Big Data Startups in Africa

Step into the thriving world of Big Data startups in Africa, where innovators are rewriting the rules and redefining what's possible. Our carefully curated list is your passport to explore the trailblazers who are shaping this dynamic sector. Discover their bold solutions, game-changing products, and out-of-the-box thinking as they forge new paths in Big Data.

Cummulative Funding

$868M+

Total # of Companies

64

Total Deal Count

171

Total M&A Count

1

Total # of Investors

324

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StartupOverviewLast roundTotal raisedFounded
1.

Tala is a financial technology company on a mission to build a financial system that works for everyone.

Series E

$ 349,439,700

2011

2.

JUMO is a technology platform, developed for building and running financial services.

Venture

$ 266,700,000

2014

3.

Gro Intelligence is an AI-powered insights company that provides decision-making analytics to the agriculture economies and their participants.

Series B

$ 118,810,000

2014

4.

WhereIsMyTransport is a big data platform for sustainable mobility in emerging markets; empowering people everywhere to get where they want to go.

Series A

$ 28,000,000

2015

5.

Pngme is a US-based African-focused financial data infrastructure and machine learning-as-a-service platform.

Series A

$ 18,500,000

2018

6.

CredoLab is a FinTech platform that develops bank-grade digital scorecards built on mobile device data.

Series A

$ 10,050,000

2016

7.

Asoko Insight is Africa’s leading corporate data platform aiding investors discover target companies in Africa.

Series A

$ 8,000,000

2014

8.

Rwazi is a market intelligence platform that provides multinational consumer goods companies with actionable data from developing markets.

Seed

$ 7,800,000

2021

9.

Sote is a Nairobi-based African supply-chain-start-up which offers licensed tech-enabled customs clearing and forwarding service.

Seed

$ 7,755,000

2018

10.

IoT.nxt’s unique technology stack bridges the gap between all protocols in the industrial ecosystem, creating a single integration/translation point.

Venture

$ 5,854,650

2015

11.

CrowdForce is an all inclusive crowdsourcing platform for emerging markets.

Debt Financing

$ 5,180,000

2018

12.

Hello Tractor is a diversified ag-tech company focused on improving food and income security throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Grant

$ 5,025,000

2014

13.

OZÉ is a Ghanian startup that equips small business owners in Africa to make data-driven decisions and improve their performance.

Seed

$ 4,265,000

2018

14.

SHYFT Power Solutions is a Nigerian IoT and data-driven software firm for distributed energy resource performance and operational efficiency.

Seed

$ 4,200,000

2016

15.

ImaliPay is a digital financial platform offering tailored financial products that promote the inclusion of gig economy platforms across Africa.

Seed

$ 3,000,000

2020

16.

Kuunda is a FinTech incubator and advisory company that provides financial services for developing economies.

Seed

$ 2,250,000

2018

17.

Amini is a Kenyan startup that uses artificial intelligence and satellite technology to bridge Africa's environmental data.

Pre-seed

$ 2,000,000

2023

18.

eSpace is an IT services company that develops tailored enterprise solutions.

Grant

$ 2,000,000

2000

19.

AfyaRekod is a digital health data platform that allows health facilities to capture, store, have real-time access of the patients health data.

Seed

$ 2,000,000

2020

20.

Biware is a young and dynamic consulting and system integration company specialized in Data Management & Modern Analytics.

Seed

$ 1,200,000

2011

Tala

Founded

2011

Overview

Tala is a financial technology company on a mission to build a financial system that works for everyone.

Last round

Series E

Total raised

$ 349,439,700

Employee

501-1,000

JUMO

Founded

2014

Overview

JUMO is a technology platform, developed for building and running financial services.

Last round

Venture

Total raised

$ 266,700,000

Employee

201-500

Founded

2014

Overview

Gro Intelligence is an AI-powered insights company that provides decision-making analytics to the agriculture economies and their participants.

Last round

Series B

Total raised

$ 118,810,000

Employee

51-200

Founded

2015

Overview

WhereIsMyTransport is a big data platform for sustainable mobility in emerging markets; empowering people everywhere to get where they want to go.

Last round

Series A

Total raised

$ 28,000,000

Employee

11-50

Pngme

Founded

2018

Overview

Pngme is a US-based African-focused financial data infrastructure and machine learning-as-a-service platform.

