🇸🇩 Sudan.

Sudan-based agritech using AI to improve efficiency for smallholder farmers, with particular focus on cold-chain and post-harvest losses; one of the few active startups highlighted in Sudan's agritech ecosystem amid conflict.

Founded 2018, 249Startups supports Sudanese entrepreneurs via Orange Corners Sudan, a 6-month Kingdom of the Netherlands-backed incubation program covering business planning, marketing, product development, finance and investor access. Supports ventures across sectors including agri-food.

Member of the global Impact Hub Network since 2017. An innovation lab, incubator and social-enterprise community focused on sustainable cities, agriculture and climate action in Sudan.

Founded 2018 by Yousif Yahya to drive innovation in Sudan. Its We-Rise bootcamp (financed by EU and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation) supported 300+ businesses over a year. After the 2023 conflict, Savannah operates across Uganda, Kenya and Egypt in addition to Sudan, and produced Sudan's first YC-backed startup, Bloom (now Elevate).