
The State of Tech in Africa 2023


View what happened with the AfricArena Team and its partners in the virtual launch event of the AfricArena report - "The State of Tech in Africa 2023" on February 02, 2023.
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The report unpacks the stories behind the numbers - the VC landscape in Africa; analyzing key performing sectors; profiling innovative startups and technologies; exploring how founders fund their businesses; why and how corporations utilize open innovation strategies, and general oversight of the tech ecosystem in Africa.

Digital Events

At AfricArena, we host numerous digital events throughout the year facilitating interactive and insightful African tech ecosystem discussions and other hot topics in real-time and they are all streamed on our Digital Platforms like the AfricArena Wired, YouTube and LinkedIn channels etc. African tech ecosystem Accelerator.
The AfricArena Southern Africa Selection Events are part of our selection process for our AfricArena Regional Summits.
There are 3 Selection Events before the Regional Summit. One Selection Event is dedicated to a specific stage (Seed, Series A or Growth).
All countries from the Region are welcome. The Selection Event includes 8 startups which pitch during 3 minutes, followed by 3 minutes of Q&As from 3 judges. After the Selection Event, at least one startup will be selected to come and pitch at our hybrid Regional Summit


This selection Event is dedicated to Seed/Series A startups
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What to expect?
A 3-min pitch from the amazing Southern Africa startups, followed by a 3-min Q&As from our judges and the audience.
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The winning selection will be invited to pitch at our
Southern Africa Regional Summit in Joburg between
the 23 -24 March
Eastern Africa Summit Selection Event
Seed/Series a

This selection Event is dedicated to seed-stage startups
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What to expect?
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A 3-min pitch from the amazing Southern Africa startups, followed by a 3-min Q&As from our judges and the audience.
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The winning selection will be invited to pitch at our
Southern Africa Regional Summit in Joburg between
the 23 -24 March
Eastern Africa Summit Selection Event
Seed Stage
This selection Event is dedicated to Growth stage startups
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What to expect?
A 3-min pitch from the amazing Southern Africa startups, followed by a 3-min Q&As from our judges and the audience.
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The winning selection will be invited to pitch at our
Southern Africa Regional Summit in Joburg between
the 23 -24 March
Eastern Africa Summit Selection Event
Growth Stage
