Viva Technology has announced the 45 finalists for the fourth annual edition of the AfricaTech Awards
The mission of the VivaTech initiative is to highlight and support the most innovative and highest-impact startups on the African continent. The AfricaTech Awards reaffirm their ambition to honor African innovation and entrepreneurship at VivaTech. This initiative aims to celebrate and promote the most promising startups on the continent seeking to address major economic, societal and environmental challenges.
This year again, the prize focused on young companies with high potential in three key sectors: GreenTech; HealthTech; and E-commerce & FinTech. VivaTech and its Knowledge Partner, Deloitte, selected the finalists out of 492 applicants for this 2025 edition. Nigeria confirmed its dynamism with the highest representation among the 56 African countries in the running. Of the 45 finalist startups, half were founded or co-founded by women.
"I am proud that this year's AfricaTech Awards has once again attracted so many high-quality entries from across the African continent," said François Bitouzet, managing director of Viva Technology. “This reinforces our approach at VivaTech: to bring together the many voices of tech. And, of course, we are delighted once again to showcase the unique place of Africa in the international atlas of innovation.”
The winners will be announced at the VivaTech Global Awards Ceremony taking place on 12 June 2025, with Édouard Mendy as patron of the AfricaTech Awards for the second year in a row.
Three African nations top the list for fourth edition of 2025 Africatech awards
This initiative aims to celebrate and promote the most promising startups on the continent seeking to address major economic, societal and environmental challenges. (Image source: Viva Technology)
