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Where startups in Africa are based

612 funded startups in Africa have raised money in rounds we track, $11B between them. 304 of them are placed on the map by their city; Nairobi leads with 53, then Lagos with 49.

612startups
47cities on the map
$11Braised between them
Nairobileading city (53)
Quatre Bornes: 1 startupsRamotswa: 1 startupsHarare: 1 startupsChipata: 1 startupsDouala: 1 startupsAdama: 1 startupsDar es Salaam: 1 startupsDar-es-salaam: 1 startupsAriana: 1 startupsHammam Sousse: 1 startupsAlexandria: 1 startupsHelwan: 1 startupsHurghada: 1 startupsMuizenberg: 1 startupsPinetown: 1 startupsNakuru: 1 startupsshomolu: 1 startupsEnugu: 1 startupsAbeokuta: 1 startupsKaduna: 1 startupsLuanda: 2 startupsPort Louis: 2 startupsKigali: 2 startupsSousse: 2 startupsKumasi: 2 startupsStellenbosch: 2 startupsRandburg: 2 startupsLekki: 2 startupsLusaka: 3 startupsAddis Ababa: 3 startupsRabat: 3 startups6th of October City: 3 startupsIkeja: 3 startupsIbadan: 3 startupsAbuja: 3 startupsCenturion: 4 startupsDakar: 5 startupsGiza: 5 startupsAbidjan: 7 startupsCasablanca: 8 startupsKampala: 9 startupsAccra: 14 startupsJohannesburg: 16 startupsCape Town: 38 startupsCairo: 39 startupsLagos: 49 startupsNairobi: 53 startupsNairobiLagosCairoCape TownJohannesburgCasablancaDakarAbuja

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

Leading cities

  1. Nairobi53$682M
  2. Lagos49$451M
  3. Cairo39$372M
  4. Cape Town38$473M
  5. Johannesburg16$126M
  6. Accra14$61M
  7. Kampala9$31M
  8. Casablanca8$27M
  9. Abidjan7$37M
  10. Giza5$458M
  11. Dakar5$22M
  12. Centurion4$134M
  13. Abuja3$71M
  14. Ibadan3$41M
  15. Ikeja3$16M

By country

  1. South Africa140$2.9B
  2. Nigeria121$2.8B
  3. Egypt102$1.6B
  4. Kenya89$1.9B
  5. Morocco33$234M
  6. Ghana25$161M
  7. Uganda14$84M
  8. Senegal10$177M
  9. Tanzania9$208M
  10. Ethiopia9$31M
  11. Côte d’Ivoire9$42M
  12. Algeria9$405M

Best-funded

  1. Frontier Car GroupNigeria · $547M
  2. SSpiroKenya · $508M
  3. PPerkSouth Africa · $500M
  4. MNT-HalanEgypt · $425M
  5. MMiroAlgeria · $400M
  6. MMoniepointNigeria · $400M
  7. SMILE Telecoms HoldingsMauritius · $365M
  8. MooveNigeria · $350M
  9. Tyme GroupSouth Africa · $250M
  10. ZBZenith BankNigeria · $226M
  11. ACAltvest Capital LimitedSouth Africa · $210M
  12. NNileSouth Africa · $198M

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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