East Africa's longest-running seed fund for tech startups
Savannah Fund is an East Africa-focused seed fund investing in early-stage technology companies. One of the longest-running tech VCs in East Africa. Portfolio includes Africa Talents, Eneza Education, and other East African tech leaders. Invests roughly US$25K to US$500K at seed and Series A with strong operational support in the Nairobi ecosystem.
Use when
You're an East African founder raising a seed round and want an investor with the deepest Nairobi ecosystem connections.
Skip when
You are looking for the accelerator programme. It no longer runs one, and the fund's centre of gravity is East Africa rather than West.
Status (24 Sep 2026): now a seed and Series A investor writing roughly US$25,000 to US$500,000, having started in 2011 as a Nairobi accelerator putting US$25,000 to US$30,000 into three-month cohorts. It moved away from the accelerator model in 2016, so older write-ups describing a programme are out of date. Founded by Mbwana Alliy, focused on web and mobile across Sub-Saharan Africa with an East African centre of gravity.
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