Top 20 Social Media Startup Investors in Africa (August 2026)

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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 — A pan-African women-led platform that connects career advancement opportunities to quality tech talent & women in technology. #ConnectingTechTalent
• 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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• iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
• Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
• Homethings — Single-use plastic is bonkers. Homethings makes cleaning products that make sense. No more shipping water in plastic bottles. We send non toxic cleaning tabs so that you can refill over and over again using your tap.

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• LipaLater — LipaLater is a lending marketplace that provides postpaid payments at e-commerce stores. They are making technology affordable for you. Get the electronic of your choice today and pay for it in comfortable monthly installments.
• REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
• Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.

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• Glif — Interoperable tools for the Filecoin network
• Afterparty — Useful guides, stories, and updates
• Shield USDT — US bank accounts built for international wholesalers and distributors. Same-day USD wires, USDT payments, escrow, and business credit cards.

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• Plots — A social media app for live experiences.
• Lex — Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second.
• Hustle Sasa — Host unforgettable experiences, sell out events, and turn your passion into income. Ticketing, payouts, and storefront tools for Africa's best creators.

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• myFanPark — myFanPark is a South African celebrity engagement platform, to share videos.

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• Omnisient — Privacy-Preserving Data Collaboration platform enabling businesses to collaborate while ensuring consumer privacy and data protection.
• FCB.ai — FCB.ai builds the conversational AI infrastructure to power the financial industry
• Shortlist — Shortlist helps solve talent challenges for impactful and innovative organizations across Africa. We provide executive search and workforce innovation solutions.

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• Triorb — The corporate website of TriOrb Inc., revolutionizing production lines with our ball-driven omnidirectional mobility platform.
• HIGHRESO — GPUSOROBAN is a GPU cloud service that enables anyone to perform high-speed calculations on high-end GPUs with ease. Hi-Res, the running business, is the first GPU cloud operator in Japan to be accredited as a "NVIDIA Elite Partner," the program's highest level (CSP Compute field). Furthermore, it received the "Best CSP Partnerof the Year" award at the NVIDIA NPN Partner Award 2022. It is widely used by university research institutes, large corporations, and AI venture firms, with over 100 uses per year.
• Yuantian Bio — Yuantian Bio is a biotechnology company specializing in enzymatic regeneration and commercial plastic PET applications. They have achieved low-cost fermentation preparation of over 10 enzyme preparations and large-scale biochemical product preparation.

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• Personera — Talk to AI characters, challenge them in debates, and earn tokens. Socrates, Elon Musk, Shakespeare and 50+ more await you. Try free now.
• Swiftly — Harness your public transit data with Swiftly's urban mobility solutions to make your city's mass transportation move more efficiently.
• Appstores.com — Appstores is making it easier for consumers to find apps by giving small and large niche publishers and API/platform companies the tools to showcase apps most relevant to their users.

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• Stake — Renters earn Cash back for rent. Building operators outperform the market. That's the Stake win-win. Find out how we're building the financial tools for the next generation of rentals.
• Rent Butter — Revolutionize property management with RentButter. Our advanced tenant screening goes beyond credit scores, ensuring compliance and minimizing risks. Build stable communities with data-driven decisions.
• OurPetPolicy — Explore how the number one ESA verification service and animal management platform can work for you.

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• Novek — Novek builds IOT technology to completely eliminate single use plastic from FMCG Supply chains.
• CashBackApp — An App that offers you Cash Discounts on a wide range of household essentials available at local supermarkets in Kenya.
• Jackfruit Finance — Fast, flexible school financing in Kenya. Get working capital, projects, and asset loans designed around school fee cycles and growth needs.

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• HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
• Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
• 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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• Yamilowo — Yamilowo is providing a financial solution to financially excluded individuals using Social recognition. We achieved 99% repayment and have grown revenue over 100% MoM

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• Ear1 — Ear1 is a social media chat app that connects users with influencers.
• Lanvin Group — Lanvin group is a fashion industry that oversees the labels lanvin, caruso, wolford, sergio rossi, and st. John knits. It is offering this assistance along with in-depth information about and connection to the fashion markets.

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• 101 financial.app — 101financial.app membantu investor pemula memasuki pasar keuangan dengan teknologi pemrograman yang terbaik dan berbagai fitur sosial. Semua pengguna dapat dengan cepat menjelajahi beragam saham, mata uang Kripto, dan menerapkan perdagangan margin untuk mencapai tujuan keuangan dengan modal kecil.

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• Personera — Talk to AI characters, challenge them in debates, and earn tokens. Socrates, Elon Musk, Shakespeare and 50+ more await you. Try free now.

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• Rabawa — We are Africa's No 1. Social and Video Commerce Platform. You can Browse, Sell, Earn from the comfort of your home through Social Media.
• One Kiosk Inc. — One Kiosk is a Retail tech solution bridging the Access to Market and Finance Gaps for Retailers (Micro, Small, and Informal) across Africa. It connects informal retail stores and supermarkets online.

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• 101 financial.app — 101financial.app membantu investor pemula memasuki pasar keuangan dengan teknologi pemrograman yang terbaik dan berbagai fitur sosial. Semua pengguna dapat dengan cepat menjelajahi beragam saham, mata uang Kripto, dan menerapkan perdagangan margin untuk mencapai tujuan keuangan dengan modal kecil.

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• Autochek — Welcome To Autochek Group's Homepage. Read About The Company's Vision And Mission. Select A Country And Apply For Car Loans
• HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
• Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.

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• Frain technologies — We're passionate about the product delivery value chain.
• Famasi — Find, Order & Refill medications across 1000+ pharmacies in Nigeria. Delivered in 1 hour. Compare prices, get the best offers, and enjoy free monthly delivery on recurring orders.
• Sendchamp — Messagebird For Africa: Sendchamp provides Communication APIs & CRM for developers & businesses to reach their customers via different messaging channels such as SMS, Email, Voice, Whatsapp, and other digital messaging channels. Our APIs and No code tools help businesses in Africa from the stage of Customer Onboarding, CustomerEngagement, Customer Service & Customer Retention.