Top 25 Education Angel Investors in Africa (July 2026)

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• 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.

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• Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
• Lorum Finance —
• Fuse Financial Technologies — Financial APIs for building products in the Middle East.

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• Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
• Earnipay — Earnipay is Nigeria's trusted e-invoicing partner. As an accredited NRS and NITDA systems integrator, we deliver secure, compliant invoicing for every business.
• Alvin — Alvin is a powerful mobile app that automatically creates and adjusts your budget to help you meet your goals.

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• FellowMe — FellowMe is a social media platform that allows users to meet new people with a search experience, segmented by interests and location.
• Exnus Protocol — Exnus Protocol is a next-generation decentralized ecosystem built on the Solana blockchain.
• UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Bypa-ss — Bypa-ss is working on creating a world-class SaaS healthcare environment and revolutionizing healthcare in Egypt, Join Us
• Simulon — Studio-quality VFX on a mobile. Sign up to the Simulon beta.
• 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.

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• FloatPays — Floatpays help your employees achieve financial wellbeing by giving them early access to earned wages.
• Genei — genei is a intelligent research tool enabling you to improve productivity by using a custom AI algorithm to summarise articles, analyse research and find key information, instantly.
• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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!

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• Cekura AI — Cekura AI is an AI based Software Development firm offering Developer Tool to observe and test AI voice agents.
• Mentra — Mentra is a wearable technology company that develops smart glasses based on augmented reality and AI interface technologies.
• Cosmoserve Space — Cosmoserve Space is developing autonomous robotic spacecraft to mitigate the rapidly growing problem of orbital debris.

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• 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.
• 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

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• WIOCC — WIOCC is revolutionising the delivery of high-capacity connectivity between Africa and the rest of the world. As a result, it is now widely recognised as Africa’s carriers’ carrier, offering a one stop-shop and end-to-end service between more than 30 African countries and the world’s key global financial and commercial centres. As a specialist inthe wholesale market, WIOCC’s unique, flexible, bandwidth packages have been designed to enable carriers, mobile operators and internet service providers (ISPs) to take full advantage of Africa’s rapidly developing markets for fixed and mobile broadband and international corporate networking. WIOCC recognises that customers differ, and tailors many of its solutions to specific customer requirements.
• Decagon — Build faster with vetted remote software engineering talent
• Accelerex Holdings — Accelerex Holdings specializes in the fields of financial services and investments.

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• 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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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.
• Maplerad — Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira.

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• 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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• 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.

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• GitStart — YC backed tech startup which helps teams scale engineering velocity through its unique Pull Requests as a Service platform and delivers world class code quality so customers can ship faster.
• FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
• 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.