Africa Startup Ideas

3 years ago

Idea: A new luxury travel brand that sells experiences like a cooking class in Marrakesh, a private beach in Bali, or a safari trip in Africa. The company is targeting high net worth travelers with up to $3 million in investable assets.

179

3 years ago

This startup is building a digital banking platform for the developing world, enabling mobile banking across all of Africa.

154

3 years ago

A startup that helps startups in the Middle East and North Africa build apps. The startup allows the companies to build their own mobile apps, but then handles the back-end development and provides tech support.

152

11 months ago

An online platform to help small businesses in India, the Middle East, and Africa get their products onto Amazon’s website.

149

3 years ago

A startup that provides online courses for students in Africa to help them get college credit

145

1 year ago

A startup that allows parents to track their kids’ and teens’ activities. The startup is currently focused on South Africa.

145

1 year ago

A tool that helps farmers in Africa grow crops that are more productive and sustainable.

135

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses in South Africa to connect to other businesses, build their online presence, and start selling.

133

3 years ago

A chat app for the former French colony in West Africa, the Ivory Coast. It was launched in August 2015 and has already built up a following among young people.

129

3 years ago

A simple mobile money transfer service for the African market. The startup is based in Kenya and is trying to solve a problem that’s been around for decades, but hasn’t gotten a lot of attention.

128

3 years ago

A startup looking to help entrepreneurs in Africa start and grow businesses based on their unique needs.

125

3 years ago

A non-profit that follows and mentors African-American female entrepreneurs, providing them access to mentors and resources to help them build their businesses.

116

3 years ago

A personal finance tracking app for unbanked women in Africa

107

3 years ago

Building a tool to help women navigate the world of work and start their own businesses, with a focus on Africa.

107

1 year ago

A startup with a library of over 2,500 Indian-subsaharan African writers and translators, it aims to create a platform for them to reach a wider global audience.

98

10 months ago

A payment platform connecting merchants to customers in Africa and beyond.

98

3 years ago

A money transfer service for the African market. The startup is launching in Cameroon in August and will expand to other countries as it progresses. The founders say their product is already being used in more than 60 countries.

94

1 year ago

A digital currency wallet and exchange for the African market.

83

1 year ago

Helping people in Africa and Brazil to share their homes with strangers.

74

1 year ago

A company that sells the best-in-class water filters for the African market.

71

1 year ago

A platform that helps small businesses in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region sell and distribute goods.

69

9 months ago

A platform that makes it easier to do business with companies that have been doing business with African governments for decades.

69

1 year ago

A new business accelerator based in Silicon Valley, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, that targets African-American tech founders with the goal of “helping them grow their businesses so they can help build the next generation of African-American tech leaders”.

68

1 year ago

The company wants to be the first to deliver a biometric identity platform to countries in Africa and India.

65

7 months ago

A startup that’s building a service that helps farmers in Africa sell surplus crops online, and provide them with access to markets and cash through mobile devices.

63

1 year ago

A startup that makes it easier for African migrants to navigate the bureaucracy of getting a tourist visa to the US.

61

7 months ago

A startup that delivers health services to rural areas in Africa.

61

1 year ago

A startup that will buy your old TV sets, build them into solar-powered generators, and then resell them to people in Africa who need power.

60

1 year ago

A “skin care brand for women of color”, built for the black community. The startup is a 50/50 partnership between two black women in Silicon Valley and a black woman in South Africa.

59

1 year ago

The startup is building a toolkit to make it easier for businesses to collect and analyze data in disparate systems. It is looking to help companies that do business with customers in Africa.

58

11 months ago

A company that rents cars without a reservation. The company’s first product is a ride-sharing app, with a focus on the African market.

58

1 year ago

A firm that wants to help people get a piece of the digital advertising market in Africa. The platform helps companies create ad campaigns and works with brands to target their ads at a specific audience.

56

1 year ago

An online marketplace for the sharing of cars. Carpool is already in cities in the US and Europe, but the founders want to expand it to Africa and Asia.

49

1 year ago

Technology for tailoring and sharing educational resources for kids. The company has 8 employees and is initially focused on developing markets in Africa and Asia.

48

7 months ago

The list is based on data curated by Crunchbase, which has been a source of inspiration for other lists like the 10 most valuable startups in Africa.

48

9 months ago

“Towards the end of 2018, we identified an opportunity to build a new brand of cannabis and cannabis-infused products that focused on the needs of the African-American community.”

45

7 months ago

A payment platform for small businesses in the Middle East, Africa, Turkey and the Caucasus. The startup is part of a larger movement of “Pay to Play” startups, and is geared towards small businesses.

44

1 year ago

A smart, affordable, and easy-to-use healthcare service for the under-served in Africa. Their goal is to build infrastructure that is sustainable for the long-term with a focus on sustainability, and to make it affordable for everyone.

41

7 months ago

A crowdfunding site for micro-loans for low-income families in Africa.

32

2 months ago

Kalahari is a parcel delivery service that partners with couriers and delivery services to deliver packages across Africa. It has a base in South Africa, and its co-founders say that they have plans to expand to other African countries like Kenya and Nigeria.

28

1 month ago

A platform for allocating funds to development projects in Africa.

25

3 years ago

Idea: An online platform that helps companies post jobs in Africa and screen for the right candidates It was created by two brothers, one who had worked at Google, the other who had worked at Uber in Nigeria, where they were inspired to make it easier for companies to hire in Africa

18

5 months ago

A startup that shares reports on the health of the world’s coral reefs, using satellite data. They’re currently focused on Africa.

