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Business & personal services funding in Africa: investors, tickets and countries

Who finances Business & personal services in Africa, where, at which stage and with which tickets: every figure below is computed from the funding deals recorded on the platform.

16

deals recorded

6

over 12 months

5 M$

median disclosed ticket

17

identified investors

Key findings

  • 16 funding deals recorded (Business & personal services) since 2011, involving 16 companies and 17 identified investors. 6 of them over the last 12 months (2 the previous year).
  • Median disclosed ticket: 5 M$; half of the deals fall between 1.2 M$ and 14.7 M$ (5 amounts disclosed out of 16, 61.3 M$ in total).
  • Where the money goes: South Africa (25 %), Kenya (25 %), Nigeria (19 %).
  • Most frequent stage: Growth (56 %); most used instrument: Equity (75 %).
  • Most active investors: Adiwale Partners (2), AfricInvest (2), Verod Capital (2).
  • 31 % of deals are syndicated (at least two investors around the table).

Countries

  • South Africa4
  • Kenya4
  • Nigeria3
  • Côte d'Ivoire1
  • Madagascar1

Industries

  • Consulting and professional services3
  • Recruitment and staffing3
  • Security, cleaning and facility management3
  • Beauty, sport and wellness2
  • BPO and call centres2

Stages

  • Growth9
  • Pre-Seed2
  • Seed1
  • Series B1

Instruments

  • Equity12
  • Senior debt1
  • Grant1

Deals per year

YearDealsDisclosed amounts
20211—
20222—
20231—
20241—
2025315.1 M$
202656.2 M$

Most active investors

Latest deals

CompanyDateDisclosed amountsLead
PeopleGatewayRecruitment and staffing · KenyaSept 2026undisclosedAfrica Jobs Fundsource
Spoon ConsultingConsulting and professional services · Mauritius · GrowthSept 2026undisclosedAfricInvestsource
FlowtConsulting and professional services · Kenya · Pre-SeedAug 2026undisclosedDelta40source
CueBPO and call centres · South AfricaJul 20265 M$Knife Capitalsource
OneBioIncubators and accelerators · South AfricaApr 20261.2 M$undisclosedsource
JahaziiRecruitment and staffing · Kenya · Pre-SeedOct 2025400 k$undisclosedsource
CodexRepair and maintenance · Senegal · GrowthSept 2025undisclosedAdiwale Partnerssource
AuraSecurity, cleaning and facility management · South Africa · Series BMay 202514.7 M$Partech Africasource
i-FitnessBeauty, sport and wellness · Nigeria · GrowthFeb 2024undisclosedVerod Capitalsource
iSON XperiencesBPO and call centres · Nigeria · GrowthOct 2023undisclosedVerod Capitalsource
Stephaina BeautyBeauty, sport and wellness · Madagascar · GrowthJan 2022undisclosedMiarakapsource
Liberty PressingSecurity, cleaning and facility management · Niger · SeedJan 2022undisclosedSinergi Nigersource
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Method: published funding deals (press releases, specialised media), recorded by Invest Matching's news monitoring and reviewed before integration. Amounts in US dollars; deals without a disclosed amount count in the totals, not in the medians.