# Top 25 EdTech Angel Investors in Africa in June 2026 ## Miles Morland - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Education, Publishing Miles co-founded DPI in 2007 after having become non-executive Chairman of Blakeney Management (Blakeney) in July 2006 by which time the firm was considered to be one of the largest portfolio investors in many African stock markets. Blakeney was set up by Miles in 1990, first as a consultancy and, since 1994, as an asset management firm, investingin Africa and the Middle East. Blakeney was one of the first investors in many African markets and Miles played an active role in the development of markets in countries such as Ghana, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya and Tunisia.Before starting Blakeney, Miles spent 22 years in money management and investment banking in London and on Wall Street.Miles is also on the boards of SABMiller plc, the world’s second largest brewer and SouthWest Energy (BVI) Ltd, an Ethiopian oil exploration company. He was the founder and chairman for five years of the London Business School’s Africa Board. He read Law at the University of Oxford. Miles is a British citizen. ## Olugbenga Agboola - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management. ## Shola Akinlade - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Education, Financial Services Shola Akinlade is the Co-founder and CEO at Paystack. ## Folarin Falana - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Education Folarin Falana ## Akitoye Balogun - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Education Akitoye Balogun ## Musty Mustapha - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, InsurTech, Insurance Musty Mustapha - Co-Founder and CTO @ Kuda ## Ed Robinson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Banking Ed Robison is a Co-Founder of Stash. He attended the University of Sydney from 2002 to 2004. ## Paul Kokoricha - Type: Angel - Location: Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Seed - Focus: Internet, B2B, Software Paul Kokoricha ## Cheikh Brahim Sidi Mohamed Sidi Ali - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: EdTech, E-Learning, Content Marketing Cheikh Brahim Sidi Ali is the founder of Help Writers and Ultimate Guide. English language teacher, writer and a web developer. When it comes to founding businesses online and thriving in this business model, Cheikh Brahim is the one. ## Malek Meslemani - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, SaaS Malek Meslemani is the Chief Executive at Ancora Investment Limited. Malek Meslemani attended CentraleSupélec. ## Raffael Johnen - Type: Angel - Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Software Raffael Johnen is CEO and founding partner of auxmoney. Already during his business studies, Raffael Johnen founded his first startup company. He later worked for six years at Investmentbank Rothschild in Frankfurt in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Debt Advisory areas, most recently as Vice President. Raffael Johnen is also the founder ofExcellion Capital, a successful company in corporate finance consulting and investment, based in London. As a writer, he made a name for himself when he wrote the chapter on leveraged buyouts in the "Praxishandbuch Unternehmensbewertung". ## Nate Lipscomb - Type: Angel - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Education, EdTech, FinTech Nate Lipscomb ## Idris Ayodeji Bello - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Ayodeji Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He isalso a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He is also a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)A first class honors graduate of Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, he has an M.Sc in Computer Science & Data Mining from the University of Houston; an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Strategy from Rice University in Houston and an M.Sc in Global Health Science from the University of Oxford, where he was a 2011 recipient of The Lord Weidenfeld Scholarship for demonstrating remarkable potential as a future leader from an emerging economy.Idris spent the greater part of a decade working at Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil USA, where he led several large upstream technology projects across the USA and Sub-Saharan Africa. Idris has also worked with the Clinton Foundation Health Access Initiative where he played a major role in the deployment and evaluation of Swaziland’s first mobile health patient appointment reminder system as part of the country’s National AIDS Program. Listed among CNN’s Top Ten African Technology Voices, he is a Singularity University Impact Fellow, Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Associate, Clinton Global Initiative University Fellow, MIT Global Start-up Fellow, SAP Ashoka Global Changemakers Award Winner, Dell Technology Award Winner, StartingBloc Innovation Fellow and a Nigeria Leadership Initiative Future Leader.As a leader, Idris has mentored and catalyzed scores of contributors across the growing African landscape and is an angel investor and advisor to several African startups including Andela, Flutterwave, RelianceHMO, among others. He continues to devote his efforts to the development of innovation-driven, technology-enabled social enterprises that empower the underserved and develop transformative ideas to change lives on the African continent.He spends most of his time between Lagos, Cairo, or airport lounges. ## Fejiro Hanu Agbodje - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Education, Blockchain, Communities Hanu is the Founder/CEO of Patricia, a User-experience expert with a deep understanding of user-centered designs (USD) and strong skills for conducting user research and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mockups and prototypes. He is a graduate of mathematics and statistics ## Iyinoluwa Aboyeji - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Software Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is the Founding Partner of Future Africa. He previously worked at Oby Ezekwesili Presidential Campaign as a Deputy Director General. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji attended the University of Waterloo - St. Jerome's University. ## Bashar Hamood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University. ## Oli Farago - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A - Focus: Real Estate, Software, Financial Services Oli Farago Founder & CEO at Coyote Software. He attended Culford School during 1996-2002. ## Brandon Krieg - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Banking Brandon Krieg is the Co-Founder of Collective Returns, Inc. and has been its Chief Executive Officer since July 11, 2016. Brandon Krieg served as the President of Collective Returns, Inc. until July 11, 2016 and serves as its Executive Director. ## Babs Ogundeyi - Type: Angel - Location: Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Cofounder and CEO of Kuda ## Lawko Juste Davy DALA - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Logistics, E-Commerce, Incubators Lawko Juste Davy DALA ## Frederik Gerner - Type: Angel - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: B2C, Energy, Organic Frederik Gerner ## Youcef Oudjidane - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Youcef Oudjidane is the Founder and Managing Partner of BYLD and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Elevate (YC W22). ## Alan Rutledge - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Alan Rutledge ## Gbite Oduneye - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Education Gbite Oduneye is the Founder and Managing Partner of ODBA. He attended UWE Bristol and Said Business School, University of Oxford. ## Bas Hochstenbach - Type: Angel - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2C, Travel, Tourism Bas Hochstenbach is the Co-Founder of Conservation Club. He attended Leiden University.