Scaling up digital innovation
XL Africa is a Pan-African program designed to support later stage technology start-ups that are ready for growth and scale. We look for late seed stage and pre-series A companies with a developed product and market fit, demonstrated traction and revenue. XL Africa will provide these companies with resources to support them to scale and access Angel or Institutional funding.
XL Africa is implemented by:
| Location | Africa |
| Targets | Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Sectors | Retail and wholesale, Banking, Clean technology, Computer hardware, Computer software, Construction, Creative, media and entertainment, E-commerce, EdTech, Education, Electronics, Financial services, Food and beverage, Healthcare, HealthTech, Insurance, Internet, Leisure and travel, Manufacturing, Mobile, Real estate, Renewable energy, Telecom, Transport and logistics, Utilities, Waste management and recycling, Water, sanitation and hygiene |
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Meet the top-10 start-ups from Francophone Africa
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Opportunity to meet L'Afrique Excelle team and cohort informally
The year 2021 has proved exceptionally successful for African startups, drawing more record-breaking fundraising deals than all of 2019 and 2020 combined. By early… read more
CoinAfrique, the most downloaded classifieds app in French-speaking Africa, aims to exceed 10 million monthly users by 2022. The classifieds ads platform CoinAfrique has raised €… read more
We are proud to announce the 20 scale-ups selected for the XL Africa program. These companies represent a new class of entrepreneur coming up… read more
Niek van Dijk
Ben White