# Amadou Daffe

> Amadou Daffe is a pre-seed investor at Gebeya (Addis Ababa) backing SMS and Android. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gebeya](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gebeya-inc)
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amadoudaffe/

Amadou Daffe is a pre-seed investor at Gebeya in Addis Ababa focused on SMS and Android. Amadou Daffe is the co-founder and current CEO of Gebeya. He also co-founded CODERS4AFRICA.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SMS | 1 | 100% |
| Android | 1 | 100% |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Developer APIs | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EPhone | EPhone is a dialer and SMS application. They offer features like managing user SMS and calls, saving money, and smart notifications. They instantly updated the package list. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Sep 11, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Gebeya

VC Fund · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gebeya is building a-self-sustainable ecosystem that trains, hires, and nurtures the best of African talent. Our mission is to be the premier software engineering and IT training academy in Africa, while becoming the number one global IT services workplace that matches African IT talent with clients across Africa and the rest of the world.

5 contacts available at Gebeya.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hiruy Amanuel | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiruy-amanuel |
| Amadou Daffe | CEO / Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadou-daffe |
| Amadou Daffe | Co-founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadou-daffe-f890 |
| Arthur L. Burris, Jr | Strategic Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arthur-l-burris-jr |
| Bekure Tamirat | Director of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bekure-tamirat |

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## FAQ

### What does Amadou Daffe invest in?

Amadou Daffe invests primarily in SMS, Android and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ethiopia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Amadou Daffe last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Amadou Daffe closed in Sep 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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