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Top 30 Education Angel Investors in Africa in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 30 angel investors that invest in Education startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Education companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.

Top 30 Education Angel Investors in Africa in January 2026

Investor	Education Africa investments
Miles Morland	5
Olugbenga Agboola	3
Shola Akinlade	3
Olugbenga Agboola	3
Akitoye Balogun	2
Folarin Falana	2
Oli Farago	1
Cheikh Brahim Sidi Mohamed Sidi Ali	1
Hesham Zreik	1
Lawko Juste Davy DALA	1
Odunayo Eweniyi	1
Youcef Oudjidane	1
Musty Mustapha	1
Isaac Oates	1
Alan Rutledge	1
Fejiro Hanu Agbodje	1
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji	1
Babs Ogundeyi	1
Gbite Oduneye	1
Idris Ayodeji Bello	1
Raffael Johnen	1
Brandon Krieg	1
Melvyn Lubega	1
Bashar Hamood	1
Malek Meslemani	1
Frederik Gerner	1
Ed Robinson	1
Nate Lipscomb	1
Paul Kokoricha	1
Bas Hochstenbach	1

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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.

Investment focus

Internet, Education, Publishing
Pre-Seed
Mozambique

Portfolio highlights

Ethale Books App — The Ethale Books App by Ethale Publishing is the first-ever East African multilingual book app featuring local content. It is one of the first in the developing world to be specifically designed for android mobile phones and not e-readers. The trilingual app will make books available in Portuguese, Swahili and English for free, with revenuesustained via a mobile advertising strategy.

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.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Nigeria, Kenya, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sipay — Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners.
Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.

Shola Akinlade is the Co-founder and CEO at Paystack.

Investment focus

FinTech, Education, Financial Services
Pre-Seed, Seed
Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda

Portfolio highlights

Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
Earnipay — Earnipay enables employers to offer employees access to their earned salaries instantly at any time without making changes to their existing payment process.
Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
Pre-Seed, Seed
Nigeria, Kenya, United States

Portfolio highlights

tushop — Tushop is a community group buying platform where members can sell groceries to those in their social networks and communities.
Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.

Akitoye Balogun

Investment focus

Education
Pre-Seed
Rwanda

Portfolio highlights

AltSchool Africa — Let's invest in your Future. Learn highly sought after tech skills without hassle. A program designed to arm you with the skills and knowledge required to boldly launch your tech career.

Folarin Falana

Investment focus

Education
Pre-Seed
Rwanda

Portfolio highlights

AltSchool Africa — Let's invest in your Future. Learn highly sought after tech skills without hassle. A program designed to arm you with the skills and knowledge required to boldly launch your tech career.

Oli Farago Founder & CEO at Coyote Software. He attended Culford School during 1996-2002.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Maroo — The smartest way to pay for your wedding
HyperionDev — Accelerate your career with a online coding bootcamp. Learn to code in just 3 - 6 months.
The Smart Container Company — The Smart Container Company is the team behind KegTracker and BeverEDGE, a first-to-market IoT device and platform that instantly turns kegs into SMART containers. Our technology tracks real-time location, volume, temperature, and motion for each keg and delivers actionable insights that enable transparency and zero.

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.

Investment focus

EdTech, E-Learning, Content Marketing
Angel
Mauritania

Portfolio highlights

HelpWriters — HelpWriters, your content marketing partner! Based in Mauritania, we are your solution for startups and businesses looking to amplify growth without hefty costs or paid advertising.Elevate your brand with our strategic content, bridging gaps and building connections.Why Choose Us? Cost-effective excellence, results-driven approach and smartoutsourcing. Connect with HelpWriters for growth, visibility and of course, saving marketing resources.

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

ToyFlix — Toyflix is a pioneering subscription-based toy rental platform transforming India’s US$2 billion toy industry by making premium.
LocationBit — it is a community-driven global location encyclopedia designed to tackle the fragmented and inaccessible nature of local knowledge in 2025.
Kyamaganda Community Development Organisation — it is a community-based nonprofit organization founded to restore hope and dignity among vulnerable children, youth, and families in Uganda.

