# Top 40 Hardware Angel Investors in Africa in October 2023

## Prosper Otemuyiwa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, CRM, Telecommunications

Prosper Otemuyiwa is a Co-founder of forLoop Africa. He attended Babcock University.

## Gabriel Hammond
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Wireless, FinTech

Gabriel Hammond

## Michael Seibel
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Michael Seibel is the Managing Director and Group Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Socialcam as a CEO. Michael Seibel attended Yale University.

## Walid Aradi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services

Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling

## Wes Schwalje
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services

Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt

## Darshan Chandaria
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, B2B, Marketplace

Darshan Chandaria is the Group CEO and Director of Chandaria Industries. He previously worked at Pentland Brands Plc as a Graduate Trainee. Darshan Chandaria attended Harvard Business School.

## Phillip Sebole Masango
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Information Technology, Robotics, Aerospace

Phillip Sebole Masango is a Mentor at Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Eclipde Hub and Black Silver Capital, a Strategic Intelligence Member of World Economic Forum, a Member of Norval Foundation, Heavy Chef, Startup Grind Stellenbosch, The Silicon Cape Initiative, DueDash, and SimplyBiz_SA, and an ExecutiveDirector and Founder of Aesthetic Prosthetic Bionics Co.

## Isaac Ewaleifoh
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Health Care, Pharmaceutical

Isaac Ewaleifoh is an Angel Investor | SDGs Ambassador.

## Lanre Adelowo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization

Lanre Adelowo is the CEO/CTO @ Fluidcoins.

## Jim Sorenson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Hardware, Video Games

Jim Sorenson a renowned entrepreneur, business leader, and social investor and has built multiple highly successful companies in industries ranging from technology and life sciences to real estate and private equity investment. Jim is the founder and former CEO of Sorenson Media and Sorenson Communications, with the latter sold in one of the mostlucrative private equity deals in Utah Unversity .

## Kanyi Maqubela
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS

Kanyi is a Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures, an early stage venture fund investing in mission-driven technology companies at the earliest stages. Previously, he served as a Partner at Collaborative Fund. Kanyi is a co-founder at Heartbeat Health, and previously ran growth at One Block Off the Grid (acquired by $NRG) and was an early employeeat Doostang (acquired by Universum Global). Kanyi has also served as a Lecturer and Adjunct at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, a curriculum adapted from his time in undergrad at Stanford University, where he studied Philosophy.

## Ashwin Ravichandran
- Type: Angel
- Location: Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps

Ashwin Ravichandran is the Co-Founder & Head of Operations at Spark. Ashwin attended Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

## Gary Scheft
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software

Gary is the co-founder of Accounting for Everything, and a serial entrepreneur with decades of experience in a variety of industries including healthcare, fashion, real estate, and communications. He is also a survivor of Wall Street.Gary’s is dedicated to helping small businesses and individuals organize and see the big picture of theirfinancial health, including relationships with partners, investors and customers.He brings experience in business management, marketing, human resources, and communication to client engagements, and many have benefited from his generosity and insight. Gary epitomizes the concept of wisdom, defined as experience, knowledge and the right action.Wise beyond his years, Gary is knowledgable about human issues as well as financial ones.

## Nadayar Enegesi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: EdTech, Blockchain, Communities

Nadayar was previously Co-Founder/CTO at Fora. Nadayar is an avid builder of technology with a passion for getting things done well. He has industry experience building enterprise software for the likes of OpenText, PTC, Bnotions and has worked closely with major tech leaders in Toronto.When he's not aggressively spewing awaytop-notch code on his computer, Nadayar can be found on the soccer field where he refuses to give up on his dream of becoming a sports star. Nadayar has a Computer Science and Business degree from the University of Waterloo.

## Will Herman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software

Will Herman is an active angel investor, corporate director, author, and startup mentor. He was previously a serial entrepreneur, having started five companies, taking two of them public. Will is an adviser at the hardware incubator, Bolt, and a mentor at TechStars. He lives and works mostly in the Boston area.


## Tayo Oviosu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Tayo is the Founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com), Nigeria’s leading mobile money service. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. Tayo’s work at Paga has beenrecognized globally - in 2014 CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015 the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is also the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.

## Michael Vaughan
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Michael Vaughan is the Operating Partner at Stripes.

## Ugochukwu Aronu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Drones, Energy, Delivery

Ugochukwu Aronu is the Co-Founder And CEO of Xend.

## Ham Serunjogi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Finance, Financial Services, Mobile Apps

Ham Serunjogi is a co-founder and CEO at Chipper Cash.

## Josh Jones
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: 3D Printing, Software, Internet

Josh Jones is a Partner HMC INQ and Founder of Did I Err Productions. He is a former Co-Founder & CTO at DreamHost.

