Excerpts from the Africa Tech Startups Funding Report 2020. 🧵
In 2020, a total of 397 African tech startups raised a record $701million in funding, with bulk (89%) of these funds going to startups in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa & Egypt.
The tech startups that stood out in 2020 by funding received were:
°Egypt's Vezeeta - $40,000,000
°Nigeria's Flutterwave - $35,000,000
°South Africa's Skynamo - $30,000,000
°Kenya's Twiga Foods - $29,400,000
°Kenya's Komaza - $28,000,000
The top investors in African tech startups in 2020.
Kenya 🇰🇪
59 Kenyan startups raised a record total of $191,381,000 in funding in 2020.
Twenty two (37%) of Kenya’s funded startups raised a $1 million or more.