Coverage is evenly spread: the top 15 markets hold 31 to 53 verified companies each
Top 15 markets by verified companies. 5 of 15 markets also hold a StartupBlink hub rank, shown on the same row; the others have no hub among the cities we cite.
Each country's score out of 100 is five ingredients stacked: internet penetration 25, mobile money 20, innovation hubs 20, ATM company supply 20, hub presence 15. Company count is not an ingredient, and a missing figure adds nothing rather than a guess. Sort by any ingredient to see who leads on what.
Libya has the most mature mix: 25% of its companies are at Scale or Exit stage
Share of each country's verified companies at each stage. Read across a row for a market's maturity profile; read down a column to see where later-stage companies cluster.
Stage distribution · ATM verified, companies with a recorded stage (57%)
Hubs
Ten African cities make the StartupBlink 2025 global index, led by Lagos at #76
Ranked cities with their one-year growth, then AfriLabs member hubs per market. Only 9 of the 55 markets we cover have a StartupBlink-ranked city; AfriLabs lists member hubs in 51.