Akiba Digital

Private

JohannesburgFinTechhttps://akibadigital.com/

Last Round

Grant

Oct 6, 2021

Total Funding Raised

$3.12M

Company Overview

Akiba Digital is a fintech company that provides a risk decisioning platform to enable lenders to extend credit to small businesses and individuals in Africa.

Sector

FinTech

Verticals

Credit Scoring, Lending & Credit, Compliance & Risk, Digital Identity, Financial Data

Business Model

B2B2C

Customer Profile

Usage-Based SaaS, Subscription SaaS, Services & Consulting

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

alternative credit scoringrisk decisioning enginelending-as-a-serviceloan originationdigital onboardingcredit risk assessmentopen banking APIembedded financefinancial inclusionfraud detectionbanking as a serviceKYCidentity verificationfinancial data aggregationbiometric verificationAPI as a Service

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Akiba Digital Comps

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Company	Status	Est. Valuation	Rev Multiple
OpenAI	Private	$86.0B	~40x
Cohere	Private	$5.0B	--
Competitor 1	Public	$XX.XB	XXx
Competitor 2	Public	$XX.XB	XXx

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Akiba Digital Funding Rounds

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Round	Date	Amount Raised	Valuation	Investors	Sources
Grant	Oct 6, 2021
Pre Seed	Jul 16, 2021
Accelerator	Nov 8, 2018

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Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Tebogo Mokwena

Co-founder, CEO

Founding Team

Lwandile Mlambo

Chief Operating Officer

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Akiba Digital Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Investor	Rounds
AlphaCode	Accelerator
LoftyInc Capital Management	Pre Seed
Google for Startups	Grant
Future Africa	Pre Seed
Oui Capital	Pre Seed
Basecamp Fund	Pre Seed
Soma Capital	Pre Seed

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Jun 4, 2025
Grew 16% QoQ, from 19 to 22 employees.
Sep 10, 2024
Grew 17% QoQ from 18 to 21 employees.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersJohannesburg

Employee Range19

Year Founded2017

Last FundingOct 6, 2021

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