# African Business Network

> African Business Network is a VC fund in London backing Telecommunications. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://africanbusinessnetwork.co.za/

African Business Network is a VC fund in London focused on Telecommunications. African Business Network delivers news, analysis and information covering all aspects of African business and commerce.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kasookoo | Kasookoo offers a cloud-based omnichannel contact center solution and has entered into the space to give enterprises or smaller businesses the much-needed support for superior multi-channel engagement, boosting customer experience, raising overall customer satisfaction levels, and eliminating expenditure outlays required to roll out traditionalinfrastructure. | $500K | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Catalytic Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catalytic-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Silverbacks Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silverbacks-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Technovision Communications](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/technovision-communications) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does African Business Network invest in?

African Business Network invests primarily in Telecommunications startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did African Business Network last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for African Business Network closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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