CherryPick Grant
Amount Raised
$10K
Date Announced
Oct 12, 2025
1y ago
Disclosed Investors
1
1 lead
Linked Sources
5
CherryPick Grant round record, dated Oct 12, 2025, amount listed $10K, 1 disclosed investor.
US$10,000 equity-free seed funding (grant) from the Standard Chartered Foundation to each of the five winners of Cohort 5 (2025) of the Standard Chartered Women in Tech Zambia Accelerator; Cherry-Pick Limited (Zama Bbuku) named among the top 5. Programme implemented by BongoHive with support from Village Capital (not linked as funders). date_announced = earliest dated public announcement found (LinkedIn post by a BongoHive associate resharing Techtrends Zambia, timestamp 2025-10-12); the awards ceremony date itself was not stated; Efficacy News reported on 2025-10-13 and BongoHive on 2025-10-15. Company says it has received three grants since inception; the other two are unidentified and not recorded.
bongohive.co.zm
Celebrating Five Years of Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: The Women in Tech Zambia Awards 2025 - BongoHive (15 Oct 2025)
efficacynews.africa
Standard Chartered Women in Tech Zambia Awards Mark Five Years of Empowering Women Entrepreneurs - Efficacy News (13 Oct 2025)
linkedin.com
Top 5 winners each receive $10,000 seed funding from the Standard Chartered Foundation - LinkedIn, Mulemwa Kusemwa (12 Oct 2025)
linkedin.com
Cherry-Pick (Z) selected among Top 5 winners in 2025 Standard Chartered Women in Tech Accelerator - LinkedIn (14 Oct 2025)
disruptafrica.com
How Zambia's CherryPick is building more resilient food systems for Africa - Disrupt Africa (16 Oct 2026)
