Top 20 Video Games Startup Investors in Africa (August 2026)

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• Buupass — BuuPass is Kenya's market leader for online bus booking. We enable travelers to reserve seats and make payments in a convenient and timely way. Try BuuPass today!
• Logidoo — Logidoo is a digital logistics marketplace-designed company that markets shuttles through smart logistics. The company's platform, which provides rapid, dependable, secure, and economical logistics, allows users to compare offers for sending and receiving items and to track parcels in real-time.
• Qene Games — Qene Games is an award-winning software development firm operating from Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Founded in 2017, the company has been focused on developing and publishing video games while providing game development outsourcing, game art outsourcing, and other software development services.

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• Gamr — 4,500+ tournaments. $550K+ prize payouts. 480K+ gamers. 27+ countries. Africa's largest gaming ecosystem powering esports, tournaments, and gaming culture.

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• Accounteer — Accounteer is a cloud accounting platform for small businesses. Business owner can create invoices, track expenses and follow up on their finances with ease. Accounteer integrates with external services like banks, e-invoicing platforms and e-commerce. Future proof your business today by subscribing for a free Accounteer trial account.
• Spring in Africa — Wallets Africa helps Africans and African-owned businesses send money, receive money, make card payments, and access overdrafts.
• ThankUCash — ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online.

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• XRADERS — Powering informed decision making for investors XRADERS
• ZeroLend — ZeroLend is a user-friendly and frictionless lending experience to onboard the masses to Defi. Built on L2s
• Gull Network — Gull AI is an omnichain flagship AI infrastructure designed to revolutionize DeFi by making onchain transactions seamless and intelligent. Powered by cutting-edge AI and cross-chain compatibility, it simplifies trading, liquidity optimization, and asset transfers across multiple blockchains. With a unified interface and automation-driven efficiency, Gull AI is redefining the future of decentralized finance.

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• Pegaxy — Pegaxy is a game development company that develops web3 based games.
• The Parallel — The Parallel is a virtual reality metaverse game that offers a platform for users to engage in entertainment and generate income.

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• Allra — Allra is a financial management platform for online SMEs.
• Specter — Specter is a reputation sharing platform for applicants who are sincere and do their job well, but cannot do enough self-PR in interviews.
• METUB Network — Make your passion your paycheck

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• XOCIETY — XOCIETY, a POP Shooter with RPG progression Jpn X @XOJPofficial | Powered by @suinetwork @hashed_official @unopnd_Official
• The FishVerse — FishVerse combines GameFi, AI, and blockchain technology, allowing players to fish in a dynamic open environment from their own homes.
• NXI — Nexus Interactive gives collective growth and accrued value to its ecosystem.

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• Portal to Bitcoin — The only custody-less interoperability protocol for Bitcoin. Swap native BTC, Ordinals, Runes with L2s and L1s
• Euler — The credit layer for programmable finance
• WorkQuest — About WorkQuest WorkQuest is a decentralized employment and workforce automation protocol enabling employers and workers to collaborate through smart contracts, stablecoin payments, AI matching engines, and on-chain reputation scoring. The platform transforms global employment into a transparent, verifiable, and borderless digital labor economy.

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• Pegaxy — Pegaxy is a game development company that develops web3 based games.
• Starbots — Starbots is Solana's first-ever battle NFT game.

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• MDaaS Global — At MDaaS Global, we build and operate modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centres in clinically-underserved communities, starting in Nigeria. Our big goal is to create affordable healthcare solutions for Africa's next billion.
• Chefaa — Chefaa is a GPS-enabled pharmacy benefits platform connecting patients & pharmacies nation-wide to help patients manage all their pharmacy needs. Chefaa uses big data, data ming & machine learning
• Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.

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• 4AFRI — 4Afri is an innovative holding company focused on Africa-centric growth equity opportunities.
• SantéPhone — SantéPhone is a mobile-based health prevention platform founded in partnership with leading health insurance companies across West Africa. The application was powered by 4Afri Mobile.
• Cambridge Industries — Cambridge Industries pioneers sustainable waste-to-energy, recycling, and urban mining solutions worldwide.

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• Pegaxy — Pegaxy is a game development company that develops web3 based games.

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• Uptopia — Interconnected Internet GameAI Market layer. Build your app on @base effortlessly. Backed by @cbventures and @PanteraCapital https://t.co/pYuYjB6wxl
• Shards — Shards is a free-to-use SDK for game studios that boosts in-game engagement and revenue by allowing players to create, fractionalize and trade in-game guilds.
• Udon Finance — Revolutionizing decentralized lending on @Chromia

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• Gamr — 4,500+ tournaments. $550K+ prize payouts. 480K+ gamers. 27+ countries. Africa's largest gaming ecosystem powering esports, tournaments, and gaming culture.

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• Carry — Ocho is everything you need to build wealth as a business owner.
• Qene Games — Qene Games is an award-winning software development firm operating from Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Founded in 2017, the company has been focused on developing and publishing video games while providing game development outsourcing, game art outsourcing, and other software development services.
• Hone Health — Hone Health is a telehealth clinic that helps people improve healthspan through advanced biomarker testing, clinician-guided care, and personalized protocols.

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• Vangrid — Vangrid operates as a decentralized physical infrastructure network.
• Watch.fun — Luxury watch drops. Win a Rolex for as little as $7, drops weekly. Certified by Wristcheck. Backed by @TheSpartanGroup @SolanaVentures @BigBrainVC and more...
• Reown — A complete, compliant payment method built on the world's largest wallet network, designed to fit directly into existing PSP stacks with a single, future-ready integration.

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• Rivalz Network — Join the connectivity infrastructure between AI Agents, DeFAI and Markets.
• RiskLayer — RiskLayer is an economic security middleware for DeFi and providing services and validating Creating positive feedback loops.
• Perceptron Network — AI agents that learn, earn, and reward trust. Perceptron powers a decentralized mesh of reputation and revenue. Perceptron Network is the first AI-powered system where interactions drive growth and earn real rewards.

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• Lympid — We believe that anyone should have access to the amazing opportunities found on the blockchain, from DeFi protocols (aave, compound, yearn…) to Crypto Indexes, there's so much to discover! At Lympid you will be able to do it all easily in the same app, and directly through EUR.
• Orix AI — Orix is an on-chain AI engineer that writes, audits and ships smart contracts in seconds. Build BEP-20 tokens, DeFi and more on BNB Chain.
• Bullshot Inc — Bullshot is redefining the way meme tokens are launched, traded, and adopted. By combining AI-driven automation with the power of community culture, Bullshot creates an ecosystem where creativity, speed, and scalability thrive.

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• ZSystems — ZSystems is a transformative super app designed to redefine B2B trade.
• Atlan Space — Building Artificial Intelligence to autonomously pilot any fixed wing drone, to monitor and take measures over very large areas
• OnePay — OnePay is a fintech startup that operates as a distributor of means of payment and aggregator of payment and value-added services in electronic transactions.

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• Happy Wishy Ghana — Buy PSN, iTunes, Xbox, Cryptocurrency, Amazon, Razer gold, Steam, Roblox, PUBG, Fortnite, Nintendo, and Apex gift cards in Ghana.