COUSINS is a platform that uses AI-powered matching to connect founders, operators, builders, and investors across Africa's tech ecosystem with the co-founders, collaborators, mentors, and investors they need. Every match includes a clear explanation of why the connection makes sense, based on complementary skills and shared goals. The platform is currently free and starting with Ghana's tech community before expanding across the continent.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Founders, operators, builders, and investors across Africa's tech ecosystem struggle to find the right co-founders, collaborators, mentors, and investors. Traditional networking is random and inefficient, making it difficult to identify people with complementary skills and shared goals, which slows down startup growth and ecosystem development.
Solution
COUSINS provides an AI-powered matching platform that connects people in African tech based on complementary skills, shared goals, and collaboration potential. Users build profiles describing what they are building, what they are looking for, and what they bring, then the AI surfaces relevant matches across the network. Each match comes with a clear reason to connect, so users understand why an introduction makes sense before reaching out. The platform also functions as a research practice that makes the ecosystem more legible through ecosystem intelligence and advisory services.
Target Audience
Startup founders looking for co-founders or talent, engineers and operators seeking their next opportunity, mentors, and investors looking for promising teams across African tech.
Features
- AI-powered matching that analyzes complementary skills, shared goals, and collaboration potential across the network
- Profile-based system where users specify what they are building, what they are looking for, and what they bring
- Match explanations that show exactly why each person fits before users initiate contact
- Direct messaging between matched users after accepting or passing on introductions
- Ecosystem intelligence and advisory services that make Africa's tech ecosystem more discoverable and legible