Top 10 Music VC Funds & Investors in Africa (October 2026)

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• Riverstarz Music Entertainment — Kenyan-based music company providing digital music distribution, audio services, marketing, education, and more for artists and record labels worldwide.

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• Corsa Coal — Corsa Coal Corp is a company that supplies metallurgical coal, an essential ingredient in the production of steel.
• Stardom — Stardom Nigeria is the search for an accomplished trio of Vocalist, Songwriter and Music Producer who individually have absolute mastery of their craft and together, are an unstoppable force of creative energy

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• Saab — Saab serves the global market of governments, authorities and corporations with products, services and solutions ranging from military defence to civil security.
• Magic 828 — Magic 828 is a medium-wave commercial music radio station and was officially launched on 1 October 2015, broadcasting to Cape Town and the greater Western Cape region. Their studios are situated in Pinelands, Cape Town with a transmitter sited at the centre of a geographic triangle with Paarl, Durbanville and Malmesbury as the three corner points.Magic 828 radiates a 25 000 watt (25 kW) signal to major suburban areas of the Cape, unrestricted by mountainous terrain and operates on the AM wavelength. The essential broadcast format of the radio station is one of golden oldies music, mixed with less talk, sport, and news and community information.
• African News Agency — The African News Agency (ANA) is Africa’s first syndicated multimedia news service and strives to be the continent’s single source of reliable and credible news on government, politics, economies, markets, business, sports, and lifestyle.We are committed to accurate and balanced coverage 24 hours a day; to report what is in the public interest,and to meet the information needs of our readers and subscribers. Whether you are a broadcaster, newspaper, digital customer, business, government or civil society organization, we can provide you with relevant and compelling content for your specific requirements.When news breaks, we will know and we will tell you immediately, helping you to make better decisions faster. We aim to provide news you can use: information that is helpful and relevant to decision-makers, investors and ordinary people.

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• SeraPay — We are revolutionizing social commerce in Africa with SeraPay, ensuring the seamless buying and selling of goods on social media platforms. Our innovative service empowers businesses to access markets beyond their geographical borders, making social retail easier and more efficient.
• Savabyte — Savabyte is a capacity builder and tech talent enricher with a pool of quality software engineers trained and mentored across our African ecosystem. It aims to empower more women to join the tech space and access the technical skills
• Jungopharm — Jungopharm is a developer of a pharma and healthcare platform that aims to make health care understandable, accessible & affordable for all.

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• Vatar — Vatar is building safety infrastructure for Africa — a small device and on-device AI (Ogbon) that turns the CCTV cameras a home or business already owns into intelligent systems that understand what's happening, act on it in real time, and dispatch help when it matters.
• Lagos Life — Lagos Life a massively popular browser-based life-simulation game modeled after Nigeria's commercial capital. Within nine days of launch, the game attracted over 4.7 million players, featuring fully simulated career tracks, social hubs, local virtual economies, and real-time multiplayer functionality directly inside web browsers.
• Aeon Cyber Defense — Aeon is a cybersecurity company focused on securing cloud, code, runtime, and AI environments,Aeon platform appears to help organizations identify and manage security risks across modern, cloud-native technology stacks.AeonSec positions itself around integrated security visibility and protection for rapidly evolving software and AI infrastructure

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• Purple Signs — Purple Signs is deaf communication platform
• The Virtual Clinic — Access to high-quality healthcare Doctors Online.
• Shift Organic Technologies — Sustainable Climate Smart Integrated Organic Farming Systems. Aquaponics, Herbs and spices Vermicomposting, Solar dryers, Beekeeping.

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• Growwr — Tell Growwr who you need. Our AI hiring agent finds relevant talent, evaluates candidates, and helps you move from hiring brief to interview.
• Paycrest — Unifying fiat and stablecoin payments globally, with speed, transparency, and built-in compliance.
• Cr3dentials — Cr3dentials lets neobanks offer credit inside their app. We handle income verification, underwriting, capital, and collections. You keep the customer.

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• STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
• Juicyway — Juicyway moves money across borders for people and businesses. Send, receive, hold, and exchange multiple currencies from one account. | NG
• Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.

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• Media Baby — MediaBaby is a mass media publishing company.
• NicheStreem — Great Public Magazines

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• Jemla — Jemla is a business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce wholesale platform that provides informal merchants with access to a large range of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) products at low costs, with free delivery to retail locations within 24 hours.
• Bana Records — Bana records is a first-of-its-kind record label based in Ethiopia with its team comprised of industry experts ready to revolutionize the music industry in Ethiopia.
• Across Express — Across Express is a technology based logistics platform that delivers shipments on time. The company provides convenient and reliable delivery service through strategically located drivers in Addis Ababa, enabling them to reach the pickup location in short time, hence giving shorter delivery time.