Yellow,

https://www.yellow.africa/

Last activity: 14.08.2026

Probably Closed

Categories: AfricaTechEnergyTechFinTechHomeProvider

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.

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Overview

Location

South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town

Total raised

$42.73M

Investors 1

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Funding Rounds 4

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Feb 3, 2023	Funding round	$5M
Jun 24, 2022	Funding round	$23M
Nov 25, 2019	Funding round	$725K

Mentions in press and media 20

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Jul 22, 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...
Jun 20, 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 ...
Jun 20, 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 ...
Jun 19, 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...
Mar 27, 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...
Mar 27, 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...
Feb 3, 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...
Feb 3, 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...
Sep 29, 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...
Sep 29, 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 tech...
Sep 7, 2020	SA startup secures $3.3-million in funding	South Africa and Malawi-based tech startup, Yellow, has secured $3.3-million in a Series A Equity Financing Round. The funding was received in a Series A Round to from Platform Investment Partners (PIP) invested, Ruby Rock Investment and L...
Sep 7, 2020	SA startup secures $3.3-million in funding	South Africa and Malawi-based tech startup, Yellow, has secured $3.3-million in a Series A Equity Financing Round. The funding was received in a Series A Round to from Platform Investment Partners (PIP) invested, Ruby Rock Investment and LB...
Dec 24, 2019	Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2019?	Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year. While not every startup wanted to disclose how much they raised, those that did made a ton of it — almost $290-million going on data from 88 venture capital (VC) disclosed de...
Dec 24, 2019	Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2019?	Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year. While not every startup wanted to disclose how much they raised, those that did made a ton of it — almost $290-million going on data from 88 venture capital (VC) disclosed d...
Dec 20, 2019	Are these SA’s 11 biggest disclosed VC deals in 2019? [Updated]	UPDATE (20 and 23 December): This article was updated to correctly state that SweepSouth’s R30-million raise from Naspers Foundry was part of a R60-million round closed in October. We have also removed the R500k Vollar deal which was actual...
Dec 20, 2019	Are these SA’s 11 biggest disclosed VC deals in 2019? [Updated]	UPDATE (20 and 23 December): This article was updated to correctly state that SweepSouth’s R30-million raise from Naspers Foundry was part of a R60-million round closed in October. We have also removed the R500k Vollar deal which was actual...
Nov 25, 2019	SA startup Yellow lands $725k to help distribute solar energy device in Uganda, Malawi	SA startup Yellow may just have closed a $725 000 raise from local and international investors, but the two-year-old company which sells pay-as-you-go solar-power devices to African households, almost shut its doors until a tech platform th...
Nov 25, 2019	SA startup Yellow lands $725k to help distribute solar energy device in Uganda, Malawi	SA startup Yellow may just have closed a $725 000 raise from local and international investors, but the two-year-old company which sells pay-as-you-go solar-power devices to African households, almost shut its doors until a tech platform th...
	Yellow	“Yellow enables a distributed network of sales agents to serve rural households with life-changing products and services through a digital technology platform called Ofeefee.”

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FAQ about Yellow,

How much funding has Yellow, raised?

Yellow, has raised $42.73M in total across 4 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has Yellow, raised?

Parsers VC lists 4 funding rounds of Yellow,, among them a funding round of $5M on Feb 3, 2023, a funding round of $23M on Jun 24, 2022 and a funding round of $725K on Nov 25, 2019.

What has the press written about Yellow,?

Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning Yellow,, among them “Rwanda: MTN's Smartphone Financing Unlocks Digital and Business Opportunities” (Jul 22, 2026) and “Yellow secures $14m for African solar finance” (Jun 20, 2023).

Is Yellow, still active?

Yellow, is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Aug 14, 2026.