The founder stack
for Africa
Search 220+ vetted tools, African startups, and step-by-step guides for payments, incorporation, banking, and more.
AWS ActivateAWS ActivateGoogle Workspace
Grey
Gumroad
Hanga PitchFest
Helios Investment Partners
Hi-Innovator Uganda
Hotjar
HubSpot CRM
Hubtel
Identitypass
IFC Ventures
Ingressive Capital
Injini Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship
IntaSendIntercom
Interswitch
Invoice Ninja
Irembo
Jira
Jobberman
KCB Bank Kenya
Kepple Africa Ventures
Knife Capital
Kora
Kuda Business
Lagos Angel Network
Launch Africa Ventures
Lawpadi
Leatherback
Lemon Squeezy
Linear
Lofty Inc.
LookaLoomLovable
LumaLuma
M-PESA Daraja APIMailerlite
MakeMercury
MEST Africa
Metabase
Microsoft Clarity
Microsoft for Startups
Microtraction
Miro
Mixpanel
Moniepoint Business
Mono
MTN MoMo
n8n
Namecheap
Neon
Nomba
Norebase
Norrsken22
Notion
Novastar Ventures
NVIDIA Inception
NYDA Grant Programme
OpenAI API
Orange Corners Nigeria
Orange Social Venture Prize Africa & Middle East
Oui Capital
Oyster HR
Ozow
Paga Engine
PaidHR
Partech AfricaPayoneer
Paystack
Peach Payments
Pesapal
Pexels
Pipedrive
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Organized by the stage of your startup journey.
Start
Register, get legal, open accounts
Money
Payments, invoicing, banking, fundraising
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Payments
Accept and move money across Africa
22 tools📊
Invoicing & Accounting
Get paid and keep your books clean
6 tools💰
Fundraising
Raise capital as an African founder
11 tools👥
Payroll & HR
Hire, pay, and manage your team
8 tools💰
Investors & VCs
Find the right investor for your stage and market
30 tools🪙
Crypto & Web3
Buy, sell, and build with crypto in Africa
3 toolsBuild
Tech, hosting, no-code, product tools
🌐
Domain & Hosting
Register domains and host your websites
5 tools☁️
Tech Infrastructure
Host, deploy, and scale your product
18 tools🤖
AI & Automation
Automate workflows and build with AI
12 tools🛠️
No-code & Landing Pages
Build fast without an engineering team
9 tools📋
Project Management
Organise your team, tasks, and roadmap
13 tools💬
Customer Support & CRM
Talk to customers and close deals
5 toolsGrow
Marketing, email, SEO, community
📣
Email & Marketing
Reach and grow your audience
5 tools📈
SEO & Analytics
Get found and track what matters
11 tools🛒
E-commerce & Selling
Sell products, digital goods, and subscriptions online
7 tools🎨
Design & Brand
Look good from day one
7 tools🎟️
Community & Events
Build your community and run events
2 tools👥
Jobs & Hiring
Find, attract, and hire great talent across Africa
2 toolsAfrica-specific
Cross-border, grants, compliance, local ops
Step-by-step guides
Register a company, set up payments, open a business account, and more.
Pan-African
Set up transactional SMS and OTP across Africa
Launch reliable, compliant SMS and one-time-password delivery with country-aware sender rules and fallbacks.
Pan-African
Register and maintain companies across African markets
Plan multi-market incorporation, tax, banking, ownership, and recurring compliance before expanding.
Pan-African
Open and operate a cross-border business account from Africa
Select and safely operate multi-currency accounts for receiving revenue and paying international suppliers or teams.
Discover African startups
Browse by sector, stage, and country across the continent.
54gene
Africa's genomics biobank for drug discovery
Healthtech🇳🇬Nigeria
2019$45M+
AethexAI
Voice AI for African enterprises - built for local languages and low bandwidth
AIPan-African🇰🇪Kenya
2025$3M pre-seed (4DX Ventures + Enza Capital, June 2026)
Affinity Africa
Branchless banking for individuals and small businesses in Ghana
Fintech🇬🇭Ghana
2022$13M total disclosed funding