By Thirteen Nigerian startups are in all the three categories of E-commerce and FinTech, HealthTech, GreenTech for the 45 finalists of Viva Technology 2025 AfricaTech Awards.
This year once again, Nigeria confirms its dynamism with the highest representation among the 56 African countries in the running. 110 Nigerian applications were received, a 70% increase over last year’s edition of the AfricaTech Awards.
In the E-commerce and FinTech from Nigeria are:
Regxta Nigeria
Zeeh Africa Nigeria
Shecluded Nigeria
PressPayNg Nigeria
Flex Finance Nigeria
HealthTech category:
Parkers Mobile Clinic Nigeria
Gabbi Health Nigeria
Natal Cares Nigeria
Doktorconnect Nigeria
GreenTech category:
CABAX FARMS Nigeria
Trashcoin Nigeria
Crop2Cash Nigeria
FLOEWS Nigeria
For this 4th annual edition, this signature VivaTech initiative continues its mission: 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 focuses 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.
The E-commerce & FinTech category received the highest number of entries (216), followed by the GreenTech category (161) and, finally, HealthTech (115).
Kenya remains in second place with 51 applicants, continuing its strong mobilization from one edition to the next. New this year: Tunisia arrives on the podium in third place.
Of the 45 finalist startups, half were founded or co-founded by women. The HealthTech category stands out as the sector with the highest number of female-led startups, with 50% of applicants 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.”
These startups were selected based on the following criteria:
- The positive and concrete impact of their solutions on society or the environment
- The quality of their innovation
- The potential for development across the African continent and beyond
- The richness and experience of the teams’ talents as well as the viability of their business model
The winners will be announced at the VivaTech Global Awards Ceremony taking place on Thursday, 12 June 2025, with Édouard Mendy as patron of the AfricaTech Awards for the second year in a row.
An emblematic figure of African football, Édouard Mendy, crowned champion of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2021 and voted best goalkeeper of the year in 2022, is also a committed player in the African tech ecosystem. Passionate about innovation and convinced of the potential of the continent’s talents, he has already invested in several technology projects in Africa, thus affirming his desire to support local economic entrepreneurship.
