Financing remains a critical challenge for African businesses. Traditional lenders are often risk-averse, and alternative finance options are still underdeveloped. Local leaders emphasize the need for innovative financing models, such as crowdfunding and impact investing, to bridge the funding gap and support entrepreneurial growth in Africa.
Tracked Companies
22
Avg. Deal Size
$14.3M+0%
Active Startups
22+0%
Total Funding
$356.7M+0%
Avg. Growth
-50%+0%
Market Map
22 companies in this sector
Company
Tagline
Total Funding
Last Round
Team Size
Backers
Action
Oliv
Egypt
Oliv Finance provides fast, digital invoice financing to empower Egyptian SMEs with growth capital.
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Debt Financing
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11-50
No Data
Ariya Finergy
Kenya
Ariya Finergy is providing seamless integration of power systems to commercial and industrial (C&I) clients across East Africa.
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Debt Financing
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11-50
No Data
Agel
Egypt
Agel is Egypt’s First Islamic Fintech; aiming to provide alternative financing solutions that cater MSMEs unique needs.
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Pre-seed
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11-50
No Data
NEAT Microcredit
Nigeria
NEAT Microcredit is empowering entrepreneurs in Nigeria through collateral-free loans,
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Debt Financing
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51-200
No Data
Vittas
Nigeria
Vittas is a health‑focused fintech startup providing credit infrastructure for businesses in Africa’s healthcare ecosystem.
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1-10
No Data
PayDay Takaful
Tunisia
PayDay Takaful offers digital micro-insurance and salary-backed loans to empower low-income workers.
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Pre-seed
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2-10
No Data
Swapinga
Rwanda
Swapinga is building the financial infrastructure for Africa's electric mobility transition.
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Funding Round
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1-10
No Data
Aspira
Kenya
Aspira is a Kenyan platform that allows customers to buy their dream products now and pay later in easy monthly installments.
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11-50
No Data
XChange BOX
Nigeria
Xchange Box provides a platform for agro commodities financing and Rural MSMEs payments and access to finance.
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Non-equity Assistance
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11-50
No Data
Tasaheel
Egypt
Tasaheel is a financing company for micro-projects with easy and simple payment systems.
$138M
Funding Round
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10,001+
No Data
Flow48
South Africa
Flow48 enables SME growth by transforming future revenues into up-front capital under flexible terms.
$94M
Debt Financing
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11-50
No Data
Odyssey Energy Solutions
Nigeria
Odyssey Energy Solutions streamlines financing and deployment of distributed renewable energy.
$39M
Debt Financing
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51-200
No Data
Mylo
Egypt
Mylo is a Cairo-based B2C fintech platform, spun out of B.TECH, offering Sharia-compliant consumer finance solutions.
$37M
Debt Financing
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201-500
No Data
SolarX
Mali
SolarX provides turnkey solar solutions, financing, and leasing for West African businesses.
$23M
Debt Financing
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11-50
No Data
Furaha
Uganda
Furaha is a purpose-driven lending platform aiming to make finance accessible across sub-Saharan Africa.
$10M
Venture
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2-10
No Data
Sycamore
Nigeria
Sycamore is a Financial services company where you can lend through us or borrow from us.
$5M
Debt Financing
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51-200
No Data
Flend
Egypt
Flend is Egypt’s first tech enabled, data driven financing solutions platform dedicated to SMEs.
$4M
Seed
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2-10
No Data
Tespire
Nigeria
Tespire provides solutions to empower schools, administrators, teachers, parents and students to achieve excellence
$3M
Grant
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11-50
No Data
Liquify
Ghana
Liquify is an invoice financing platform connecting African SMEs with global capital markets.
$2M
Seed
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2-10
No Data
Paycloud Africa
Kenya
Paycloud empowers African SMEs with digital banking, smart POS, and AI-driven financing solutions.
$850K
Grant
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1-10
No Data
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