Coverage + Market Hubs
Where African Tech Map has verified coverage across 54 countries and 20 tracked cities, compared with external startup-hub benchmarks.
Countries
54
ATM verified coverage
Cities
20
city field coverage
Companies
1,574
verified ATM records
Ranked Hubs
7
external benchmark cities
Countries are shaded by African Tech Map verified company count.
Density scale
0
1-12
13-30
31-50
51+
🇩🇿 Algeria
North Africa
🇦🇴 Angola
Southern Africa
🇧🇮 Burundi
East Africa
🇸🇴 Somalia
East Africa
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
East Africa
🇲🇬 Madagascar
East Africa
Values represent verified company records in the selected dataset.
Darker countries mean stronger African Tech Map verified-record coverage; use external benchmarks before reading this as total ecosystem size.
Verified company share by African sub-region.
West Africa
467
30% of ATM coverage
East Africa
441
28% of ATM coverage
Southern Africa
311
20% of ATM coverage
Central Africa
184
12% of ATM coverage
North Africa
171
11% of ATM coverage
Top countries by verified company count.
🇩🇿 Algeria
North Africa
🇦🇴 Angola
Southern Africa
🇧🇮 Burundi
East Africa
🇸🇴 Somalia
East Africa
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
East Africa
🇲🇬 Madagascar
East Africa
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
Central Africa
🇲🇼 Malawi
Southern Africa
Values represent verified companies in the selected dataset.
Internet penetration, mobile money adoption, and accelerator density by country — the three foundational indicators for B2B tech market readiness.
| Country | Internet | Mobile Money | Accelerators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇿 Algeria | 71% | — | 9+ |
| 🇦🇴 Angola | 32% | — | 8+ |
| 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 12% | 19% | 13+ |
| 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 11% | 24% | — |
| 🇰🇪 Kenya | 29% | 79% | 48+ |
| 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | 35% | 40% | 14+ |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | 72% | 8% | 38+ |
| 🇬🇭 Ghana | 40% | 56% | 28+ |
StartupBlink-ranked African cities in the global top 1,000.
#1 Lagos
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Global #76
#2 Cairo
🇪🇬 Egypt · Global #90
#3 Nairobi
🇰🇪 Kenya · Global #107
#4 Johannesburg
🇿🇦 South Africa · Global #122
#5 Cape Town
🇿🇦 South Africa · Global #138
Signals that determine how strong country and city analysis can be.