## Mato Perić
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce

Mato invests in technology companies globally. His portfolio companies have raised over US$ 5 billion in capital, employ >15,000 people and have operations in 35 countries across six continents.

## Sandeep Nailwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Sandeep Nailwal is the Co-Founder of Polygon. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Scopeweaver. He attended the National Institute of Industrial Engineering.

## Samson Goddy
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: CRM, Software, Telecommunications

Samson loves building communities around products and loves everything open source. A developer advocate and community builder. He is the co-founder of Open Source Community Africa, a community centered around supporting the open source movement in Africa. He is one of the board members of Open Source Collective and served on the board of SugarLabs, Inc.

## Merijn Campsteyn
- Type: Angel
- Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: CRM, Software, Telecommunications

Merijn Campsteyn is the Chief Technology Officer at Deloitte

## Lanre Ogungbe
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: CRM, Software, Telecommunications

Co-Founder @myidentitypass | Strategic Advisor at @FastForward_U | Ex  @Accounteer

## Elizabeth Williams
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Network Security, Telecommunications

Elizabeth Williams

## Sean Mahsoul
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Computer, Software

Sean Mahsoul

## Cheryl Heller
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software

Cheryl is the Founding Chair of the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at SVA and the founder of the design lab CommonWise. She is a business strategist and communication designer who has founded two companies and taughtcreativity to leaders and organizations around the world, helped grow businesses from small regionalenterprises to multi-billion global market leaders, launched category-redefining divisions and products, reinvigorated moribund cultures, and designed strategies for hundreds of successful entrepreneurs. Cheryl received the prestigious AIGA medal for her contribution to the field of design in 2014.She is a Matrix Award winner for excellence in communication and has been profiled through articles in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, BusinessWeek and many others. Her work in included in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress.

## Ibrahim Bello
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization

Byran Bellz is a Blogger, Web designer, Microbiologist and Illustrator, with a keen knowledge about Entertainment, he's the Founder/CEO of 234Hypes.com

## Echukwudi Daniel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Drones, Energy, Delivery

Echukwudi Daniel

## Chibuzo Ujam
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Drones, Energy, Delivery

Chibuzo Ujam

## Winshall Walt
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, B2B, Cyber Security

Winshall Walt

## Ore Ogundipe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization

Ore Ogundipe is an Independent Neurotech Research.

## Darlene Monroe
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Network Security, Telecommunications

Darlene Monroe

## Joe Caruso
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

For the last 20 years Joe has served as mentor, coach, and personal advisor to CEO’s and entrepreneurs. In recent years, he has served as investor, advisor and active director with dozens of companies, public and private.Joe is currently a member of Launchpad Venture Group and was previously a member of Walnut Ventures, Common Angels, eCoastAngels and a principal of Brookwood Partners, all investment groups for early stage companies. He also maintains an active consulting practice dealing with structuring and negotiation of acquisitions, strategic partnerships and financings, and issues related to dispute resolution.He has served on dozens of boards over the years and is recipient of the Leadership in Private Corporate Governance award from the National Association of Corporate Directors New England Chapter. He is a graduate of Northeastern University (BSEE with honors) and the Harvard Business School (MBA) He has served as advisor to Northeastern’s School of Technological Entrepreneurship, and serves as a mentor for Boston University's entrepreneurship program, the Boston TechStars program, and Mass Challenge.Previously, Joe served as interim CEO for companies in need of strategic change - running businesses ranging from 5 to 1,000 employees. Early in his career, he worked at Teradyne and Autex, Inc., and was CEO at Cyborg Corporation, a venture-funded company that was a pioneer in the use of PC’s in laboratory and factory automation. He also has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.Former board memberships include: ACT Medical, Acumenta, Adhesive Technologies, American Fantasy Sports, Audiofile, Boston Restaurant Associates, Boston University's Photonics Center (advisory director), Coffee Connection, Colonial Mills, Common Angels, Corion, Cyborg Corporation, General Analysis, Haymarket Bank, Iconics, i2Chem, Laser Science, Metrisa, MicroE, Nimbit, Qiave Technologies, QD Vision, Quant Funds (trustee); Tytronics, Wwwhoosh, Zentox, the Turnaround Management Association (founding director, New England Chapter), the National Association of Corporate Directors (New England Chapter), the Association for Corporate Growth (New England Chapter) and WEST (Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology). Joe has also served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.

## Nahla Chelly
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Collaboration, Information Technology

Nahla Chelly

## Ndubuisi Ekekwe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: AgTech, FinTech, Internet

Ndubuisi Ekekwe is the Co-Founder of Vetifly.

## Adebowale Martins
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, Software, E-Commerce

Adebowale Martins

## Yusuf Abdulmalik
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization

Yusuf Abdulmalik is an individual investor.

## Echezona Uzoma
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization

Echezona Uzoma is an individual investor.

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