AfricaDev YC is the community for African developers and founders building world-changing companies. Connect, learn, ship, and grow — together.
A platform built by African developers, for African developers and founders.
Connect with African founders and developers who have gone through Y Combinator, gaining access to world-class mentorship and resources.
A vibrant network spanning 54 countries, uniting developers from Lagos to Nairobi, Accra to Cairo under one shared mission.
Collaborate on open source initiatives solving real African problems — payments, logistics, identity, agriculture, and more.
Curated workshops, bootcamps, and mentorship programs designed to level up African developers and founders from junior to world-class.
The go-to talent pool for companies seeking exceptional African engineering talent. Developers building the future, ready to join your team.
Regular demo days, hackathons, and summits across Africa where builders showcase projects to investors and industry leaders.
AfricaDev YC was founded on a simple belief: African developers and founders are among the most resourceful problem-solvers in the world. We just needed a platform to connect, amplify, and accelerate that potential.
With deep ties to Y Combinator's alumni network and a community spanning every corner of the continent, we're building the infrastructure for Africa's next generation of billion-dollar companies.
Builders who found their tribe here.
"AfricaDev YC connected me with my co-founder and the community gave us the confidence to apply to YC. We got in. This network changed everything."
"The quality of developers in this community is world-class. We hired three engineers through AfricaDev YC and they are among our best."
"Being part of this community as a developer gave me exposure to real problems and real solutions. I shipped my first open source library here."
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