Investment-readiness assessment
A structured view of team, market, product, traction, financials, governance and ESG — and the gaps to close before you raise.
Tanzania · Uganda · Senegal
Discover people.
Build ventures.
Find opportunities.
Sahara Ventures connects founders, mentors and investors — with investment-readiness assessments and explainable matching that tells you why every connection fits.
Available in English, Kiswahili and Français
- Members
- 1,513
- Ventures
- 460
- Upcoming events
- 9
- Chapters
- 9
How it works
From profile to meaningful connections
One flow powers the whole ecosystem.
- 1
Create your profile
Tell us about your skills, goals, country and chapter — in a few minutes, on any phone.
- 2
Add your venture
Founders describe their venture — sector, stage, traction and funding needs.
- 3
Get your readiness score
An AI-assisted assessment across 12 dimensions, with strengths, risks and next actions.
- 4
Meet the right people
Mentors, investors and opportunities, ranked for you — each with the reasons it fits.
Platform
One platform for the whole ecosystem
Built for founders and the people who back them.
Explainable matching
Every recommendation shows its reasons. People stay in control: you choose who to contact, and contact details are shared only after both sides accept.
Directories that work on any connection
Find members, mentors, investors and ventures by country, sector and stage — light enough for mobile data.
Events & opportunities
Pitch days, workshops, grants, jobs and accelerator calls — in your time zone, with one-tap registration.
Private by design
Phone numbers and emails are never shown publicly, and every administrative action is recorded in an audit log.
Programme insights
Gender-disaggregated figures by country, chapter and sector for monitoring and evaluation, exportable as CSV or JSON.
Investor showcase
Ventures ready for investment
Selected by the programme team and assessed across 12 readiness dimensions.
Pesa Pamoja
🇹🇿 Tanzania · FinTech
86Digital savings groups for women traders
Women-ledGrowthRaising $2.0MKliniki Connect
🇺🇬 Uganda · HealthTech
81Cloud health records for private clinics
Women-ledGrowthRaising $2.5MXaalis Pay
🇸🇳 Senegal · FinTech
83One QR code for every wallet in West Africa
Women-ledGrowthRaising $3.0M
Chapters
Growing across East & West Africa
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam · Arusha · Dodoma
712 members3 chaptersUganda
Kampala · Jinja · Entebbe
430 members3 chaptersSenegal
Dakar · Thiès · Saint-Louis
305 members3 chaptersKenya
25 members0 chaptersNigeria
10 members0 chaptersSouth Africa
3 members0 chaptersUnited Kingdom
3 members0 chaptersAfghanistan
2 members0 chaptersAlgeria
2 members0 chaptersEgypt
2 members0 chaptersGhana
2 members0 chaptersRwanda
2 members0 chaptersUnited States
2 members0 chaptersAlbania
1 member0 chaptersAruba
1 member0 chaptersDR Congo
1 member0 chaptersFinland
1 member0 chaptersGuyana
1 member0 chaptersIndia
1 member0 chaptersJapan
1 member0 chaptersJordan
1 member0 chaptersLaos
1 member0 chaptersMalawi
1 member0 chaptersNamibia
1 member0 chaptersRéunion
1 member0 chaptersTunisia
1 member0 chapters
Ready to grow with the community?
Create your profile, add your venture and get matched with the people who can help you grow.