Total Funding Volume
$245.1M+307%
vs prior period
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Investment & Financing Landscape
Comprehensive capital deployment and deal flow intelligence across African NewSpace and commercial space-tech operators, venture rounds, grants, and funding.
2026 YTD Funding
$12.6M+306% YoY
Current deployment round
Rounds Recorded
63 Deals$3.9M avg
Tracked investment rounds across 40 enterprises
Countries Receiving Funding
13 Nations24% African reach
Active footprint
Investment Trends (Year by Total Funding)
Aggregated capital deployment across African NewSpace (USD millions).
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| USD | |
|---|---|
| 2014 | $2.8M |
| 2015 | $3M |
| 2016 | $2.5M |
| 2017 | $13.5M |
| 2018 | $29.5M |
| 2019 | $6M |
| 2020 | $9M |
| 2021 | $57M |
| 2022 | $40.5M |
| 2023 | $42M |
| 2024 | $23.6M |
| 2025 | $3.1M |
| 2026 | $12.6M |
Segment by Funding
Capital distribution across domain verticals
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| Value | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Observation | $122.7M | 50.1% |
| Satellite Communication | $94.4M | 38.5% |
| Manufacturing | $27.8M | 11.3% |
| Space Education | $193.0k | 0.1% |
Funding by Country
Top recipient markets
South Africa$130.6M
Kenya$80.5M
Mauritius$12.2M
Egypt$8.7M
Nigeria$8.1M
Morocco$3.8M- Other 7 markets$1.2M
Type of Funding
Instrument vehicles breakdown
- Venture Capital$108,920,388
- Private Equity$81,230,000
- Debt Financing$43,600,000
- Grant$7,592,086
- Equity Funding$2,243,000
- Angel Investment$1,500,000
Industry by Total Funding
Application verticals ranking
- AgriTech$104.7M
- Satellite Connectivity$94.3M
- Satellite Component Mfg$18.8M
- EO Data Analytics$15.1M
- On-board Software$5.7M
- Propulsion$3.4M
Verified Deals Registry63 Recorded
Granular transaction records including lead investors, stages, and instruments
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| S/No | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ACRE Africa | Kenya | Earth Observation | Grant | Grant / Early | Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) | $448,515 | 2014 |
| 02 | CyanoLakes | South Africa | Earth Observation | Grant | Grant | Water Research Commission | $241,946 | 2015 |
| 03 | Farmerline |  Ghana | Earth Observation | Grant | Grant | GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator | $11,200 | 2015 |
| 04 | Aerial and Maritime | Mauritius | Satellite Communication | Venture Capital | Seed | GomSpace & Investment Fund for Developing Countries | $12,200,000 | 2017 |
| 05 | Aerobotics | South Africa | Earth Observation | Venture Capital | Seed | Savannah Fund | $600,000 | 2017 |
| 06 | Hyperica | South Africa | Earth Observation | Grant | Grant | TIA South Africa | $660,000 | 2017 |
| 07 | AMN (Africa Mobile Networks) | South Africa | Satellite Communication | Private Equity | Growth | Intelsat | $25,000,000 | 2018 |
| 08 | Aerobotics | South Africa | Earth Observation | Venture Capital | Series A | Nedbank | $2,000,000 | 2018 |
| 09 | Simera Sense | South Africa | Manufacturing | Angel Investment | Angel / Pre-Seed | High-Net-Worth Angel Syndicate | $1,500,000 | 2018 |
| 10 | Wi-Flix | Ghana | Satellite Communication | Venture Capital | Pre-Seed | Angel Investors | $171,615 | 2018 |