Verified African Tech Map company coverage, external market benchmarks, and data-quality signals in one source-aware research view.
Verified companies
Partnership-ready
Tech unicorns
Funding rounds tracked
Separate market context from ATM coverage·Do not overread sparse fields·Use this as a research starting point
Ecosystem at a Glance
5,000–8,000
Active tech startups
Estimated active companies across 54 markets
Briter Bridges 2025
8
Tech unicorns
Companies valued at $1B+ (private valuation)
Partech / Briter 2025
$4.1B
2025 VC funding
Total Africa tech equity + debt funding
Partech Africa 2025
416M
Mobile internet users
People with mobile internet access, ~28% penetration
GSMA Africa 2025
54
Markets tracked
African countries with verified ATM companies
ATM verified data
African Tech Unicorns
View all →External Market Snapshot
Disclosed investment
$3.8B
Funding disclosed by African companies in 2025; deal count rose 8%.
Top ATM countries by verified company coverage, positioned against external hub strength where available.
Coverage × benchmark strength
Each bubble positions a market by ATM coverage and external benchmark strength. Larger bubbles indicate more ATM records.
ATM company distribution compared with externally reported sector funding momentum.
ATM coverage × market momentum
Each bubble positions a market by ATM coverage and external benchmark strength. Larger bubbles indicate more ATM records.
Compact rankings that avoid repeating low-value charts.
Analytical Lenses
Trust Layer
Every view separates African Tech Map verified records from external market benchmarks.
ATM verified data
Company records reviewed before appearing in public search and intelligence views.
Coverage-aware metrics
Sparse fields are labelled as early coverage and are never used as full-market proxies.
Curated benchmarks
External report data is versioned and displayed with publisher, period, and caveat.
Flutterwave
Nigeria · Fintech
$3B
last disclosed valuation
OPay
Nigeria · Fintech / Super App
$2B
last disclosed valuation
Chipper Cash
Uganda · Fintech
$2B
last disclosed valuation
Wave
Senegal · Mobile Money
$1.7B
last disclosed valuation
Mobile internet users
416M
People using mobile internet across Africa, about 28% penetration.
Mobile GDP contribution
$220B
Mobile technologies and services generated 7.7% of Africa GDP in 2024.
Algeria
88 / 3553 verified companies · 🇩🇿 Algeria
Angola
88 / 3553 verified companies · 🇦🇴 Angola
Burundi
84 / 3550 verified companies · 🇧🇮 Burundi
Ethiopia
82 / 3549 verified companies · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Read right for stronger ATM coverage, up for stronger external benchmark signal. Bubble size reflects the relative amount of ATM data behind the point.
Verified African Tech Map companies by country; this is coverage density, not total market size.
Density scale
0
1-12
13-30
31-50
51+
🇩🇿 Algeria
ATM coverage only
🇦🇴 Angola
ATM coverage only
🇧🇮 Burundi
ATM coverage only
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
ATM coverage only
🇸🇴 Somalia
ATM coverage only
🇲🇬 Madagascar
ATM coverage only
Values represent verified company records in the selected dataset.
Darker countries represent stronger ATM coverage density, not full-market company population.
SaaS
88 / 5546 companies founded 2022+ in ATM data
Mobile & Telecom
63 / 4534 companies founded 2022+ in ATM data
Cloud Computing
57 / 180 companies founded 2022+ in ATM data
Fintech
45 / 8837% of total funding · -12% YoY
Read right for stronger ATM coverage, up for stronger external benchmark signal. Bubble size reflects the relative amount of ATM data behind the point.
Africa-wide market funding benchmark; internal structured funding rounds are shown separately as coverage.
Internal funding coverage is still early
ATM coverage only
Values represent verified companies in the selected dataset.
SaaS
ATM coverage only
Mobile & Telecom
ATM coverage only
Cloud Computing
ATM coverage only
Fintech
External funding benchmark available
E-commerce
External funding benchmark available
Cybersecurity
ATM coverage only
Hardware & IoT
ATM coverage only
Values represent verified companies in the selected dataset.
The fields below determine how confident the intelligence views can be.
Company descriptions
1,578 / 1,578 records
Stage labels
908 / 1,578 records
Service capabilities
1,509 / 1,578 records
Business models
1,509 / 1,578 records
Structured funding rounds
0 / 1,578 records
Active job listings
0 / 1,578 records
Tech stack
1 / 1,578 records
Verification notes
1,578 / 1,578 records
Sectors
Portfolio view of coverage and market momentum.
ATM companies
1,578
verified records
Countries
54
represented in ATM
Sources
6
external benchmarks
Partech
2025 Africa Tech Venture Capital Report
2025 · Retrieved May 2026
Briter
Africa Investment Report 2025
2025 · Retrieved May 2026
GSMA Intelligence
The Mobile Economy Africa 2025
2024-2030 outlook · Retrieved May 2026
StartupBlink
Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2025: Africa Cities
2025 · Retrieved May 2026
GitHub
Octoverse 2024: African developer communities
2024 · Retrieved May 2026
World Bank
World Development Indicators
Continuously updated · Retrieved May 2026