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
1,578
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+
Verified company share by African sub-region.
West Africa
467
30% of ATM coverage
East Africa
445
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
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% |
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
#6 Casablanca
City-level concentration where the dataset has city coverage.
Luanda
53 verified companies
Bujumbura
50 verified companies
Algiers
49 verified companies
🇩🇿 Algeria
North 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.
A compact view of where internal coverage overlaps with benchmarked startup hubs.
ATM density × external hub signal
Each bubble positions a market by ATM coverage and external benchmark strength. Larger bubbles indicate more ATM records.
Algeria
88 / 3553 verified companies · North Africa
Angola
88 / 3553 verified companies · Southern Africa
Burundi
84 / 3550 verified companies · East Africa
Ethiopia
82 / 3549 verified companies · East Africa
Read right for stronger ATM coverage, up for stronger external benchmark signal. Bubble size reflects the relative amount of ATM data behind the point.
Top countries by verified company count.
🇩🇿 Algeria
North Africa
🇦🇴 Angola
Southern Africa
🇧🇮 Burundi
East Africa
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
East Africa
🇸🇴 Somalia
East Africa
🇲🇬 Madagascar
East Africa
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
Central Africa
🇲🇼 Malawi
Southern Africa
🇬🇲 Gambia
West Africa
🇸🇨 Seychelles
East Africa
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
West Africa
🇪🇬 Egypt
Hub benchmarkNorth Africa
Values represent verified companies in the selected dataset.
| 13+ |
| 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 11% | 24% | — |
| 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | 35% | 40% | 14+ |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | 72% | 8% | 38+ |
| 🇬🇭 Ghana | 40% | 56% | 28+ |
| 🇰🇪 Kenya | 29% | 79% | 48+ |
| 🇲🇱 Mali | 25% | 36% | — |
| 🇲🇦 Morocco | 88% | 7% | 22+ |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 33% | 35% | 55+ |
| 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 21% | 42% | 22+ |
| 🇸🇳 Senegal | 45% | 38% | 16+ |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 72% | 18% | 65+ |
🇲🇦 Morocco · Global #317
#7 Tunis
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Global #327
Signals that determine how strong country and city analysis can be.
City coverage
1,466 / 1,578 records
Verification notes
1,578 / 1,578 records
Company descriptions
1,578 / 1,578 records
Stage labels
908 / 1,578 records
Addis Ababa
49 verified companies
Antananarivo
39 verified companies
Brazzaville
33 verified companies
Victoria
31 verified companies
Accra
30 verified companies
Nairobi
30 verified companies
Dakar
30 verified companies
Cairo
30 verified companies
Kampala
30 verified companies