About Propel Africa

Get to know the businesses
building across Africa.

Explore the startups, the people behind them, and the investors supporting their growth. Propel brings their profiles and recorded funding activity into one place.

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Why we’re here

The scene is growing.
It should be easier to explore.

Based in Kigali, Rwanda, we bring Africa’s startup scene into focus. Information about startups and their backers is spread across company websites, funding announcements and industry sources. We bring it together so you can spend less time piecing things together and more time getting to know the businesses that interest you.

A simple place to start

Find a business. Follow its story.

Explore the ecosystem

Browse startup and investor profiles. Look through markets, sectors, founders and recorded deals to understand who is doing what.

Browse startups

Keep a closer eye

During beta, request an invitation to join. Once signed in, save profiles to your Watchlist and return to the businesses you follow.

Request early access

Make your profile yours

Represent a startup or investment firm? Request access to its profile. Once approved, you can keep its information up to date.

How profile access works

For founders & investment teams

Your business,
in your words.

A profile can appear on Propel before its team joins. If you represent that organisation, find its profile, sign in and use the profile actions to request ownership or team access.

We review requests before granting access. An approved profile manager can edit the profile and submit funding or portfolio updates for review.

Find your startup Find your investment firm

Behind the profiles

Useful information.
Room to improve.

Our profiles bring together company information, published funding announcements and curated data sources, alongside updates submitted by profile managers.

Coverage varies. Some profiles have more detail than others, and information can change. Where a source is available, you can follow it from the profile to learn more.

An ownership or access concern? Use Report profile issue in the profile’s actions menu to send it for review, or contact us without signing in.