Last round

Series A

Total raised

$ 18,500,000

Employee

11-50

CredoLab

Founded

2016

Overview

CredoLab is a FinTech platform that develops bank-grade digital scorecards built on mobile device data.

Last round

Series A

Total raised

$ 10,050,000

Employee

11–50

Founded

2014

Overview

Asoko Insight is Africa’s leading corporate data platform aiding investors discover target companies in Africa.

Last round

Series A

Total raised

$ 8,000,000

Employee

51-200

Rwazi

Founded

2021

Overview

Rwazi is a market intelligence platform that provides multinational consumer goods companies with actionable data from developing markets.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 7,800,000

Employee

11-50

Sote

Founded

2018

Overview

Sote is a Nairobi-based African supply-chain-start-up which offers licensed tech-enabled customs clearing and forwarding service.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 7,755,000

Employee

11-50

IoT.nxt

Founded

2015

Overview

IoT.nxt’s unique technology stack bridges the gap between all protocols in the industrial ecosystem, creating a single integration/translation point.

Last round

Venture

Total raised

$ 5,854,650

Employee

11-50

Founded

2018

Overview

CrowdForce is an all inclusive crowdsourcing platform for emerging markets.

Last round

Debt Financing

Total raised

$ 5,180,000

Employee

11-50

Founded

2014

Overview

Hello Tractor is a diversified ag-tech company focused on improving food and income security throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 5,025,000

Employee

11-50

OZÉ

Founded

2018

Overview

OZÉ is a Ghanian startup that equips small business owners in Africa to make data-driven decisions and improve their performance.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 4,265,000

Employee

11-50

Founded

2016

Overview

SHYFT Power Solutions is a Nigerian IoT and data-driven software firm for distributed energy resource performance and operational efficiency.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 4,200,000

Employee

2-10

ImaliPay

Founded

2020

Overview

ImaliPay is a digital financial platform offering tailored financial products that promote the inclusion of gig economy platforms across Africa.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 3,000,000

Employee

2-10

Kuunda

Founded

2018

Overview

Kuunda is a FinTech incubator and advisory company that provides financial services for developing economies.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 2,250,000

Employee

2-10

Amini

Founded

2023

Overview

Amini is a Kenyan startup that uses artificial intelligence and satellite technology to bridge Africa's environmental data.

Last round

Pre-seed

Total raised

$ 2,000,000

Employee

2-10

eSpace

Founded

2000

Overview

eSpace is an IT services company that develops tailored enterprise solutions.

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 2,000,000

Employee

51-100

Founded

2020

Overview

AfyaRekod is a digital health data platform that allows health facilities to capture, store, have real-time access of the patients health data.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 2,000,000

Employee

11-50

Biware

Founded

2011

Overview

Biware is a young and dynamic consulting and system integration company specialized in Data Management & Modern Analytics.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 1,200,000

Employee

11-50

Agridata

Founded

2006

Overview

Agridata Consulting is a leading Moroccan and African Farm Management Software editor and Agriculture Big Data Specialist

Last round

Series Unknown

Total raised

$ 1,000,000

Employee

1-10

Datavora

Founded

2016

Overview

Datavora provides E-Commerce data, collected every day from the marketplaces on the Web.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 950,000

Employee

11-50

Kwiks

Founded

2022

Overview

Kwiks is a Moroccan HR startup that streamlines the hiring process by connecting companies with top freelance headhunters

Last round

Venture

Total raised

$ 827,000

Employee

2-10

Founded

2017

Overview

UTU Technologies is building a Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 750,000

Employee

11-50

Bringy

Founded

2019

Overview

bringy is a mobile app that enables customers to buy insurance services instantly, in a simple, digital end-to-end manner, with only a few clicks.

Last round

Pre-seed

Total raised

$ 600,000

Employee

2-10

Voyance

Founded

2020

Overview

At Voyance, we're helping companies use their data to solve their most urgent problems

Last round

Pre-seed

Total raised

$ 520,000

Employee

11-50

Mintrics

Founded

2016

Overview

Mintrics is an Egyptian Social video analytics and intelligence platform that empowers publishers and brands to multiply their viewership.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 500,000

Employee

11-50

WideBot

Founded

2016

Overview

WideBot is MENA’s leading Arabic conversational AI platform. Empowering businesses with AI-powered bots that chat like human beings

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 500,000

Employee

11-50

Founded

2016

Overview

UjuziKilimo collects & analyzes millions of data sets to inform the agriculture industry

