Leading provider of pay-as-you-go finance for off-grid solar home systems and connectivity solutions for low-income consumers in parts of East Africa.
Location: South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town
Total raised: $42.73M
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| 09.02.2024 | Convergenc... | convergenc... |
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 20.06.2023 | - | $14M | - |
| 03.02.2023 | - | $5M | - |
| 24.06.2022 | - | $23M | - |
| 25.11.2019 | - | $725K | - |
Mentions in press and media 20
| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.08.2026 | Convergence Partners leads Yellow’s Series C Funding Round | - |
| 22.07.2026 | Rwanda: MTN's Smartphone Financing Unlocks Digital and Business Opportunities | When Agnes Mukampabuka wanted a smartphone, the cost put it beyond her reach. Buying one outright would have required nearly Rwf300,000--an amount she could not afford in a single payment. Instead, she turned to MTN Rwandacell Plc's Tunga T... |
| 20.06.2023 | Yellow secures $14m for African solar finance | Yellow, a ground-breaking tech start-up focused on off-grid solar asset finance in Africa, has successfully closed its Series B funding round, raising $14 million. This latest investment brings the total capital raised by Yellow, through a ... |
| 20.06.2023 | Yellow secures $14m for African solar finance | Yellow, a ground-breaking tech start-up focused on off-grid solar asset finance in Africa, has successfully closed its Series B funding round, raising $14 million. This latest investment brings the total capital raised by Yellow, through a ... |
| 19.06.2023 | PayGo solar startup Yellow raises $14 million to scale in africa | Yellow, an asset financier for solar energy and digital devices in Africa has raised $14 million series B funding in a round led by Convergence Partners with participation from the Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund, managed by Triple Jump, i... |
| 27.03.2023 | Yellow powers Africa expansion with Series B equity round | Yellow, a company that provides affordable and reliable energy and internet connectivity in Africa, has announced the successful first close of its Series B equity round. The company’s partnership with Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF... |
| 27.03.2023 | Yellow powers Africa expansion with Series B equity round | Yellow, a company that provides affordable and reliable energy and internet connectivity in Africa, has announced the successful first close of its Series B equity round. The company’s partnership with Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEG... |
| 03.02.2023 | Oikocredit invests $5m in Yellow to grow solar energy market | The African fintech start-up Yellow, a supplier of pay-as-you-go off-grid solar solutions and appliances, says a $5-million loan from social impact investor Oikocredit enables it to serve a further 89 000 underserved households in sub-Sahar... |
| 03.02.2023 | Oikocredit invests $5m in Yellow to grow solar energy market | The African fintech start-up Yellow, a supplier of pay-as-you-go off-grid solar solutions and appliances, says a $5-million loan from social impact investor Oikocredit enables it to serve a further 89 000 underserved households in sub-Sahar... |
| 29.09.2022 | How Yellow increased revenue by 1 500% during pandemic | With its mission to supply solar home systems in Malawi and Uganda, the African fintech start-up Yellow grew its revenue by 1 500%, and scaled its agent network by over 3 000% between January 2020 and 2022. This, confirms Yellow chief techn... |
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