12 curated profiles of Africa's most notable tech startups, spanning 5 countries across West Africa, East Africa, and beyond.
12 startups listed
🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria
Africa's leading payments technology company, enabling businesses to build and expand across the continent.
Founded by: Olugbenga Agboola, Adeleke Adekoya
Visit Website →🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria's largest business banking platform, providing financial services to SMEs across the country.
Founded by: Tosin Eniolorunda, Felix Ike
Visit Website →🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria's fastest-growing digital payments platform with over 35 million users and a merchant network nationwide.
Founded by: Opera Limited
Visit Website →🇸🇳 Dakar, Senegal
Francophone West Africa's leading mobile money service, offering fee-free transfers across Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and beyond.
Founded by: Drew Durbin, Lincoln Quirk
Visit Website →🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria
Global talent marketplace connecting companies with vetted, remote software engineers across Africa and beyond.
Founded by: Jeremy Johnson, Christina Sass, Ian Carnevale, Iyin Aboyeji
Visit Website →🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya
Connected asset financing platform providing solar energy, smartphones, and financial services to underserved Africans.
Founded by: Jesse Moore, Nick Hughes, Chad Larson
Visit Website →🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya
B2B food distribution platform connecting farmers directly to vendors, cutting out inefficient middlemen in East Africa.
Founded by: Peter Njoki, Grant Brooke
Visit Website →🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya
B2B e-commerce platform supplying essential goods to informal retailers across East and West Africa on-demand.
Founded by: Daniel Yu
Visit Website →🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya
Agri-fintech platform combining satellite data, machine learning, and credit to help smallholder farmers boost yields.
Founded by: Eli Pollak, Benjamin Njenga
Visit Website →🇺🇬 San Francisco (HQ), Uganda
Pan-African cross-border payments app enabling free money transfers across Africa and internationally.
Founded by: Ham Serunjogi, Maijid Moujaled
Visit Website →🇺🇸 Washington D.C., United States
Bilingual (English/Spanish) AI wellness platform built for Black and Latino men — offering culturally competent mental health tools, coaching, and community.
Founded by: Aiyanyo 'Yany' Aibangbee
Visit Website →🇺🇸 Washington D.C., United States
D.C.-based strategic advisory firm connecting companies, investors, and governments across the U.S., Africa, and Europe — specialising in market entry, cross-border partnerships, and institutional engagement in emerging markets.
Founded by: Anthony Manga
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