Providing Impactful Solutions
on Cardano

EMURGO Africa is the regional entity of EMURGO Middle East & Africa (MEA), a Middle East and Africa-focused entity of Cardano blockchain founding entity EMURGO.

The State of Web3.0PwC-Emurgo Africa Report

Emurgo Africa and PwC, one of the leading global accounting firms, proudly unveil the highly anticipated State of Web3.0 Report.

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Our Vision & Mission

EMURGO Africa invests and partners with Africa-focused enterprises, startups, and accelerators to foster the development of socially impactful solutions on Cardano’s third-generation and environmentally-sustainable blockchain. For more information,click hereOpens in new window

Our Vision

Turning Africa’s challenges into opportunities, leveraging the power of Cardano’s blockchain to strengthen and develop economic resilience in nations and its citizens, and democratizing access to basic needs through socially impactful Web3 solutions.

Our Mission
  • Support the creation of blockchain Web3 solutions to promote businesses that solve social issues
  • Promote Real-Fi, fusion of traditional finance and DeFi (decentralized finance)
  • Raise awareness of Cardano as a technological platform to build socially impactful solutions and EMURGO’s role in the Cardano ecosystem.
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Cardano Blockchain

EMURGO Africa, and Middle East focused investment arm of EMURGO which is the official commercial arm and a founding entity of the Cardano blockchain along with Cardano Foundation and Input Output (IO)

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What We Do

EMURGO AFRICA positions Cardano as the standard tech infrastructure platform for the emerging industrial innovation in Africa and the Middle East.

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INVESTMENT
INVESTMENT

EMURGO Africa is one of EMURGO’s investment arms with a $100 million allocation focused on identifying and investing African blockchain startups.

ACCELERATION
ACCELERATION

Leverage EMURGO’s incubation expertise and experience with partners, EMURGO AFRICA provides startups with the resources necessary for funding, global marketing, and product building through local partners across the continent.

BLOCKCHAIN IMPLEMENTATION
BLOCKCHAIN IMPLEMENTATION

EMURGO AFRICA provides direct access to the Cardano ecosystem with its own products and partners. EMURGO AFRICA supports projects’ transformation from Web 2 to Web 3 on Cardano including building applications and tokenisation of your projects.

TAILORED BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTIONS
TAILORED BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTIONS

EMURGO AFRICA provides tailor-made solutions to enterprises and companies. Our solutions include development and marketing supports for companies to localise their products in Africa.

Our Value Add

We provide tailored end-to-end solutions leveraging blockchain technology for developers, startups, enterprises, and governments, to meet specific needs. This comprehensive process covers every detail from initial ideation to post-production support & maintenance.

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Startups and SMEs
Fast Product Release to Market (MVP and 1.0 Release)
Strategic Support
Startup Advisory
Marketing and Community Building Support
Large Companies
Architecture for High Level Complexity Systems
Hybrid Blockchain
Relational Database Projects
Blockchain Scaling Solutions
Operational Diagram (BPMN) and Strategic Analysis
Strategic Value-Added Marketing
Governments
Ideation, Planning and Execution of Large Scale
Innovation Programs Using Blockchain
Digitisation Support with Blockchain Technology
Advisory by Global Blockchain Experts
Academics
Joint Research Program
Education and Learning Courses
Organisation of Academic Conferences/Events

EMURGO Africa invests and partners with Africa-focused enterprises, startups, and accelerators to foster the development of socially impactful solutions on Cardano’s third-generation and environmentally-sustainable blockchain.

Partnerships and Joint Ventures

ADANIAN LABS
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Incubator

ADANIAN LABS

A successful pan-African venture studio and incubator dedicated to nurture 300 impact driven commercially viable companies in Africa by 2025

ADAVERSE
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Ecosystem Accelerator

ADAVERSE

Adaverse is a Cardano Ecosystem Accelerator that aggregates entrepreneurs, strategists and mentors building its most robust foundation in Africa and Asia.

It's a collaborative initiative between EMURGO and Everest Ventures Group that supports blockchain founders with funds, mentorship and tech infrastructure to scale Web3 solutions across the globe.

EMURGO Kepple Ventures
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Venture Capital Firm

EMURGO Kepple Ventures

EMURGO Kepple Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to fostering the development of new technological industries on the African continent.

Our mission is to create a better world by empowering businesses and people with a more transparent and efficient system backed by blockchain technologies. We aim to accelerate this transformation by creating more collaboration and synergies between Web2 and Web3 startups, and by catalyzing the capital flow from the conventional businesses and financial institutions to Web3 startups in Africa.

Team

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Shogo Ishida

Shogo Ishida

Co-CEO and Director

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Yosuke Yoshida

Yosuke Yoshida

Co-CEO and Director

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Panjun Wang

Panjun Wang

Director

EMURGO AFRICA SECTOR

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Ahmed Amer

Ahmed Amer

CEO of EMURGO Africa Kenya

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Hiroshi Yokoyama

Hiroshi Yokoyama

Head of Acceleration

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Emeka Ezike

Emeka Ezike

Community Manager

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Mayuko Kondo, Ph.D

Mayuko Kondo, Ph.D

Tech Scientist

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Dr. Kenzo Fujisue

Dr. Kenzo Fujisue

Advisor

Partners

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John Kamara

John Kamara

CEO, Adanian Labs

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Irene Kiwia

Irene Kiwia

CGO, Adanian Labs

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Bendon Murgor

Bendon Murgor

CTO, Adanian Labs

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Jerome Wong

Jerome Wong

Partner, Adaverse

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Vincent Li

Vincent Li

Partner, Adaverse

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Chuta Chimezie

Chuta Chimezie

Partner, Adaverse

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Cordel Robbin-Coker

Cordel Robbin-Coker

Venture Partner, Adaverse

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George Payne

George Payne

Venture Partner, Adaverse

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Bolanle Funmilayo Adedayo

Bolanle Funmilayo Adedayo

Content Manager, Adaverse

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Godwin Okaformbah

Godwin Okaformbah

Community Manager, Adaverse

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Max Zhou

Max Zhou

Ecosystem Head, Adaverse

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William Phelps

William Phelps

Investment Manager, Adaverse

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Kinson Cheung

Kinson Cheung

Program Manager, Adaverse

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Mouloukou Sanoh

Mouloukou Sanoh

Investment Manager, Adaverse

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Johnpaul Nwobodo

Johnpaul Nwobodo

Investment Analyst, Adaverse

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