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 250,000

Employee

11-50

Graphflow

Founded

2013

Overview

Graphflow provides product, user and content recommendations.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 225,000

Employee

1-10

Founded

2017

Overview

Complete Farmer is a Ghanian AgTech startup which allows users to own shares in tech-enabled farms

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 150,000

Employee

11-50

iSpani

Founded

2017

Overview

iSpani is in the business of providing Data for Development and fostering Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 147,866

Employee

2-10

Werpx

Founded

2017

Overview

AI Supply Chain Management Solution

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 107,000

Employee

1-10

Formplus

Founded

2014

Overview

Formplus is a Nigerian SaaS startup that helps businesses gather and process data from their online and offline customers

Last round

Non-equity Assistance

Total raised

$ 100,000

Employee

2-10

Webville

Founded

2017

Overview

Webville is an artificial intelligence company focused on content and computer vision solutions.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 100,000

Employee

2-10

Founded

2020

Overview

AnalyticaBI is an Egyptian Data Analysis that helps companies make the most out of the data they have.

Last round

Pre-seed

Total raised

$ 25,000

Employee

11-50

Founded

2021

Overview

Opus Talent Analytics uses data driven approaches to analyze and visualize HR data to derive valuable insights for evidence-based decision making.

Last round

Pre-seed

Total raised

$ 25,000

Employee

2-10

Founded

2019

Overview

ClusterGate is a disruptive new model to handle data that goes beyond normal datacenters.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 25,000

Employee

2-10

Skizaa

Founded

2021

Overview

Skizaa is simplifying the process of collecting, analysing and accessing data in realtime across regions with poor internet connectivity.

Last round

Non-equity Assistance

Total raised

$ 25,000

Employee

2-10

Founded

2020

Overview

Discover top and emerging startups in africa

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Nimba SMS

Founded

2022

Overview

We provide SMS service for businesses. Turnkey platform & API. High-speed, secure, & flexible. Empower your communication at www.nimbasms.com.

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Founded

2017

Overview

Akiba Digital is a South African data and technology company that provides financial intelligence solutions.

Last round

Funding Round

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

11-50

OaaaPay

Founded

2018

Overview

OaaaPay is a rewards platform that allows users to take surveys, complete offers and tasks.

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Enlabeler

Founded

2019

Overview

Enlabeler labels data for machine learning while enabling economic development by creating jobs in marginalised communities.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Founded

2020

Overview

DataBeaver is a data collection tool that allows people and businesses to collect any kind of data, whether there is internet connectivity or not.

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Founded

2020

Overview

SupportFinity is a hiring platform where users can customize remote teams worldwide and get an instant hiring cost in 5 clicks.

Last round

Funding Round

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

51-200

Dojah

Founded

2020

Overview

Dojah is a provider of the complete API pack — for user onboarding, identity verification, KYC tools and bulk messaging.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

11-50

MaishaPay

Founded

2018

Overview

MaishaPay seeks to establish itself as a banking solution in rural areas generally disadvantaged by banks in Africa.

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Kapsule

Founded

2020

Overview

Kapsule's mission is to drive Affordable, Accessible, and Authentic healthcare with data.

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Brismed

Founded

2018

Overview

Focused on revolutionary cutting-edge Healthcare software and medical devices

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Vhota

Founded

2023

Overview

Find & analyze data on election results, state-owned companies, politicians, municipalities & parliaments.

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Founded

2018

Overview

Majecules is an Egyptian AI driven start-up focusing on the computational prediction, analysis, and modelling of big data in molecular sciences

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Founded

2022

Overview

Getsalesbot is a platform that provides pre-built conversational chatbot templates aimed at sales and lead generation.

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Founded

2017

Overview

FLOEWS

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Founded

2018

Overview

The Awareness Company uses data-driven storytelling to help people, communities and organisations to become more efficient and impactful

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Founded

2000

Overview

Stone Three is an industrial IoT company that leverages data science to develop sustainable solutions for repeating problems in key global industries.

Last round

Funding Round

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

51-200

DigiFi

Founded

2019

Overview

DigiFi is a marketing tool that helps business owners to engage their customers as well as increasing their level of satisfaction and loyalty.

Last round

Pre-seed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

1-10

Pinerium

Founded

2017

Overview

Pinerium is an Egyptian startup that provides intelligent integration services and solutions

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

11-50

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