AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Build in Africa
With the advance of AI, everyone is building and creating solutions. It is actually amazing to see people in Africa engage this creative field and produce products that could help their ecosystem. So I built a platform that will soon be the biggest directory of tech products made by people in Africa to solve African Problems. I am taking this path because I understand we have very different problems and different cultures and things work differently especially in Africa. What do you guys think? I want your feedback on everything.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Built in Africa▲110Sharing Africa’s tech ecosystem with the global audience
2021 · builtinafrica.io · its alternatives →
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Andela▲406Hire developers from Africa to code for your startup
2016 · andela.com · its alternatives →
- 3LF
I am releasing my new project, LaunchAfrica, as a beta to Hacker News. http://launchafrica.io/ Its basically yet another jobboard (sorry) but with the focus on the African tech and startup scene. As someone who grew up in Africa, I would like to give back and showcase the opportunities that this are available. What I am looking for from you is any critical feedback. From the design, to copy, and even the functionality and any additional features. ANY feedback is welcome! p.s. Any one reading this who has a startup or tech company in Africa, please don't hesitate to get in…
2020 · its alternatives →
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Uncovering Stories from Entrepreneurs and VC's worldwide
2017 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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My name is Nelly Cheboi. I am the co-founder of https://techlitafrica.org, an organization that fosters a more technologically literate Africa by building computer labs in African schools. I was raised in Mogotio, Kenya, in abject poverty. At nine years old, I collected wild vegetables on my way from school to cook for my younger sister. The only way I knew out was by studying. So I studied. I studied hard. And I ended with a full-ride scholarship to Augustana College, IL. I was majoring in Chemistry before I discovered computer science my junior year of college. I loved it. With…
2019 · techlitafrica.org · its alternatives →
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- 9AS
2016 · kuhustle.com · its alternatives →
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PixelApps▲238As a founder, I've always had the hardest time building landing pages. You either buy a template and spend hours editing, or scream at Cursor to "make it beautiful". It's exhausting and waste of our time as founders. We simply need AI to generate beautiful landing pages that we can ship. I'd been working on this problem statement for a while and was able to get great results when I provided AI with a detailed design system to follow. So I ended up building a collection where I've curated 100s of design systems for AI tools to use. Now, after launch of Nano-Banana, I updated our flow to first…
2025 · pixelapps.io · its alternatives →
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Uncovering stories of startup communities worldwide
2017 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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- 15LF
2020 · launchafrica.io · its alternatives →
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UiHub▲118Appaca is my third pivot. A couple of years ago, I started working on an idea on no-code platform that generates code. The goal is to help devs and agencies ship products faster for their clients. I went through Antler startup accelerator and got initial funding. I was working on the right problem, but wrong solution. Instead of no-code, I should have jumped into LLM a lot earlier. I felt defeated when Lovable, Base44, and Bolt came out strong, showing the world what LLMs can do in software development. No one cared about my product anymore. I pivoted my startup second time after that, to an…
2023 · appaca.ai · its alternatives →
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AI You Own Owned Intelligence. Built for Enterprise. The open infrastructure, tools, and expertise to build AI your organization actually owns, not rents. T ...
2019 · openteams.com · its alternatives →
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muru-D, the startup accelerator across Asia by Telstra
2016 · blcw.me · its alternatives →
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Uncovering stories of entrepreneurs and VC's worldwide
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Uncovering stories of entrepreneurs and investors worldwide
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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I couldn't find a simple way to explore the Brazilian startup ecosystem geographically, as I can in other places like the Bay Area or London, so I built one. The map currently includes hundreds of startups from Sao Paulo and their job opportunities. The most interesting thing I've learned so far is how clustered startup activity is in a handful of areas. I'd love to hear your thoughts. The EN version: https://www.startupsbr.com/sao-paulo
Jun 2026 · startupsbr.com · its alternatives →
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A database of the growing technology ecosystem in Africa.
2021 · tech-in-africa.notion.site · its alternatives →
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