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The African start-ups attracting investors, tomorrow’s tech champions

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Top 20 Future Champions of African Tech

By Quentin Velluet

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Posted on May 10, 2023 11:25

Our survey, conducted among some 30 investors, has allowed us to precisely determine the characteristics of the continent’s start-ups that have been attracting the most investment.

This is part 3 of a 9-part series

In this year of relative sluggishness in terms of tech funding both globally and on the continent, we have decided to transform our annual ranking of tech champions to offer you a tighter, first-ever survey on start-ups called “The 20 future champions of African tech”. Our aim with this three-month study was to stay on top of the buzz and the impacts of this innovative ecosystem, by presenting 20 of Africa’s most promising start-ups.

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