Jasiri – Catalysing High-Impact Entrepreneurship in Africa

Backing the talent who builds Africa’s Lions. 

About Jasiri

Jasiri is an Africa-first entrepreneurial talent enabler. A programme of Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies, we back exceptional African founders who want to stay and build, from before the idea exists to the venture ready to scale, with intelligent capital, infrastructure and guidance.

WHY LIONS

We are not looking for unicorns - fast valuations, faster exits. Africa’s opportunity is unlocked by a different kind of venture: the Lion. Durable, rooted, built to endure and to grow the community around it.
 
We back founders building market-creating innovations — ventures that generate  economic activity at scale. MCI is the strategic lens that guides how Jasiri identifies and invests in high-growth opportunities that meaningfully improve lives.
 
At its core, MCI rests on a simple insight: some of Africa's largest untapped markets will not come from competing for existing customers, but from creating access for "non-consumers", people who would benefit from a product or service but currently cannot access it, due to barriers such as affordability, accessibility, or complexity.

Two ways to build with Jasiri

Jasiri Talent Investor

Pre-team, pre-venture.

Jasiri Talent Investor backs exceptional African talent before the venture exists, betting on the individual pre-team and pre-venture. The launchpad provides founder-friendly capital, infrastructure, and guidance from venture formation to market validation.

Jasiri Growth Accelerator

For the venture ready to grow.

Jasiri Growth Accelerator backs founders with ventures that have proven product-market fit and are positioned for growth. It provides intelligent capital, infrastructure, and operational support, and creates ecosystem access to help proven African ventures accelerate toward scale.

The proof is in the founders

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Our Regional Hub

Jasiri is committed to advancing the wider East African region and South Africa alongside it. To that end, we carefully select fellows from Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Africa, countries whose growth we are proud to invest in.
 
Our work is strategically aligned with the African Union's vision of a fresh, progressive, dynamic, and interconnected Africa. Rwanda serves as Jasiri's regional hub.