How much funding have Higher Education startups in Africa raised?

Higher Education startups in Africa have raised $11.5M in disclosed funding.

Who invests in Higher Education startups in Africa?

Egypt Ventures has backed 1 Higher Education startup, followed by Enterprise Ireland (1) and Falak Startups (1).

Higher Education Startups in Africa

StartupList Africa tracks 7 Higher Education startups across Africa, which have raised $11.5M in disclosed funding. South Africa has the most, with 3, followed by Egypt (1) and Kenya (1).

Updated 7 Oct 2026

Tracked Companies

Avg. Deal Size

$1.3M

Active Startups

Total Funding

$11.5M

Avg. Growth

Higher Education companies

7 companies in this sector

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Company	Tagline	Total Funding	Last Round	Team Size	Backers
Les Écoles Idéales Tunisia	Les Écoles Idéales is a Tunisia-based private education platform offering primary and college education in many languages.	-	Funding Round -	201-500	No Data
Groundflr South Africa	Groundflr creates and designs the education for the future of work.	-	- -	10-50	No Data
Maarifa Education Holdings Kenya	Maarifa Education provides high quality, accessible and market-relevant higher education through the investment in private universities.	$7M	Venture -	2-10	No Data
Educatly Egypt	Educatly helps students study abroad at leading universities, and provides universities with access to a global student market.	$4M	Seed -	11-50	No Data
EduOne South Africa	EduOne builds digital platforms to help people with career guidance, mentorship programmes, bursary beneficiary recruitment and more.	$620K	Seed -	11-50	No Data
Instill Education South Africa	Instill Education is a start-up educational organisation with a vision to transform teaching and school leadership across Africa.	$250K	Seed -	2-10	No Data

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Higher Education startups by country

Higher Education startups in South Africa3

Top Higher Education investors in Africa

Egypt Venturesbacked 1
Enterprise Irelandbacked 1
Falak Startupsbacked 1
Finnfund (Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd.)backed 1
HBANbacked 1
INMA Holdingbacked 1

Higher Education startups: quick facts

How many Higher Education startups are there in Africa?: StartupList Africa tracks 7 Higher Education startups across Africa.
How much funding have Higher Education startups in Africa raised?: Higher Education startups in Africa have raised $11.5M in disclosed funding.
Which African countries have the most Higher Education startups?: South Africa has the most, with 3, followed by Egypt (1) and Kenya (1).
Who invests in Higher Education startups in Africa?: Egypt Ventures has backed 1 Higher Education startup, followed by Enterprise Ireland (1) and Falak Startups (1).