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Safaricom Spark Accelerator

Status

Status not published

The page lists an April-May 2025 application window; check the page for the next intake.

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Amount
Not published

Accelerator for Kenya-based startups up to Series A with access to funding from Safaricom and venture capital funds, in exchange for equity participation.

Funder

Safaricom with M-PESA Africa and Sumitomo Corporation

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — The page lists an April-May 2025 application window; check the page for the next intake.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Startups based in Kenya, in focus areas such as embedded finance, future fintech, SME productivity tools and the creative economy; up to Series A; ready to accept equity participation.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.safaricom.co.ke/sparkaccelerator/

"Access to Funding from Safaricom and Leading Venture Capital Funds"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.safaricom.co.ke

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