Mafora provides the core infrastructure needed for Africa’s capital markets, delivering standardized market‑data feeds, analytics‑ready APIs, and connectivity tools that unify fragmented exchanges, brokers, and custodial systems. By normalizing data and simplifying access, the platform enables institutional investors and retail participants to analyze and trade across the continent’s 54 markets more efficiently. Its technology aims to reduce friction and improve transparency for capital deployment at scale.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Africa’s capital markets suffer from fragmented and inconsistent market data, disconnected exchange connectivity, and siloed clearing, custody, and regulatory systems, which hinder transparency, increase operational costs, and limit efficient capital deployment by institutional investors and brokers.
Solution
Mafora provides a unified infrastructure layer that standardizes market data across African exchanges, delivering normalized feeds, historical depth, and analytics‑ready APIs. It also offers a single connectivity interface that lets brokers and institutions access multiple markets without managing separate technical integrations. By consolidating data and connectivity, Mafora reduces latency, operational overhead, and technical debt, enabling more efficient capital flows and supporting the continent’s growing pension and institutional asset base.
Target Audience
Primary customers are institutional investors, asset managers, and brokerage firms seeking reliable data and streamlined access to multiple African capital markets.
Features
- Normalized, real‑time market data feeds from 54 African exchanges with historical depth for back‑testing and analytics
- Analytics‑ready APIs that deliver data in institutional‑grade formats for systematic trading and research
- Unified connectivity platform allowing a single integration point to trade, clear, and settle across multiple jurisdictions
- Built‑in latency optimization and reliability features to ensure consistent data delivery
- Compatibility with existing broker, clearing, and custody systems to streamline operational workflows