ULink AgriTech Private Limited provides a technology platform to farmers. The company offers data analysis, farm management, price information, and other services to customers in India.

Website:

https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/ULINK-AGRITECH-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U51900PN2008PTC157070

UNICAF is Africa’s leading online and blended learning higher education provider.

The company provides international-standard post-graduate degree programs to working adults across Africa, but at a price-point that is up to 80 per cent less than the cost of those degrees in the UK or US.

Founded in 2012 by Dr Nicos Nicolaou, UNICAF partners with international universities, and offers its own locally accredited degrees. It has grown rapidly and now reaches approximately 15,000 students, growing at more than 50 per cent each year.

The company has a physical presence in nine African countries, including branch campuses in Malawi and Zambia.

Website:

https://www.unicaf.org/

Battery Smart is building India’s largest network of battery swapping stations for commercial 2 and 3 wheeler electric vehicles (EV) with an aim of accelerating EV adoption by making it simpler and more affordable for the mass market.

Based in Uttar Pradesh, Utkarsh is a small finance bank which provides financial services to the under-served low-income rural and urban population in north and east India.

It started operating back in September 2009, and provides group loans, micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) loans, housing loans and savings accounts to the unbanked population.

Website:

https://www.utkarsh.bank/

Valency is a vertically integrated food ingredients business headquartered in Singapore, with operations across more than 15 countries in Africa and Asia. Valency was established as a commodities trader in 2007; in 2016, the company began a process of backward integration in order to create and capture more value across the supply chain, ensure consistent product quality, and deliver a more traceable end product over time.

Website:

https://www.valencyinternational.com/

Vay Networks is India’s largest network for trade financing. The company aims to accelerate the growth of supply chains by unlocking affordable and easily accessible trade credit for every member of the supply chain.

Website:

https://vayana.com/

Veritas lends to over 12,000 micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) customers in rural and semi-urban areas.  It provides small individual loans for working capital and business expansion. Veritas currently operates more than 100 branches across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka, West Bengal and Odisha. Lok IV invested $14.6m.

Website:

http://www.veritasfin.in/

Virunga Energy is a hydro-electric power business in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), backed by the UK charity, Virunga Foundation. It provides clean electricity to communities living in and around Virunga National Park in North Kivu, Eastern Congo.

CDC’s investment will support the development of the electricity grid and the construction of two new plants, resulting in almost 30 megawatts (MW) of new generation.

Website:

https://energies.virunga.org/en/

Virunga Energy is a hydro-electric power business in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), backed by the UK charity, Virunga Foundation. It provides clean electricity to communities living in and around Virunga National Park in North Kivu, Eastern Congo.

Website:

https://energies.virunga.org/en/

The Nubian Suns projects comprise 13 solar power plants located in the Benban Solar Park, near Aswan in Egypt. These plants will add a 590 megawatt (MW) capacity to the park.

Winnergy for Renewable Energy Projects SAE is one of these plants, with a 5oMW capacity.

The projects are funded by a syndicate of lenders led by the IFC.

When complete, Benban will be the largest solar power installation in the world with up to 1.65GW capacity and 32 solar plants.

Nubian Suns play a central part in round 2 of the Egypt Feed-In Tariff solar power programme which is introducing international investors and banks to Egypt at a crucial time for the country.

The Egyptian government launched this large-scale initiative in 2015 and has offered strong support for the Nubian Suns projects.

Website:

https://www.ntt-altawakol.com/the-group-companies/

Fasal is an artificial intelligence-powered platform for the agriculture ecosystem that records a variety of growing conditions on farms. It then uses artificial intelligence and data science to make predictions and insights.

WorldLink is the largest private sector internet service provider in Nepal.

Website:

https://worldlink.com.np/

WeRize is building a financial services platform. Its focused on providing a service for blue and grey-collar, low-middle income consumers residing in outlying districts and smaller cities in India, who are typically underserved by financial institutions.

Website:

https://www.werize.com/

As Zambia’s largest integrated agribusiness, Zambeef is an iconic company within Zambia and the wider Southern African region. The group is vertically integrated, operating its own arable farms which produce, process, and distribute beef, chicken, pork, milk, dairy products, eggs, stock feed and flour.

Zambeef’s chain of 170 plus retail outlets is making affordable and quality animal protein widely available to consumers through a modern retail network; the network operates across the country, including in areas which lack access to other formal retail providers.

The company employees over 6,000 people directly, and creates many thousands more jobs throughout its supply chain, making it one of the country’s largest employers.

Website:

https://www.zambeefplc.com/

Zambia National Commercial Bank, commonly known as Zanaco, founded in 1969 and listed on the Lusaka Securities Exchange, serves retail customers, large corporations, agri-business and public sector clients. Zanaco is a leading indigenous bank in Zambia and one of the largest and oldest banks in the country.

Website:

https://www.zanaco.co.zm/

Zephyr Power (PVT) Limited is a company incorporated in Pakistan which is constructing a 50 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Gharo, near Karachi.

Website:

http://zephyrpwr.com/about-us

Zephyr Power (PVT) Limited is a company incorporated in Pakistan which is constructing a 50 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Gharo, near Karachi.

Website:

https://www.zephyrpwr.com/