Here are some of the African countries that have developed big projects some produce products on international level Quality which shows that Africa is the next continent with a lot of innovative people.
Starting in military and Defense:
Rwanda:
Rwanda it's self-established a company called 'Rwanda Engineering and Manufacturing Corporation (REMCO).' this is a company that domestically produces military equipment including guns like assault rifles, pistols, sniper riffle, Ammunition armored vehicles and surveillance drones this company brought a big impact to Rwanda as country including enhanced national security, economic growth and many more
South Africa:
Denel Dynamics: this is a south African company that manufactures missiles, UAVs, precision-guided weapon and Denel dynamic released some products including: The "Seeker" UAV series, "A-Darter" air-to-air missile, and "Umkhonto" surface-to-air missile system.
OTT Group: this is another company located in South Africa that is specialized in manufacturing and design of mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles and other armored solutions vehicles made in OTT group are now used commonly in middle east countries and other zones with conflicts.
Paramount Group: paramount is even innovative more than the first listed companies because paramount manufactures defense and aerospace, vehicles military products and paramount released equipment including the "Marauder" armored vehicle and the "Mbombe" series of infantry combat vehicles
Nigeria:
Epail Nigeria: Nigerian company that manufactures military equipment and tools including stealthy EPX-10 cruise missile system and hybrid between cruise missile and drones designed for high-precision strikes with stealth capabilities.
VALR(southAfrica): This is a crypto exchange platform integrated AI in crypto trading to increase the users trading experience this platform was listed on the best startups in 2025 it has raised about $50 million.
SPIRO(kenya):
Electric mobility company that offers electric motor-bikes and battery swapping infrastructure operates in more than 4 countries across the continent spiro was listed on Time100 most influential companies in 2024.
M-KOPA(kenya):
offers pay-as-you-go services for financing products like mobile phones, home solar system, and electric bikes it served a lot of people up to 4 million+ customers was served which made the company m-kopa to be listed in Time100 most influential companies in 2024
OMNI-Retail (Nigeria):
Omni retail is a B2B e-commerce marketplace located in Nigeria it connects manufacturers, retailers and distributors through various platforms like amplify, "Omnibiz" and "Omnipay" supports a lot of manufacturers more than 100 and supports over 100,000 retailers and the company have the ultimate goal to expand across west Africa.
MONIEPOINT (Nigeria):
moniepoint is a digital payment and banking solutions across Africa in 2024 moniepoint raised
$110 million in funding round led by Google achieving a valuation exceeding $1 billion. the company processes over 800 million transactions monthly, totaling more than $17 billion.
Flutterwave (Nigeria):
This is a company that belongs in Fintech sector it is located in Nigeria and operates in about 30 countries and the company raised a lot of funds and approximately $250 million and reaching the evaluation of over $3 billion
Health tech and Biotech
BioNtech:
This is company located in Rwanda and this company manufacture vaccines for various diseases including malaria and tuberculosis and the manufacture of these vaccines in Rwanda removes the reliance of the imported vaccines
reduces the reliance on the imported
Environmental conservation
Wastezon
Wastezon is company that brought huge impact in the environment conservation sector because Wastezon it a platform that connects waste producers and recyclers through a mobile platform which highly promotes recycling and easy to expose the waste
ARED (African Renewable Energy Distributor)
ARED itself builds solar powered kiosks for charging and internet services with the plan to offer clean energy to the community and digital services and these kinds of kiosks are suitable for remote areas where there is limited to hydro-electric power or to areas that lack such kind of electricity energy.
