Disrupt Africa

African startup funding falls 28% to $2.4 billion in 2023

Riding the aftershock of the global capital crisis, startups in Africa experienced less access to funding than in 2022.
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1:10
Oct 2, 2023

African start-up funding drops

A report by Disrupt Africa shows that funding by African start-ups for the first nine months of the year is down 48% from the same period last year.
2:10
Dec 7, 2022

Kenya is Africa’s second most popular investment destination – start-up report

Research shows that between January 2015 and November 2022, 242 tech start-ups raised a combined US$1,281,918,200.
2:50
Jan 31, 2022

Africa’s tech start-ups attracted US$2bn investment in 2021

564 start-ups raised a combined US$2,148,517,500 last year, according to just-released market research.
2:30
Jul 1, 2021

Africa’s Fintech ecosystem continues to excite say researchers

Number of active Fintech start-ups has increased by 89.4% between 2017 and 2021, according to collaborative research by Disrupt Africa, Flutterwave and GreenHouse Capital.
1:40
Jan 28, 2021

Africa’s e-health start-ups get lion’s share of investment capital

About US$625,6m of the US$701.4m total funding for African start-ups in 2020 went to Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Egypt.
3:20
Jan 25, 2021

Africa’s disclosed VC investments reached US$2.4bn in 2020

Despite COVID-19 disruptions, investor interest in African start-ups remained strong, with fintech retaining the lion's share of total funding, says Briter Bridges.
2:40
Jan 21, 2021

African tech start-up funding passes US$700m in 2020

397 start-ups raised US$701.5 million in total funding according to African Tech Startups Funding Report 2020.
3:40
Nov 5, 2020

Global Voice Group scouts for African tech start-up investment

ICT and reg-tech solutions provider offers an opportunity for start-ups to access up to US$300,000 in funding.
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Start-ups selected to compete at Africa Tech Summit Connects

12 start-ups are looking to raise either pre-seed, seed, or Series A funding.
1:50
Jun 29, 2020

Africa’s e-health sector booming

Start-up numbers and investment reach record high according to research.
2:50
Feb 7, 2020

Kenyan data analytics start-up turns heads at Summit

Superfluid Labs wins ENGIE Challenge at event in Kigali.