12 African startups and tech companies that cut workforce in 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, the wave of layoffs that shook the African tech ecosystem in 2023 and 2024 appears to be easing. They’re still happening, but less frantically than in the past two years.

African founders are learning to adjust to the market realities, including reduced funding and high costs. Startups are also learning that the teams they built during the boom years are too…