Top 5 Social Media Angel Investors in Africa (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Vinny Lingham
Angel
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1 | United States, South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet | $125k–$5.6M |
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Tom Berckt
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Angel | Apps, Events, Printing | |
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Michael Leeman
Angel
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1 | United States, South Africa | Angel, Seed | Apps, Software, Publishing | $125k–$590k |
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JEN-HAO CHENG
Angel
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1 | Mauritius | Seed | FinTech, Finance, Internet | |
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Prosper Otemuyiwa
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Canada, United States | Pre-Seed, Angel | FinTech, Software, CRM | $200k–$1M |
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Tom is currently a commercial executive at Clicks2customers.com, a global Search Engine Marketing company. His background is in (bio-) engineering but he has been involved in online companies for the past 10 years. Besides working at Clicks2customers, Tom is a part time lecturer at TSIBA (http://www.tsiba.org.za/) a South AfricanNGO providing tertiary education to economically disadvantaged children. He is also an angel investor in a number is technology startups and is an active member of the Silicon Cape initiative (www.siliconcape.com)
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- Industry: Apps, Events, Printing
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: South Africa
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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Michael is the San Diego based Senior VP Business Development for Cognician, a self coaching and behavior change platform based in San Francisco. He is also a shareholder and director. Michael also has array of investments in and advisory roles with a number of other start ups, including Gyft, Yola, ChessCube and Skyrove.
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Publishing
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Angel $125k–$590k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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JEN-HAO CHENG
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Internet
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Mauritius
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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Prosper Otemuyiwa is a Co-founder of forLoop Africa. He attended Babcock University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, CRM
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Nigeria, Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Pre-Seed $200k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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Vinny Lingham is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rumi.ai(Waitroom). He previously worked at YPO as a Member. Vinny Lingham attended Harvard Business School Executive Education.
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