Bantaba

Bantaba is a web-based matchmaking and community platform for African tech startups and African diaspora professionals and investors who want to mentor, consult, hire, or invest across the continent.

Key capabilities include:

• Startup profiles and needs: startups create profiles to share their story and specify what they need, including funding, mentorship, and advisory support.
• Diaspora expert and investor profiles: diaspora members list skills, experience, and how they want to engage, enabling structured matching to relevant startups.
• Access to diaspora capital and support: startups can connect with diaspora angel investors, and vetted startups can run fundraising campaigns.
• Ecosystem discovery: the platform also promotes job opportunities via a curated career board and supports connections through partners such as Founder Institute Ghana.

Available on Web.

Built for African tech startups, diaspora mentors and consultants, angel investors, and ecosystem partners such as accelerators.

Notable in the African tech ecosystem for positioning itself as a digital “meeting place” between startups and diaspora resources, and for reporting 150+ startup-to-diaspora connections since launch. It operates from Stockholm and is part of the SSE Business Lab startup incubator.