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Welcome to This Week in StartupGhana, your weekly intelligence of Ghana’s startup ecosystem. Here’s a look at the bold moves shaping the ecosystem this week.
- Inside Halcyon Accelerator’s mission to scale African climate tech
- Foovante Global bags GHS30,000 as winner of Startup Discovery Africa’s Climate Champion Competition
- Complete Farmer named on Bloomberg Africa’s 25 African Startups to Watch list
- ShEquity selects final 10 SMEs for its gender-smart climate technical assistance facility
- Mr Eazi’s Zagadat Capital acquires stake in Ghana’s Intravenous Infusions
- OmniBSIC Bank partners Indelible to launch embedded nature finance solution
- Truecoco secures A-rating from leading carbon ratings firm Sylvera
Deep Dive: Inside Halcyon Accelerator’s mission to scale African climate tech
Africa produces massive amounts of crops, yet the continent still imports the vast majority of its finished food items. The root problem is a massive infrastructure gap. Smallholder farmers produce 90% of our food, but because they lack access to reliable processing, clean energy, and water management, local supply chains remain fractured.
Fixing this relies on a new wave of agtech and climate startups building commercial solutions directly for these farming communities. But to scale, these startups need a completely different enterprise support playbook.
Earlier this month, we sat down with Mercy Erhiawarien, Senior Manager of International Programs at the global accelerator Halcyon, during their residency week in Accra to understand how the accelerator is helping climate and agtech ventures solve the paradox.
We unpacked Halcyon’s entire strategy on how they are training early-stage founders to ditch the “grant-only” mentality and build rugged, revenue-first businesses that stay in business.
Funding
Foovante Global bags GHS30,000 as winner of Startup Discovery Africa’s Climate Champion Competition
Foovante Global, the carbon credit verification and market access platform has been crowned the winner of the 2026 Climate Champion Competition organized by Startup Discovery Africa.
AgriMercarb, the first runner-up received GHS 15,000, while Cogam Manufacturing, second runner-up took home GHS 5,000.
Mr Eazi’s Zagadat Capital acquires stake in Ghana’s Intravenous Infusions
Zagadat Capital acquired a 17.31% stake in Intravenous Infusions PLC, equivalent to 47.5 million shares. Based on prevailing market prices, the stake is worth roughly GHS 2.9 million, although the actual purchase value was not disclosed.
The investment is intended to support the company’s growth and does not constitute a takeover or change in control.
ShEquity selects final 10 SMEs for its gender-smart climate technical assistance facility
ShEquity has selected 10 Ghanaian gender-smart SMEs for its Technical Assistance Facility focused on unlocking carbon credit opportunities and strengthening climate finance readiness.
The cohort includes Dyson Energy, Eco-nexus, Enterprise Coast Ghana, Gateway Feeds, GreenEarth Agro, Legendary Foods, Mayiya Investments, Royal Baobab Farms, Sustainable Energy Technologies, and YomYom. The selected businesses will receive technical support to develop carbon project concepts, improve investment readiness, and access emerging carbon market opportunities.
Product launch & Traction
OmniBSIC Bank partners Indelible to launch embedded nature finance solution
OmniBSIC has partnered with fintech firm Indelible to integrate its “Pay2Nature” platform directly into corporate banking. The system automatically funnels micro-contributions from everyday business transactions into verified African conservation projects. To eliminate greenwashing, every transaction is cryptographically tracked via blockchain, giving corporate clients an automated, audit-ready dashboard to easily prove their environmental impact and meet strict global sustainability reporting standards.
Truecoco secures A-rating from leading carbon ratings firm Sylvera
The company’s Tikobo One site has received an A rating from Sylvera. Sylvera ratings assess carbon project quality based on carbon impact, additionality, and permanence.
The project has so far removed over 5,500 tonnes of CO₂, worked with more than 200 smallholder farmers, and created over 35 jobs. The site can generate up to 12,000 CORCs per year.
Complete Farmer named on Bloomberg Africa’s 25 African Startups to Watch list
The agtech company, Complete Farmer has earned a spot on the 2026 African Startups to Watch curated annually by Bloomberg for its supply-chain and traceability tech.
That’s all for this week. Want to feature your startup, funding round, or product launch? Subscribe and email us at info@theinnovationspark.com
The GIJ Team
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