Back African Businesses. Build Africa.
Discover ambitious African startups and small businesses building products, services and jobs across the continent. Back the businesses you believe in and become part of what they build next.
- Every campaign manually reviewed
- Founders keep control of their businesses
- Backing helps businesses build and grow
- Built for African enterprise
1. Discover
Browse reviewed campaigns from founders across supported African markets.
2. Back
Choose a founder-created reward and pledge your support. No payment is taken in the current MVP.
3. Follow
Track progress updates from the founder as the business delivers on its plan.
4. Receive your reward
Founders deliver the product, service or experience they promised.
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The businesses backers are supporting most right now.
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Back the kind of business you believe in
Twelve sectors, from cold storage and clean energy to studios, clinics and classrooms.
Last chance to back these
Campaigns in their final stretch.
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Just launched on the marketplace
The most recently published campaigns on the marketplace.
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Backing one entrepreneur can create opportunity far beyond one individual.
Every campaign is a business working to build, hire and grow. This is what that backing can set in motion.
Build productive capacity
Equipment, inventory, prototypes, technology and expansion can move a business forward.
Create jobs and livelihoods
When businesses grow, they can employ people and support families.
Strengthen local value chains
Growing businesses buy from suppliers, transporters, professionals and other enterprises.
Grow without unnecessary early debt
Rewards crowdfunding can help founders raise growth capital without immediately taking on loan repayments.
Diaspora and global supporters
Back Home. Build Forward.
Africans abroad and supporters anywhere in the world should be able to find African entrepreneurs worth backing. AfricaCrowdFund is being designed so that, where payment support and applicable rules permit, backers outside the continent can support campaigns and receive rewards like anyone else.
This is part of our long-term market reach, not a live payment capability today.
Find businesses you recognise
Filter by country, city and sector to back where your roots are.
From connection to participation
Take part in the growth of businesses you believe in, wherever you live.
Transparent progress
Campaign progress and founder updates are visible on every campaign.
Rules-first expansion
Markets are activated only where payment and regulatory support allows.
Ecosystem
Have an idea but you’re not ready to raise?
Crowdfunding suits businesses that already have something to show. If you are earlier than that, Opportunities Hub Africa is a separate platform where founders discover grants, accelerators, entrepreneurship programmes, training and other opportunities that help get a business campaign-ready.
- · Grants and funding calls
- · Accelerators and incubators
- · Entrepreneurship programmes
- · Training and skills development
- OHA and ACF are separate, complementary platforms.
Trust and safety
Crowdfunding only works when it is honest.
Campaigns are reviewed by people, verification badges say exactly what was checked, and founders are expected to communicate risks, progress and fulfilment honestly. Review is not a guarantee, and backing does not provide financial returns.
Manually reviewed
No founder can self-publish, self-verify or self-feature a campaign.
Founder-created rewards
Supporters receive the reward offered by the campaign — never ownership or financial returns.
African-first
Zambia is the first fully supported founder market, with more to follow.
Clear about what is verified
Every badge states exactly what was checked — nothing implies a guarantee.
For founders
Raise the money to build it — and keep control of your business.
Rewards crowdfunding turns your first customers into your first funders. Prove demand, fund your next step, and grow with people who want you to succeed.