Lawko Juste Davy DALA

Investment focus

Logistics, E-Commerce, Incubators
Pre-Seed
Burkina Faso

Portfolio highlights

NAYAMAX — NAYAMAX is a pan-African e-commerce ecosystem empowering SMEs to thrive in the digital economy through integrated solutions. Combining a SaaS platform for easy online store creation, OUCEST (a geolocation and digital addressing system for optimized logistics), and E-commerce Connect (an advocacy network for regulatory harmonization), NAYAMAXbridges the gap between informal commerce and modern digital infrastructure.Key Offerings: 1- SaaS Platform: Enables SMEs to build and manage online stores without technical skills. 2- OUCEST: Streamlines last-mile delivery with AI-powered addressing, adopted by multinationals. 3- E-commerce Connect: Advocates for standardized e-commerce policies across Africa via partnerships with institutions like the Association of e-commerce actors of Burkina FasoBacked by Founder Institute.Vision: Democratize e-commerce access for 100,000 African SMEs by 2030 and position OUCEST as the continent’s addressing standard.Key Differentiators: 1- All-in-One Ecosystem: Unifies SaaS, logistics, and policy advocacy. 2- Offline-First Approach: Mobile app with SMS sync for low-connectivity regions. 3- Community-Driven: Locally adapted solutions co-built with SMEs.

Odunayo Eweniyi is the Co-founder and COO at Piggybank and PushCV. Odunayo is a Co-Founder and General Partner at FirstCheck Africa and a Board Member at Village Capital. She was also a Writer atTechCabal. Odunayo attended SOAS University of London, freeCodeCamp, and Covenant University.

Investment focus

EdTech, Facebook, Education
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
South Africa, United States

Portfolio highlights

Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
Norebase — Norebase knows that there's an opportunity to grow successful businesses in Africa. It also understands the complexities of the market, and so is using technology to make doing business in Africa worthwhile. With Norebase get to operate in Africa with no hassle and with minimum risk.
FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.

Youcef Oudjidane is the Founder and Managing Partner of BYLD and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Elevate (YC W22).

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Waza — Waza is a web platform with APIs. It helps startups and emerging market businesses manage their cash flow issues, invoicing needs, and international payment requirements.
Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
Next Gen Foods — Next Gen Foods is a food-tech startup that offers plant-based meat products. They use plants to create a delicious and satisfying meat experience that will make forget animal meat even exists.

Musty Mustapha - Co-Founder and CTO @ Kuda

Investment focus

Education, InsurTech, Insurance
Pre-Seed
Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Casava — Casava is a financial services company that offers insurance and life microinsurance. Casava uses technology to provide world-class, trusted, and affordable insurance to everyone.
Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.

Isaac Oates is the Founder and Executive Chair at Justworks. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Cornell University.

Investment focus

Health Care, B2B, Telehealth
Seed, Grant
United States, France, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Osium AI — Speed up your materials and chemicals innovation with AI.
Lately — Lately uses AI to create your social media content and manage your social media marketing and social selling programs.
FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.

Alan Rutledge

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States, India, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Bujeti — Bujeti is the finance control centre for African businesses. Manage expenses, automate payments, and issue corporate cards for total control and visibility.
FlexDesk — FlexDesk is creating a new evolution of the flexible workspace model. Remote workers use the platform to discover and book a dedicated desk or private office by the day. FlexDesk unlocks this inventory by partnering with office landlords and coworking operators that have furnished, underutilized space.
SearchEye — Get tech-driven SEO at scale, speed and a fraction of the cost compared to traditional agencies. Acquire PR Mentions, Digital PR and Content.

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

Investment focus

Education, Blockchain, Communities
Pre-Seed, Seed
Rwanda, United States

Portfolio highlights

Rooomxix —
AltSchool Africa — Let's invest in your Future. Learn highly sought after tech skills without hassle. A program designed to arm you with the skills and knowledge required to boldly launch your tech career.
Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Nigeria, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Rapport — The smart solution for building superhuman teams. Rapport distills decades of research on high performing teams down to a few smart, simple steps that integrate seamlessly into your workflow.
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.
Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.

Cofounder and CEO of Kuda

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Zazuu — Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border.
Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
24SEVEN — 24seven.pk is using tech and data to digitize and disrupt the fresh food and FMCG verticals in one of the fastest-growing and rapidly evolving consumer markets in the world.

