Powering investment decisions through comprehensive market intelligence
MobilityX Africa maintains Africa's most comprehensive mobility ecosystem database. Our data-driven approach enables standardised metrics across the sector, facilitating better comparison and analysis of different models and companies.
We believe that openly accessible, high-quality data is essential for informed decision-making and ecosystem growth. Our platform enables stakeholders to identify opportunities, track trends, and build strategic partnerships that drive innovation in African mobility.
Our Data-Driven Research Methodology
Comprehensive Dual Approach: MobilityX Africa has conducted the most extensive ecosystem research in African mobility, combining top-down capital analysis with bottom-up founder engagement to create a complete market intelligence picture.
Top-Down Capital Stack Analysis
250+ Capital Allocators Mapped
Our top-down approach involves comprehensive mapping of the capital stack by analysing approximately 250 different capital allocators, including Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), Venture Capital funds, Corporate VCs, and foundations.
Key Insights:
- Engagements with 60+ capital allocators with in-depth conversations
- Investment criteria and thesis mapping
- Geographic focus and sector preferences
- Capital deployment patterns and constraints
- Formation of the African Mobility Investment Network
Bottom-Up Founder Intelligence
250+ companies analysed, 150+ founder conversations
Our bottom-up approach involves direct engagement with approximately 150 active founders and analysis of about 250 companies, examining roughly 80% of them in detail to understand technologies, challenges, and market realities.
Key Insights:
- Technology capabilities and innovation patterns
- Funding needs and capital structure challenges
- Market traction and scalability indicators
- Operational challenges and solution approaches
- Business model variations and performance
Identifying the information asymmetry
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Through this comprehensive dual research approach, we identified a critical information asymmetry between what founders are building and what capital providers are seeking. This gap exists due to differing perspectives and limited communication channels between the two sides of the ecosystem.
The Challenge: Founders often struggle to understand investor criteria and expectations, while capital allocators lack comprehensive visibility into the quality and diversity of African mobility innovation.
Our Solution: MobilityX Africa positions itself as the essential intermediary, bridging this information gap through structured data intelligence, standardised metrics, and facilitated connections.
Why We Make This Data Publicly Available
Catalysing Capital Flow: Our primary mission is to accelerate capital deployment into the African mobility ecosystem. By providing transparent, high-quality market intelligence, we reduce information barriers that prevent efficient capital allocation.
Ecosystem Benefits:
For Founders:
- Better understanding of investor landscape and criteria
- Benchmarking against sector standards and peers
- Strategic guidance on positioning and market approach
- Access to relevant capital sources through data-driven matching
For Capital Allocators:
- Comprehensive deal flow intelligence across 15+ countries
- Standardised metrics enabling better investment decisions
- Market trend analysis and sector development insights
- Risk mitigation through comprehensive ecosystem understanding
For the Broader Ecosystem:
- Increased transparency driving market efficiency
- Better resource allocation and reduced duplication
- Enhanced collaboration between stakeholders
- Accelerated innovation through shared market intelligence
Our Data Intelligence Impact
Market Efficiency: By providing comprehensive ecosystem mapping, we help both founders and investors make better-informed decisions, reducing friction in capital deployment.
Investment Facilitation: Our research methodology has enabled the formation of the African Mobility Investment Network and supports our blended finance approach that addresses both asset financing and equity needs.
Sector Development: This data-driven strategy supports building detailed ecosystem maps that inform better investment and development decisions across the African mobility landscape.
Strategic Positioning: The insights from this dual approach have helped us refine our investment thesis, particularly in mobility subverticals, and inform our strategy for structuring innovative financing products.
The result is Africa's most comprehensive mobility ecosystem database, designed specifically to catalyse more capital into African mobility innovation.
See our data projects below.
A standardised analysis framework enabling meaningful country-to-country comparisons.
A proprietary database cof African mobility companiesacross 8 macro categories and 32 specialised domains.
A database of capital allocators active and interested in African mobility technology.
An analysis of technology adoption across the African mobility ecosystem to identify opportunities and technical trends.
Comprehensive tracking of investment deals in the African mobility space - equity, debt and grant funding.