Top 5 Digital Media Angel Investors in Africa in January 2025
A list of 5 angel investors that invest in Digital media startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Digital media companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 Digital Media Angel Investors in Africa in January 2025
Investor | Digital Media Africa investments |
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Tayo Oviosu | 1 |
Wes Schwalje | 1 |
Josh Jones | 1 |
Walid Aradi | 1 |
Ham Serunjogi | 1 |
Tayo is the Founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com), Nigeria’s leading mobile money service. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. Tayo’s work at Paga has beenrecognized globally - in 2014 CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015 the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is also the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- RELAYTO Content Experience Platform — RELAYTO converts your PDFs & presentations to interactive web experiences with instant branding, analytics & more
- Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
- Venco Platforms — Venco automates visitor management, billing, and collections, as well as smart utility vending for communities across Africa.
Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India, United States, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Finerio Connect — Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money.
- PowerCred — PowerCred is a one-stop API suite for clients to access alternate data from SMEs. Our integrated system provides real time connectivity which allows financial institutions to build better products to suit small business requirements. We have a network of data partners across categories which help us to build a robust and comprehensive intelligence system, allowing FIs to make more confident decisions, and empowering small businesses to focus on business growth.
- Chhotastock — Chhotastock is an Investment Platform that aims to democratize stock trading and retail investing.
Josh Jones is a Partner HMC INQ and Founder of Did I Err Productions. He is a former Co-Founder & CTO at DreamHost.
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Investment focus
- 3D Printing, Software, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United States, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Toybox Labs — Toybox is the ultimate 3d printing experience for kids. It enables children to print thousands of toys at the push of a button right at home.
- FlyCoin — Flycoin is a first of its kind crypto-based rewards program that pays guests every time they fly or transact with our partners.
- Termii — Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- India, Nigeria, Pakistan
Portfolio highlights
- Omnisient | Collaborative Consumer Intelligence — Privacy-Preserving Data Collaboration platform enabling businesses to collaborate while ensuring consumer privacy and data protection.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
- Termii — Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Ham Serunjogi is a co-founder and CEO at Chipper Cash.
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
- Sudo — Sudo is an open API platform that enables businesses to embed powerful financial features into their products. Build in minutes, launch in days.
- CreditChek — Bridging the trust gap between global credit businesses and underserved African consumers.
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