18

4 months ago

Startup that aims to help farmers in South Africa manage their crops, from deciding which seeds to use to monitoring their progress.

18

25 days ago

A global platform for supporting rural communities with internet and phone services. TeliaSonera (formerly Telia) was founded in 2010 and has 51 million users in Africa and Asia.

10

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Africa Startup Ideas

Idea: A new luxury travel brand that sells experiences like a cooking class in Marrakesh, a private beach in Bali, or a safari trip in Africa. The company is targeting high net worth travelers with up to $3 million in investable assets.

This startup is building a digital banking platform for the developing world, enabling mobile banking across all of Africa.

A startup that helps startups in the Middle East and North Africa build apps. The startup allows the companies to build their own mobile apps, but then handles the back-end development and provides tech support.

An online platform to help small businesses in India, the Middle East, and Africa get their products onto Amazon’s website.

A startup that provides online courses for students in Africa to help them get college credit

A startup that allows parents to track their kids’ and teens’ activities. The startup is currently focused on South Africa.

A tool that helps farmers in Africa grow crops that are more productive and sustainable.

A platform for small businesses in South Africa to connect to other businesses, build their online presence, and start selling.

A chat app for the former French colony in West Africa, the Ivory Coast. It was launched in August 2015 and has already built up a following among young people.

A simple mobile money transfer service for the African market. The startup is based in Kenya and is trying to solve a problem that’s been around for decades, but hasn’t gotten a lot of attention.

A startup looking to help entrepreneurs in Africa start and grow businesses based on their unique needs.

A non-profit that follows and mentors African-American female entrepreneurs, providing them access to mentors and resources to help them build their businesses.

A personal finance tracking app for unbanked women in Africa

Building a tool to help women navigate the world of work and start their own businesses, with a focus on Africa.

A startup with a library of over 2,500 Indian-subsaharan African writers and translators, it aims to create a platform for them to reach a wider global audience.

A payment platform connecting merchants to customers in Africa and beyond.

A money transfer service for the African market. The startup is launching in Cameroon in August and will expand to other countries as it progresses. The founders say their product is already being used in more than 60 countries.

A digital currency wallet and exchange for the African market.

Helping people in Africa and Brazil to share their homes with strangers.

A company that sells the best-in-class water filters for the African market.

A platform that helps small businesses in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region sell and distribute goods.

A platform that makes it easier to do business with companies that have been doing business with African governments for decades.

A new business accelerator based in Silicon Valley, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, that targets African-American tech founders with the goal of “helping them grow their businesses so they can help build the next generation of African-American tech leaders”.

The company wants to be the first to deliver a biometric identity platform to countries in Africa and India.

A startup that’s building a service that helps farmers in Africa sell surplus crops online, and provide them with access to markets and cash through mobile devices.

A startup that makes it easier for African migrants to navigate the bureaucracy of getting a tourist visa to the US.

A startup that delivers health services to rural areas in Africa.

A startup that will buy your old TV sets, build them into solar-powered generators, and then resell them to people in Africa who need power.

A “skin care brand for women of color”, built for the black community. The startup is a 50/50 partnership between two black women in Silicon Valley and a black woman in South Africa.

The startup is building a toolkit to make it easier for businesses to collect and analyze data in disparate systems. It is looking to help companies that do business with customers in Africa.

A company that rents cars without a reservation. The company’s first product is a ride-sharing app, with a focus on the African market.

A firm that wants to help people get a piece of the digital advertising market in Africa. The platform helps companies create ad campaigns and works with brands to target their ads at a specific audience.

An online marketplace for the sharing of cars. Carpool is already in cities in the US and Europe, but the founders want to expand it to Africa and Asia.

Technology for tailoring and sharing educational resources for kids. The company has 8 employees and is initially focused on developing markets in Africa and Asia.

The list is based on data curated by Crunchbase, which has been a source of inspiration for other lists like the 10 most valuable startups in Africa.

“Towards the end of 2018, we identified an opportunity to build a new brand of cannabis and cannabis-infused products that focused on the needs of the African-American community.”

A payment platform for small businesses in the Middle East, Africa, Turkey and the Caucasus. The startup is part of a larger movement of “Pay to Play” startups, and is geared towards small businesses.

A smart, affordable, and easy-to-use healthcare service for the under-served in Africa. Their goal is to build infrastructure that is sustainable for the long-term with a focus on sustainability, and to make it affordable for everyone.

A crowdfunding site for micro-loans for low-income families in Africa.

Kalahari is a parcel delivery service that partners with couriers and delivery services to deliver packages across Africa. It has a base in South Africa, and its co-founders say that they have plans to expand to other African countries like Kenya and Nigeria.

A platform for allocating funds to development projects in Africa.

Idea: An online platform that helps companies post jobs in Africa and screen for the right candidates It was created by two brothers, one who had worked at Google, the other who had worked at Uber in Nigeria, where they were inspired to make it easier for companies to hire in Africa

A startup that shares reports on the health of the world’s coral reefs, using satellite data. They’re currently focused on Africa.

Startup that aims to help farmers in South Africa manage their crops, from deciding which seeds to use to monitoring their progress.

A global platform for supporting rural communities with internet and phone services. TeliaSonera (formerly Telia) was founded in 2010 and has 51 million users in Africa and Asia.