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title: "Milken Institute | FasterCures"
description: "FasterCures is a center of the Milken Institute focused on accelerating biomedical innovation and improving the system that delivers medical breakthroughs to patients. The Milken Institute describes itself as a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, and FasterCures is based in Washington, D.C. In Africa, the activity you provided shows a concentrated portfolio across fintech and agri-tech, with investments in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Ghana. The recorded rounds span seed, venture, and other stages, with eight investments totaling $800K in October 2024. Backed companies include Flow Global, AZA Finance, Chapa, FarmPawa, Chumz, Oze, Verto, and Trade Lenda. The recorded co-investor across all eight rounds is the Motsepe Foundation."
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# Milken Institute \| FasterCures

FasterCures is a center of the Milken Institute focused on accelerating biomedical innovation and improving the system that delivers medical breakthroughs to patients. The Milken Institute describes itself as a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, and FasterCures is based in Washington, D.C. In Africa, the activity you provided shows a concentrated portfolio across fintech and agri-tech, with investments in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Ghana. The recorded rounds span seed, venture, and other stages, with eight investments totaling $800K in October 2024. Backed companies include Flow Global, AZA Finance, Chapa, FarmPawa, Chumz, Oze, Verto, and Trade Lenda. The recorded co-investor across all eight rounds is the Motsepe Foundation.

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## Summary

FasterCures is a center of the Milken Institute focused on accelerating biomedical innovation and improving the system that delivers medical breakthroughs to patients. The Milken Institute describes itself as a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, and FasterCures is based in Washington, D.C. In Africa, the activity you provided shows a concentrated portfolio across fintech and agri-tech, with investments in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Ghana. The recorded rounds span seed, venture, and other stages, with eight investments totaling $800K in October 2024. Backed companies include Flow Global, AZA Finance, Chapa, FarmPawa, Chumz, Oze, Verto, and Trade Lenda. The recorded co-investor across all eight rounds is the Motsepe Foundation.

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## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chumz | /chumz | Other | 100000 | 2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Trade Lenda | /trade-lenda | Seed | 100000 | 2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Verto | /verto | Other | 100000 | 2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Oze | /oze | Venture (Round not Specified) | 100000 | 2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| FarmPawa | /farmpawa | Other | 100000 | 2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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