AI companies, startups, labs, and market entry professionals across francophone Africa's nine anchor countries.
10 companies found
€6.5M seed vehicle co-investing in Orange Digital Center startups; Senegalese beneficiaries incl. Tolbi (agritech) and Proboutik (fintech)
Abidjan neobank (Y Combinator alum); raised record $17M in 2025 led by Janngo; first Ivorian fintech with BCEAO microfinance license
National AI conference (first edition Feb 2025, Sofitel Abidjan) organized with the Ministry of Digital Transition, CONIIA and Human AI, anchoring CI's national AI strategy
1,200 m² Abidjan hub (opened 2021 with GIZ & AWS): coding school, FabLab, Orange Fab accelerator, Orange Ventures; 3,500+ trained, 92 startups supported
Ivorian incubator (2016) for agricultural value-chain entrepreneurs; 82 projects incubated, 120+ structures supported
Coworking, incubator and accelerator; network of 1,000+ entrepreneurs in the Ivorian ecosystem
Abidjan–Paris data science/engineering firm (EDF Pulse Africa prize winner); acquired Aug 2025 by Ivorian AI company SaH Analytics International
Abidjan AI startup building sovereign, multilingual AI for African languages (products: Griot, Baobab); founders Lamine Azinakou & Fawaz Adisa
Abidjan payment gateway (2016) aggregating mobile money, cards and wallets; 30M+ transactions across 8 countries; backed by 4DX Ventures & Flutterwave
B2B bulk-payments platform with offices in Abidjan and Dakar; BCEAO payment-establishment license EP.CI.004/2025; $5M extension round