Umoja Rubber Products

Investor type

VC

Founded

1970

AUM

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Location

Mombasa, Coast, Kenya

Investment Ticket

$1-5 m

Investment Stage

Seed

Region of investment

Africa
Investor profile last updated: 22 August, 2026

Profile

Africa has always lived on its feet. Ever since man took his first faltering steps in the great Rift Valley, Africans have been renowned as the world's best walkers. Today Africans are still walking tall, but with one notable exception: the extra milage provided by their Umoja Shoes. Since its own first steps in the late 1970s, Umoja Rubber has helped to put affordable shoes on millions of feet across Africa. From kenya to Congo, Ethiopia to Madagascar, Umoja has become a household name- a name that stands fro strength, confort, value and reliability.


Today's bustling Umoja Headquarters is a far cry from the small slipper factory that opened with 26 employees on Mombasa Island in 1978. The Company's Mtwapa headquarters today employs more than 1,600 people and produces a phenomenol 100,000 pairs of slippers and 30,000 pairs of canvas shoes eveyday.

Industry

Chemicals E-commerce/Marketplace Fashion/Beauty Retail Financial Services Fintech Real Estate

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FAQs about Umoja Rubber Products

Umoja Rubber Products is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Seed, writing tickets of $1-5 m.
Umoja Rubber Products is located in Mombasa, Coast, Kenya.
Umoja Rubber Products was founded in 1970.
Umoja Rubber Products invests in companies and startups in Chemicals, E-commerce/Marketplace, Fashion/Beauty, Retail, Financial Services, Fintech, Real Estate.
Umoja Rubber Products invests in companies and startups in Africa.
Umoja Rubber Products invests in companies and startups at Seed.
Umoja Rubber Products usually invests $1-5 m on average.
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