Directory/Tech Startups

🚀 Tech Startups

10 curated profiles of Africa's most notable tech startups, spanning 4 countries across West Africa, East Africa, and beyond.

10 startups listed

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Flutterwave

🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria

Series DEst. 2016💰 $474M

Africa's leading payments technology company, enabling businesses to build and expand across the continent.

FintechPayments

Founded by: Olugbenga Agboola, Adeleke Adekoya

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Moniepoint

🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria

Series CEst. 2019💰 $110M+

Nigeria's largest business banking platform, providing financial services to SMEs across the country.

FintechBusiness Banking

Founded by: Tosin Eniolorunda, Felix Ike

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OPay

🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria

Series CEst. 2018💰 $570M

Nigeria's fastest-growing digital payments platform with over 35 million users and a merchant network nationwide.

FintechPaymentsSuper App

Founded by: Opera Limited

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Wave

🇳🇬 Dakar, Senegal

Series AEst. 2017💰 $200M

Francophone West Africa's leading mobile money service, offering fee-free transfers across Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and beyond.

FintechMobile Money

Founded by: Drew Durbin, Lincoln Quirk

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Andela

🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria

Series FEst. 2014💰 $381M

Global talent marketplace connecting companies with vetted, remote software engineers across Africa and beyond.

TalentFuture of WorkB2B

Founded by: Jeremy Johnson, Christina Sass, Ian Carnevale, Iyin Aboyeji

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M-KOPA

🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya

Series FEst. 2011💰 $250M+

Connected asset financing platform providing solar energy, smartphones, and financial services to underserved Africans.

FintechEnergyConsumer Finance

Founded by: Jesse Moore, Nick Hughes, Chad Larson

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Twiga Foods

🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya

Series CEst. 2014💰 $50M

B2B food distribution platform connecting farmers directly to vendors, cutting out inefficient middlemen in East Africa.

AgritechB2B CommerceSupply Chain

Founded by: Peter Njoki, Grant Brooke

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Wasoko

🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya

Series BEst. 2015💰 $125M

B2B e-commerce platform supplying essential goods to informal retailers across East and West Africa on-demand.

B2B CommerceRetail TechLogistics

Founded by: Daniel Yu

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Apollo Agriculture

🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya

Series BEst. 2016💰 $40M

Agri-fintech platform combining satellite data, machine learning, and credit to help smallholder farmers boost yields.

AgritechFintech

Founded by: Eli Pollak, Benjamin Njenga

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Chipper Cash

🌍 San Francisco (HQ), Uganda

Series CEst. 2018💰 $150M

Pan-African cross-border payments app enabling free money transfers across Africa and internationally.

FintechRemittancesPayments

Founded by: Ham Serunjogi, Maijid Moujaled

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