Savannah Fund, a Nairobi-based venture capital Fund, has made another round of investment in three African startups – Ghana’s BIGxGh, Nigeria’s UniSmart and Zevan Limited from Kenya.

This is the third accelerator round Savannah has made.

The fund which has invested in 13 startups including Ghana’s premier online shopping platform Ahonya.com, offers $25 000 to each business as well as a three-month acceleration programme in exchange for 15% equity.

The startups were picked from a total of 95 applications across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Founded by Frederik Obasi, Nigerian-based UniSmart allows students to redeem perks at the point of sale both online and in-store. Since launching in February, UniSmart has worked with international brands, such as Nike, Puma, Levis and United Colors of Benetton.

On the other hand, BIGxGh.com, Ghana’s number one music website founded by Prince Boakye Boampong empowers Ghanaian musicians by providing a platform to display their art to music fans worldwide. Over time, it has accumulated one of the largest communities of Ghana music enthusiasts on the internet and serves as a direct link between artists and their fans. Last year, it recorded over 20 million views while the most downloaded song on the website has over 523,000 downloads.

The third startup, Stephen Kimiri’s Zevan Limited (SokoShambani), features a return-trip systemisation and optimisation platform (RTSOP) that helps farmers to access affordable delivery transports by rerouting empty return trips to pick up deliveries and send crops to populations that purchase them.

“We are looking forward to the progress these startups will make in the next three months,” Savannah Fund said.