14 Best Startups in Africa to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Startups in Africa

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 15 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $295.2m. The average funding per company in this subset is $21.1m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Funding Rounds

$750.0k

Money raised

WyzeTalk is a developer of an employee engagement platform to help companies drive digital transformation for operational efficiency with employees.

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7

Funding Rounds

$59.3m

Money raised

Apollo Agriculture is a company in Kenya.

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3

Funding Rounds

$1.9m

Money raised

Developer of a customer engagement platform designed for automated customer support and business services automation. The company's omnichannel AI-based platform helps to interact with its customers and offers its services on the web and multiple messaging apps, enabling clients to communicate with customers in an easy, convenient and reliable way.

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Funding Rounds

$17.6k

Money raised

Strider deploys emerging and established digital talent.

2

Funding Rounds

$150.0k

Money raised

Tambua Intelligent Diagnostics is a diagnostic tools company developing lung sound analysis for the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory disease.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.6m

Money raised

Developer of a mobile communication API platform designed to support a viable entrepreneurial ecosystem. The company's platform provides unified integrations for payments, SMS, voice, and airtime applications, enabling enterprises to simplify mobile communication networks' processes and technologies.

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Funding Rounds

$1,000.0k

Money raised

Zindi is the first data science competition platform in Africa. Zindi hosts an entire data science ecosystem of scientists, engineers, academics, companies, NGOs, governments, and institutions focused on solving Africa’s most pressing problems.

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Funding Rounds

$30.4k

Money raised

FlyH2 Aerospace is a Cape Town-based manufacturer of hydrogen-powered electric unmanned aircrafts and providing aerial data solutions for companies and organizations.

3

Funding Rounds

$204.5m

Money raised

MFS Africa is an Africa-based company founded by Filip Nilsson.

1

Funding Rounds

$11.0m

Money raised

Naked is an Africa-based company.

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Funding Rounds

$2.4m

Money raised

SubsBase is a software as a service company founded by Mohamed Farag.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.1m

Money raised

QLIP provides value for creators, collectors, mainstream artists and decentralized store users.

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Funding Rounds

Space in Africa is an Africa-based company founded in 2018 by Oniosun Temidayo Isaiah.

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Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

Xineoh is a company founded in 2010.

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