largest contributor to GDP and employment growth, yet remains significantly underfunded relative to its potential.

Growth-stage service businesses face a compounding set of barriers that limit their ability to attract investment including weak business plans, limited market validation, and an inability to communicate a compelling investment case.

Growth Gateway’s Services Deal Accelerator provided hands-on investment-readiness support to 18 African service businesses across sectors such as fintech, agriculture, clean energy, and e-mobility.

Key highlights

£46M

In deals closed so far

40%

Women employed at supported companies

15K+

Direct jobs to be created in next five years

150M+

Beneficiaries impacted in next five years

Testimonials

The Growth Gateway team was instrumental in helping us identify and prioritise key markets for expansion, strengthening our investment case and enabling us to secure funding

Hendrick Ketchmen

Co-Founder. Gocab, Côte d’Ivoire

With support from Growth Gateway, we were able to better articulate our story and differentiate from traditional banks, leading to stronger investor engagement

Tarek Mouganie

CEO. Affinity, Ghana

We received support from Growth Gateway to identify high-impact markets for Paycode’s financial inclusion solutions, helping us increase investor confidence

Elias Chipimo

CEO-Zambia.
Paycode, South Africa