# African Business Angel Network

> African Business Angel Network is a VC fund backing E-Commerce and Internet. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ebène, Mauritius
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/10893547
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ABANAngels/
- Website: http://abanangels.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ABANAngels

African Business Angel Network (ABAN) is a pan African non-profit association founded to support the development of early stage investor networks across the continent and to get many more (early stage) investors excited about the opportunities in Africa.ABAN seeks to promote a culture of Angel investing across Africa. There are networksemerging across the continent, but there is yet a conversation in place that connects them. There is a sincere need to collect/develop best practices and to make this knowledge available. To create a resource and contact point for promoting new networks and/or supporting other stakeholders looking to get involved in building the ecosystem. Also to engage private sector investors and to offer some guidance on investing into African borne innovations. In turn, ABAN seeks to further build the industry and improve the climate for startup entrepreneurs.ABAN began as a consortium of independent investor networks including the Lagos Angels Network (LAN), Cameroon Angel Network (CAN), Ghana Angel Network (GAIN), Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa), Silicon Cape and supported by the European Business Angel Network (EBAN), the LIONS Africa Partnership and DEMO Africa. In the interest to connect these African networks, support new investors and new networks, to maximize their impact and to connect African investors to their global counterparts, the need was established to form a pan-African association of angel investor networks and other early stage investors: ABAN.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for African Business Angel Network. Shizune tracks 1 team members at African Business Angel Network. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/african-business-angel-network?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 67% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Organic Food | 1 | 33% |
| Food Delivery | 1 | 33% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ghana | 1 | 33% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 33% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tomi Davies | Co-Founder and President | 2 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sumet Technologies | Sumet is a transforming the distribution of essential goods across the african continent. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Mar 28, 2025 |  |
| Plain Tiger | Plain Tiger is on a mission to drive sustainable production and consumption globally. We're revolutionising the way Hotels find and buy from sustainable suppliers of consumable products and service providers for energy, water and water efficiency. Suppliers get access to the leading hotels globally. | $100K | Seed | May 03, 2024 |  |
| Legendary Foods Africa | Legendary Foods Africa is a food technology company that manufactures a range of products, including fresh akokono, frozen akokono, akokono sauce, akokono kebab, akokono shito, dried akokono, and more. | $100K | Seed | Mar 14, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AngelSpark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelspark) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Catalytic Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catalytic-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [COREangels MEA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coreangels-mea) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Newchip Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newchip) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does African Business Angel Network invest in?

African Business Angel Network invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Organic Food startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ghana. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact African Business Angel Network?

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### Who are the partners at African Business Angel Network?

The team at African Business Angel Network includes Tomi Davies (Co-Founder and President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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