African Business Angel Network (ABAN) is the largest pan-African organization of Angel investors in Africa. Established in 2015, ABAN represents the growing number of business angel groups in the African early-stage ecosystems’ future, providing vital human and financial capital to African startup companies creating jobs across the continent. “The African continent is home to a […]
Female angel investors play a crucial role in the startup and investment ecosystem. They bring diverse perspectives, expertise, and capital to early-stage companies and angel networks as an entity, contributing to innovation and economic growth. Increasing the representation of women in angel investing can help bridge gender gaps in entrepreneurship and create more opportunities for […]
Kigali, 22 June – The Africa Business Angels Network (ABAN), a distinguished pan-African association of angel investors, and Rwanda Finance Ltd (RFL), a company dedicated to establishing Rwanda as a premier financial destination in Africa, have officially entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate and advance their respective initiatives across the continent. This groundbreaking partnership […]
Press Release 03.11.2022 ABAN launches the first investment document template for African Lusophone countries The African Business Angel Network (ABAN) has launched an investment document template for Lusophone countries in Africa, the first of its kind. The purpose of the template is to foster, promote and unlock the potential of the Lusophone African early stage investment ecosystem. “The creation […]
Press Release 26.10.2022 Lusaka, Zambia Catalytic Africa makes great strides in just one year The Catalytic Africa matching fund turns one at the Afrilabs Annual Gathering taking place in Lusaka, Zambia from 26-28 October, 2022. The fund was launched exactly a year ago at the Afrilabs gathering in Abuja, Nigeria. The fund, by African Business Angels Network (ABAN) and AfriLabs, was created with […]
Press Release 20.10.22 26 cities in Africa to host local investor meetups East, West, North and Southern Africa are well represented to boost early stage investing, as well as Dubai, London and Washington DC Over 300 verified investor organisations have confirmed attendance Agenda to include gender inclusivity and green/climate focused investment A record 29 cities […]
12 October, 2022 Press Release Praia, Cabo Verde The African Business Angel Network (ABAN) is projecting an investment of over $6 billion into the African Start-up Ecosystem by the end of 2022, a near 50% increase on investment into startups across the continent last year. “Of the $5 billion raised in 2021, over $400M was by angel […]
9 September, 2022 Press Release Kigali, Rwanda ABAN launches the first specialised Climate Smart Agriculture Investor Network in Africa at the AGRF 2022 Summit in Kigali. The African Business Angel Network (ABAN) has launched a brand new sector-focused angels network to deal specifically with Climate Smart Agriculture. The new cross-border network will focus on […]
Dear ABAN Member, Environmental challenges in the current world are real. Issues such as climate change, pollution, food waste and biodiversity loss cannot be ignored. That is precisely why cleantech is necessary and one of the major growing focusses for African startups. Clean technology refers to any measures taken to reduce or eliminate negative environmental impacts, […]
Dear ABAN Member, By 2050, the United Nations projects that there will be about 9.5 billion people on the planet, a quarter of whom will be in Africa. This means that there will be more mouths to feed, and with that a wealth of opportunity in Agriculture that several start-ups have only just begun tapping into. […]
