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Since 2025, develoPPP Ventures has backed 3 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds totaling $1.2M, most heavily in Côte d'Ivoire and E-commerce & Retail.
develoPPP Ventures is a public funding programme of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development that provides early stage growth capital to innovative startups in developing and emerging markets. The programme is implemented by DEG Impulse gGmbH and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, with DEG Impulse based in Cologne, Germany, and coordinated through country specific teams. In Africa, develoPPP Ventures focuses on young companies with proven, impact oriented business models that improve local living conditions and are ready to scale. The programme offers non dilutive, matching funds style investments of up to 100,000 euros, and periodically runs calls for applications in selected markets including Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania. Based on available investment records, develoPPP Ventures has backed African startups at seed and early venture stages, including Kayko in Rwanda as well as Djoli and Trenderz in Côte d'Ivoire, across sectors such as e commerce and retail, logistics and supply chain, and marketing and CRM. The programme works in partnership with local experts and development finance actors to support portfolio companies as they grow. Co investment alongside institutions such as the Luxembourg Development Agency and the Development Bank of Rwanda, as seen in specific rounds, reflects its role as a catalytic public investor that aims to crowd in additional capital while scaling development oriented solutions in African markets.
Data updated · Jul 30, 2026
develoPPP Ventures has backed 3 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $1.2M since 2025.
Mostly Venture (Round not Specified): 2 of its 3 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Seed (1).
Companies develoPPP Ventures has backed operate in Côte d'Ivoire (2), Benin (1), Cameroon (1), and 6 more markets. Each figure counts the rounds behind companies serving that market, so a company operating in several markets counts in each of them.
Its tracked rounds lean toward E-commerce & Retail (1), Logistics & Supply Chain (1), Marketing & CRM (1).
develoPPP Ventures most often shares rounds with Burrow Capital (1 shared deal), Luxembourg Development Agency (LuxDev) (1 shared deal), Hanga Ignite (Development Bank of Rwanda) (1 shared deal).
develoPPP Ventures is a public funding programme that provides early stage growth capital to startups with innovative, impact oriented business models in developing and emerging markets. It is designed to help young companies that have already proven their solutions take the next step and scale.
Based on confirmed investments, develoPPP Ventures has backed Kayko in Rwanda, and Djoli and Trenderz in Côte d'Ivoire. These companies operate in e commerce and retail, logistics and supply chain, and marketing and CRM, reflecting the programme's interest in scalable, impact oriented business models.
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