Gbite Oduneye is the Founder and Managing Partner of ODBA. He attended UWE Bristol and Said Business School, University of Oxford.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Financial Exchanges
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Nigeria, United Kingdom, Rwanda

Portfolio highlights

Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
Cashmere App — Helping millennials and Gen Z's save up for their favourite luxury goods and experiences
Kuda — Kuda is a full service digital only bank with a mission to bank every African on the planet. Kuda was founded in 2019 by Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha and is Headquartered in London

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.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
Nigeria, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Bypa-ss — Bypa-ss is working on creating a world-class SaaS healthcare environment and revolutionizing healthcare in Egypt, Join Us
SimpliFi — We power the cards behind your brand. Instantly issue and manage virtual or physical cards, enable payments in multiple currencies, and scale globally through one secure API platform.
ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.

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".

Investment focus

FinTech, Payments, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Nigeria, Germany, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Weel — Weel is the all-in-one platform for finance teams. Issue smart corporate cards, automate accounts payable, and control company spend, all in one place.
Weel — Weel is the all-in-one platform for finance teams. Issue smart corporate cards, automate accounts payable, and control company spend, all in one place.
Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.

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.

Investment focus

InsurTech, Insurance, Banking
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
Nigeria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Casava — Casava is a financial services company that offers insurance and life microinsurance. Casava uses technology to provide world-class, trusted, and affordable insurance to everyone.
Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.

Melvyn Lubega is the head of strategic partnership at Go1.

Investment focus

E-Learning, Information Technology
Seed
Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Zeraki — Zeraki is to use technology to address some of the obstacles learners encounter in accessing quality education. We use technology to enhance the quality of education students get at each level of education and use technology to help students transition from one level of education to the next, and ultimately from education into employment.

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
SafeNest — SafeNest offers a comprehensive home security system integrating smart technology with professional monitoring services.

Malek Meslemani is the Chief Executive at Ancora Investment Limited. Malek Meslemani attended CentraleSupélec.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Tunisia, United States

Portfolio highlights

GoMyCode — GoMyCode is changing the education market by training talents in a dynamic belnded environement on digital skills and connects them with tech opportunities around the world. Based on 4 Main Aspects: - Data based Assessment - Data based matching - Business Analytics - Learning Platform - Content EditorGoMyCode provides digital Skills Training forthe Future of Work. In 4 Different fields: - DATA - DEVELOPMENT - DESIGN - DIGITAL MARKETING
Isla Health — Scale clinical capacity with Isla Health. The digital pathway & remote patient monitoring platform trusted by 30+ NHS Trusts.
Wise Systems — Wise Systems provides the best in fleet management software for last-mile delivery optimization. Schedule a demo of our software today.

Frederik Gerner

Investment focus

B2C, Life Science, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
South Africa, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

DX Digital Africa — DX Digital Africa specializes in automotive intelligence to build capabilities for vehicles of the future. Optimizing processes and reducing maintenance costs throughout the lifecycle of vehicles from the factory floor to scrap yard.
Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
Zelda Learning — Zelda provides free online career guidance for students looking to enter university and then links them to bursary and study opportunities.

Ed Robison is a Co-Founder of Stash. He attended the University of Sydney from 2002 to 2004.

Investment focus

InsurTech, Insurance, Banking
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
Nigeria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Casava — Casava is a financial services company that offers insurance and life microinsurance. Casava uses technology to provide world-class, trusted, and affordable insurance to everyone.
Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.

Nate Lipscomb

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, FinTech
Seed, Angel
United States, India, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Kredi — Kredi is Rocket Mortgage for LatAm. Customers can easily secure a mortgage online.
Ziina — Pay and get paid fast. Ziina is the easiest way to send and receive money in the UAE. Accept cashless payments anywhere with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or card.
Codingal — Codingal offers engaging & fun online coding & AI classes for kids & teens using the K12 Computer Science Framework. Sign up today to get a free class!

Paul Kokoricha

Investment focus

Internet, B2B, Software
Private Equity, Seed
Mauritius, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

WIOCC — Africa's Digital Backbone
Decagon — Build faster with vetted remote software engineering talent
Accelerex Holdings — Accelerex Holdings specializes in the fields of financial services and investments.

Bas Hochstenbach is the Co-Founder of Conservation Club. He attended Leiden University.

Investment focus

B2C, Shopping, Software
Angel, Seed
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

DX Digital Africa — DX Digital Africa specializes in automotive intelligence to build capabilities for vehicles of the future. Optimizing processes and reducing maintenance costs throughout the lifecycle of vehicles from the factory floor to scrap yard.
Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
Zelda Learning — Zelda provides free online career guidance for students looking to enter university and then links them to bursary and study opportunities.

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