Report: Fintech Companies Obtained 62% of the $4.9 Billion Raised by African Tech Corporations in 2021

Fintechs account for practically two-thirds of the $4.9 billion that was raised by African expertise corporations in the course of the previous 12 months. Fintech teams additionally dominate by way of funding that exceeds $50 million, with a 40% share of the full variety of tech corporations.

The Covid-19 Issue

Out of the $4.9 billion in funding that was raised by African expertise firms in 2021, virtually two-thirds of this went to fintech firms, knowledge from a brand new report has proven. When it comes to offers whereby the capital raised exceeded $40 million, fintechs accounted for 40% of such offers.

As proven within the newest Africa Funding Report, the fintech dominance in 2021 ultimately culminated right into a interval with “the best variety of single, non-M&A [mergers and acquisitions] offers above $100 million” on file up to now. The report additionally reveals that Nigeria has the largest share of fintech corporations that raised greater than $100 million.

In the meantime, the report recommended that the Covid-19 pandemic may properly be the principle clarification for the surge not solely within the funding of fintechs, however non-fintech corporations as properly.

“Logistics and vitality comply with by quantity of funding however the latest wave of digitization — maybe boosted by Covid-19 — is propelling sectors corresponding to e-commerce, agriculture and healthcare,” concluded the examine report.

Funding Extremely Concentrated

Nonetheless, the identical report does concede that a lot of the funds raised in 2021 had been concentrated in a number of tasks. The report explains:

Though extremely concentrated in a number of instances, [which] solely represents lower than 3% of complete disclosed offers however captures over 55% of complete disclosed funding, this funding dimension carries vital weight and acts as a pull issue for a number of buyers.

In addition to fairness financing, the Africa Funding Report knowledge reveals that debt financing is more and more changing into a viable funding route. To help this assertion, the report factors to the truth that 6% of complete disclosed funding in 2021 was debt financing.

When it comes to the origins of the late-stage buyers, the information reveals that america is by far the largest supply of capital for Africa tech firms with a 62.5% share. In a distant second place was the UK, which had a share of seven.5%, adopted by South Africa 6%, and Canada which accounts for 4%.

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