Best Mobile Companies in South Africa
The 39 best Mobile companies in South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Carry1st.
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Our analysis of 127 Mobile companies
$17.0b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Mobile companies in South Africa
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry1st Mobile game publisher and developer | $66M | 22 mo ago | Series A | Lucy Parry Co-Founder & VP | 2018 | Cart FunctionalitySentryElastic APM+29 | — |
| 2 | Augmentors Game Developer of augmented reality games based on the Bitcoin Blockchain | $1M | 114 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 3 | Mybeat Mobile apps development studio | — | 85 mo ago | Seed | Rodney Kuhn Founder | 2001 | — | — |
| 4 | 2go Interactive Mobile application for chatting with strangers and friends | — | — | Unfunded | Alan Wolff Co-Founder | 2009 | Radix UITailwind CSSshadcn/ui+5 | — |
| 5 | Adclick Mobile RTB enabled mobile DSP | — | — | Unfunded | Velly Bosega Founder & CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 6 | Aduity Ad Network mediation platform | — | — | Deadpooled | Tyler Reed Founder & CEO | 2009 | — | — |
| 7 | Advertiza Holding Rewards based advertising application | — | — | Deadpooled | Jabu Masombuka Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — |
| 8 | AdVine Africa based mobile advertising network | — | — | Acqui-Hired | Sarah Utermark CEO | 2010 | — | — |
Top 3 Mobile companies in South Africa
#1
Series A · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2018 · 100 employees$65.5Mraised▾
Mobile game publisher and developer. It has also developed 'Carry1st Trivia', which is a learn & earn app. The users have to answer multiple-choice questions to win the reward. The app is available on the Android platform.
- Oct 2024Series A—
- Jan 2024Series A$10M
- Jan 2023Series A$27M
- Jan 2022Series A$20M
#2
Seed · Durban, KwaZulu Natal · founded 2013$1.1Mraised▾
Augmentors is a developer of augmented reality games based on the Bitcoin Blockchain. It allows users to own their creatures and battle with them in augmented reality games. The game allows users to acquire rare creatures & relics in exchange of Augmentors in-game currency Databits (obtainable through the crowdfunding sale) inside of the counterparty wallet.
- Feb 2017ICO$1.1M
- Nov 2016Angel—
#3
Seed · Sandton, Gauteng · founded 2001 · 11 employees—raised▾
Provider of digital marketing services. The company is a South African-based mobile and social media specialist. It serves a range of clients, including television & radio stations, brands, media companies and mobile phone operators.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Mobile coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding flat · growth rising
How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in South Africa
A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 111 South Africa-affiliated papers.
- Market Matters31
- University of KwaZulu-Natal20
- Stellenbosch University12
- Tshwane University of Technology12
- University of Johannesburg11
- MIMO2→10
- Beamforming3→10
- Electronic engineering1→7
- Electronic engineering3→14
- MIMO4→12
- Beamforming10→14
- Beamforming2→4
Where 5g 6g is researched across South Africa
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.