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Notable investors in the fund include British International Investment (BII), the The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), UK charity Shell Foundation and impact investor DOEN Participaties B.V. This investment represents a significant boost for the African climate tech ecosystem, providing much-needed capital to support the development and scaling of innovative solutions to the continent’s pressing environmental challenges. With climate change posing a significant threat to African economies and communities, Equator’s investment in these startups has been backed to drive real impact and create sustainable change.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched timbuktoo, a $1 billion innovation fund aimed at backing African startups.

Lagos, Johannesburg, and Kampala have been named among the world’s fastest-growing tech hubs in the 2025 Global Tech Ecosystem Index by Dealroom.co.

Meta has completed the core construction of 2Africa, the subsea cable system it calls the world’s longest open-access network.