The fintech sector had the highest concentration of tech startups in South Africa as of 2021. Just under one third of the startups operated in the fintech sector in that year. Furthermore, e-commerce and retail tech, e-health, and educational tech (ed-tech) followed with a share of 10.2 percent, nine percent, and 8.6 percent, respectively.
Distribution of tech startups in South Africa in 2021, by sector
According to the source startups included here are startups launched between 2002 and 2021. Furthermore, they add that they do not claim to have identified all the tech startups that existed in the country as some may have "slipped through the net".
The source does not provide any information regarding percentage points exceeding 100 percent.
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Disrupt Africa. (June 8, 2022). Distribution of tech startups in South Africa in 2021, by sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321809/share-of-startups-in-south-africa-by-sector/
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