Startups
Pan-African initiative that aims to bring out innovative 'made in Africa' solutions for the real economy. 3 lines of action: to support African digital start-ups with high impact potential, to provide funding opportunities, and to support public policies.
Overview
Location
France, Ile-de-France, Paris
Mentions in press and media 19
| Date | Title | Description |
| Sign up to see | Sign up to see | Sign up to see |
| Oct 15, 2025 | REasy, a Cameroonian fintech startup Secures $1.8M in a pre-seed funding round | Cameroonian fintech startup REasy has raised $1.8 million in pre-seed funding to streamline cross-border payments for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Africa. The investment round was led by Ingressive Capital, Launch Africa... |
| Jul 29, 2025 | Duniya Healthcare is digitising medicine supply chains to reach Zambia’s most remote clinics | In a remote part of Zambia, a heavily pregnant 17-year-old named Chipego arrived at a Catholic-run clinic in Monze District, south of Lusaka, with a high fever and unmistakable signs of malaria. The nurses immediately recognised the symptom... |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Ghanaian invoice financing startup Liquify raises oversubscribed $1.5 M Seed round | In an effort to bridge the $120 billion African trade finance gap, Ghanaian startup Liquify, a digital invoice finance platform for African SME exporters who are stranded waiting 30 to 90 days to get paid, has raised an oversubscribed US$1.... |
| Jun 24, 2025 | What’s next for African tech: A Moonshot 2025 agenda | Just a few years ago, Africa’s tech ecosystem was booming. In 2021, startups across the continent raised over $4 billion across 355 funding deals, buoyed by a global investment wave and the promise of leapfrog innovation. But the wave has s... |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Startup co-investment committed by Orange Ventures and Digital Africa | The “Orange Digital Centers” network encompasses startups in Africa and the Middle East, and Orange Ventures and Digital Africa have pledged to co-invest in these businesses. Orange Digital Centre is an ecosystem that is spread across eight... |
| Jan 25, 2024 | Talent 4 Startups Program 2nd Edition – Shaping the Future of Digital Education in Africa | Digital Africa & Univelcity Collaborate to Empower 120 Nigerian Tech Talent After the remarkable success of its inaugural edition, which saw 300 young talents trained and 70% securing employment in the tech sector across 10 countries, D... |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Digital Africa will only back startups whose technology serves the real economy TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report Success! | Noel K. Tshiani is the founder of Congo Business Network. In this exclusive interview for TechCabal, he discusses with Isadora Bigourdan, acting CEO at Digital Africa, whose mission is to equip Africa’s tech entrepreneurs with the capabilit... |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Digital Africa is supporting African entrepreneurs with bridge funding and impact programs Digital Africa’s connection between Europe and Africa Digital Africa’s plans for the continent’s youthful population | Digital Africa is an impact-driven initiative, backed by the French government, on a mission to support African tech entrepreneurs and innovators by providing technical assistance, financing projects and businesses, and creating a regulator... |
| Feb 15, 2022 | France-Backed Digital Africa to Fund 200 African Startups France-Backed Digital Africa to Fund 200 African Startups | (Bloomberg) -- Digital Africa, a French government-backed organization assisting African tech startups, will move to a for-profit model and provide 70 million euros ($79 million) for seed and Series A funding by 2025. Backed with 130 millio... |
Show more
Reviews 0
FAQ about Digital Africa
What has the press written about Digital Africa?
Parsers VC has collected 19 articles mentioning Digital Africa, among them “REasy, a Cameroonian fintech startup Secures $1.8M in a pre-seed funding round” (Oct 15, 2025) and “Duniya Healthcare is digitising medicine supply chains to reach Zambia’s most remote clinics” (Jul 29, 2025).
Is Digital Africa still active?
Yes, Digital Africa is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 26, 2026.