Capital for growing businesses.
Ownership for the people who back them.
AfricanCrowd is an equity crowdfunding platform built in Botswana for the wider region. Founders can raise from P50,000, and investors join from as little as P150 and hold real shares in the businesses they back.
Now onboarding founders and investors ahead of our first campaigns
Investor money is held in a separate trust account, and every investor is refunded automatically if a campaign misses its target.
How investor money is protected
We are early, and we know trust is earned. These four safeguards are built into how money moves on the platform.
Held in trust
Investor funds go into a separate trust account. AfricanCrowd's own accounts never hold your money.
All or nothing
A campaign is funded only when it reaches its full target. If it falls short, every investor is refunded automatically.
Independent compliance
Compliance and verification checks run independently of the team that works with founders.
A clean shareholding
Shares are held through a nominee structure, so your stake is properly recorded and the business keeps a clean share register.
Two ways in
Pick your side of the marketplace. You can change later, and you can be both.
For investors
Own a share of businesses you believe in
- Start from P150.
- Every campaign passes a structured readiness review before it can raise.
- No platform fees for investors.
- Automatic refunds when a campaign misses its target.
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For founders
Raise from P50,000 to grow your business
- Equity funding: no collateral and no monthly loan repayments.
- A guided application and readiness review that gets you investor ready.
- Your own network pledges first, then the wider crowd joins.
- A 5% success fee, charged only when your raise succeeds.
How a campaign works
Three steps, the same for every business on the platform.
Founders apply and prepare
Every business starts with an application and a readiness review. Approved founders work with us until the story, the numbers, and the offer are clear enough to put in front of investors.
The founder's network leads
A campaign opens publicly only after the founder's own network has pledged the first share of the target. The people who know the business best back it first.
All or nothing
Investors commit from P150, with funds held in the trust account. Reach the target and the business is funded, with shares held through the nominee structure. Miss it and every investor gets their money back.
Why we built this
Small and growing businesses create most of the jobs in Botswana and across the region. They are also the businesses our financial system serves last. Bank loans ask for collateral most founders do not have. Grants are scarce and slow. Institutional investors rarely look at a P200,000 raise.
AfricanCrowd gives these businesses a funding path that fits how they actually operate, and gives everyday people a way to own a piece of the growth happening around them.
Read our story →"Early-stage businesses, whether they are building from a workshop, a kitchen, a laptop, or a business plan, deserve a funding path that works for how they actually operate."
Batho B. Motubudi
Founder and Executive Director
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Investing here carries real risk
Early-stage businesses fail more often than they succeed. If you invest, you could lose some or all of your money. Returns are never guaranteed, dividends are rare, and shares in private businesses are hard to sell. Invest only what you can afford to lose, and spread your investments across several businesses. AfricanCrowd does not give investment advice.
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