Africa Startups to Watch

This year, we are kicking off the inaugural Africa Startups to Watch list to find the smartest ideas and founders from all over the continent.

We believe that diversity — of founders, workers, locations, backgrounds, ideas — produces the coolest companies, and we hope the final product will reflect that.

If your startup was founded to solve Africa’s challenges, has a unique idea that’s won over investors and customers, and is privately held, send us your application.

We’ll ask you to show us how your product is working, and to tell us about external funding.

We’ll unveil the companies in the first quarter of 2025. Startups on the list will be profiled on Bloomberg TV and our other platforms.

Please get your application in by Nov. 8. We’re looking for enough qualitative information and detail to get a good sense of your business model, customer demand and why your product is unique. Specific claims will always beat out generic assertions.

Apply here.