Trust Layer
How African Tech Map separates verified company data from external benchmarks, calculates confidence, and classifies companies across sectors, capabilities, and market signals.
ATM Records
1,573
verified companies
Benchmark Sources
6
curated external sources
Coverage Fields
15
tracked quality dimensions
Last Updated
Sep 2026
latest verified/update date
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.
The confidence layer used across Intelligence, directory, company pages, country/category pages, map, and Find Partner.
18 parent industries, each with 2–8 sub-categories. Companies tag with sub-categories; the Intelligence Hub groups them by industry.
How the company operates and delivers value. Assigned by the company owner or our research team.
High-level technology classifications — distinct from specific tools in Tech Stack. Represents what a company is built on, not just what it uses.
How the company earns revenue. A company can have multiple income streams.
Advertising · Commission · Selling Own Inventory · Subscription
All valid values for stage, team size, and client focus used across the platform.
Signals that indicate the trustworthiness and completeness of a company record.
African Tech Map data is sourced from company self-submissions, partner organisations, and our research team's ongoing curation. New company records are reviewed before publication. Existing records are periodically reverified — the Last Verified date on a profile indicates when data was last confirmed. We prioritise depth over breadth: a smaller number of high-quality, complete records is more useful than a large set of stubs.