Africa Tech Summit London has unveiled 13 African and Africa-focused technology ventures selected to pitch at the London Stock Exchange on May 29, 2026, as the conference marks its 10th anniversary with its largest and most competitive investment showcase to date.
The cohort was selected from more than 200 applications, a figure that organisers say reflects the growing maturity of Africa’s startup ecosystem and rising international appetite for exposure to the continent’s high-growth technology sector.
The 13 selected ventures span fintech, healthtech, e-mobility, creator economy, hospitality tech, and enterprise software, with founders drawn from Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, France, the United Kingdom, and the broader African continent.
Nigerian startups dominate the cohort, with eight of the 13 slots claimed by ventures including Aktivate, a creator operating system for brand collaborations and cross-border payments; Orbit Electric, which assembles IoT-enabled electric motorcycles and offers PAYGO financing for last-mile delivery riders; and Redbiller Technologies, which is building a financial infrastructure suite for neobanks, fintechs, and crypto exchanges.
On the payments and digital assets front, UltraPay offers a multi-asset spending platform enabling users to hold and spend crypto, stocks, and fiat via a single card, while Zynta is positioning itself as a B2B regulated stablecoin infrastructure layer for last-mile payments across Africa.
Healthtech is represented by 10mg Health, a United Kingdom-based embedded credit platform that uses AI underwriting to enable clinics and pharmacies to access medicines on a buy-now-pay-later basis. Koolboks, headquartered in France, brings a climate-relevant proposition, solar-powered refrigeration on Pay-As-You-Go terms for small businesses across the continent.
Rounding out the cohort are Bunce (customer data and retention), ProDevs (engineering recruitment), Reisty (restaurant guest management), Scandium Systems (AI-powered QA test automation), Mowoki (cross-border travel infrastructure), and Workspace Global (creative production subscriptions).
“Ten years ago, Africa’s startup ecosystem was still finding its feet, with only a handful of investor-ready ventures getting global attention. The ecosystem is far more mature now, and the quality of ventures applying for the Investment Showcase continues to rise,” said Marc Mugenwa, Business Development Manager, Africa Tech Summit
Mugenwa noted that the showcase has connected more than 100 high-growth African ventures to global investors and industry stakeholders over the past decade, generating investment and partnership opportunities across the ecosystem.
The 10th edition brings together more than 350 African and international ventures, investors, corporates, and regulators. Confirmed participants include Shekel Mobility, the London Stock Exchange, law firm Goodwin, Tola, Verto, Loobv, and HubSpot.
The choice of the London Stock Exchange as the showcase venue underscores the event’s positioning as a bridge between African founders and European institutional and corporate capital — at a moment when Africa’s tech sector is increasingly attracting attention from global investors seeking exposure to high-growth, underpenetrated markets.
Registration for final passes remains open here.
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