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Since Monday 19 October: 6 rounds announced, $100K disclosed. The largest is Circool’s $50K Accelerator round. Last week: 17.

Funding rounds per week over the last 52 weeks.

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Browse 8,454 startups across 49 African countries by sector, investor, funding round and founder.

Startups

Startups

Startups by country: Nigeria 2,287, South Africa 1,378, Kenya 1,036, Egypt 1,021, Tunisia 418.

Nigeria and South Africa hold 43% of listed startups.

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Sectors

Sectors

Share of listed startups in each sector: FinTech 19%, SaaS 15%, E-Commerce 9%, Marketplace 9%.

FinTech is tagged on 1 in 5 listed startups.

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Investors

Investors

Investors in a round in the last 12 months, by type: VC funds 53%, Development finance 7%, Corporates 6%, Angels 5%, Accelerators 2%, Other 28%.

VC funds make up 53% of the 522 investors in a round this past year.

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Funding

Funding rounds

435 funding rounds announced in 2026 so far, each a dot sized by its disclosed amount; Oct in blue.

Zipline raised the year's largest round, $600M.

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People

Founders & operators

Recently added founders: Muhammad Ibrahim Anis (Proveam), Temitope Adeosun (Superspace), Rida Baalbaki (Blu EV), Mahmoud El Guezery (Blu EV), Kagwe Mungai (Book Mahali).

1,476 people added this month.

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