Africa’s most funded Kickstarter projects – Versus USA & China

I think today’s post is both fun and very easy to follow. I did some research and drew tables to compare the top five most funded African Kickstarter projects ever! Versus the top five most funded American (and top five most funded Chinese) Kickstarter projects ever! What is Kickstarter? In short, Kickstarter is a website that exists to help bring creative projects to life. If you have an idea, but don’t have the money to make it happen… you go to Kickstarter and post about it there and strangers (or anyone) then sees the idea and gives you donations. You then reward them, usually by shipping out some of the items they helped fund.

Kickstarter has now been around since 28 April 2009, so this blog figured why not look into the top money-grabbing ideas we’ve globally had. In America, the most funded project was a smartwatch called Pebble, which had up to 7 days worth of battery. That project hoovered in a whopping $20,338,986 (that’s millions and millions of American mula). Here are all the top-funded projects: Africa VS United States VS China… but first, feast your eyes on the trailer video for Africa’s biggest Kickstarter-money-grabber. This raised $195,972, that’s a lot less than America’s biggest (or even 5th) entry today.

As an African who lives in Africa, I am surprised that “an African musical is the most funded African idea on Kickstarter”. I have nothing against musicals, I am a wicked fan (see what I did there, with the link?). Of all the African innovations that have ever attempted to raise money on Kickstarter, the Neptune Frost musical beat them all. Hmm… Making it the most successful Kickstarter projects in Africa. If you’re keen to hear some African music, check out this post later.

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The most funded Kickstarter projects – Africa VS America VS China

	Africa (Burundi)	United States	China
Most funded idea	A musical called: Neptune Frost	Pebble Smart watch	Ticwatch 2
Money raised	$195,972	$20,338,986	$2,085,491
Description	Neptune Frost is the MartyrLoserKing—the #1 trend The Authority seeks to end. A musical written & directed by Saul Williams.	Color e-paper smartwatch with up to 7 days of battery and a new timeline interface that highlights what’s important in your day.	The Most Interactive Smartwatch. Intuitive Interaction. Lifestyle Convenience. Unique Ticwear OS. Innovative Design.

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The second most funded Kickstarter projects – Africa VS America VS China

	Africa (Kenya)	United States	China
2nd most funded idea	BRCK (internet generator)	Coolest Cooler	Remix Mini (Android PC)
Money raised	$172,107	$13,285,226	$1,647,155
Description	The easiest, most reliable way to connect to the internet, anywhere in the world, even when you don’t have electricity	The COOLEST is a portable party disguised as a cooler, bringing blended drinks, music and fun to any outdoor occasion.	Remix Mini is a tiny PC. It gives you a PC experience unlike anything on Android and an Android experience unlike anything on a PC.

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The third most funded Kickstarter projects – Africa VS America VS China

	Africa (South Africa)	United States	China
3rd most funded idea	Beautiful Desolation (Apocalyptic Adventure)	Frosthaven (Board game)	Atom (Rugged smartphone)
Money raised	$138,457	$12,969,608	$1,290,924
Description	From the makers of STASIS comes a post-apocalyptic adventure game set in a world you have never seen before.	Euro-inspired dungeon crawling sequel to the 2017 smash-hit board game Gloomhaveny.	Tough, versatile and super portable, Atom is a waterproof Octa-Core smartphone that will be perfect for all your outdoor activities.

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The forth most funded Kickstarter projects – Africa VS America VS China

	Africa (Namibia)	United States	China
4th most funded idea	San-dal	Pebble 2 + Time 2	Jelly (Smallest 4G smartphone)
Money raised	£92,554	$12,779,843	$1,251,380
Description	Own a pair of the original bushman San-dals, designed for persistence hunting and barely changed for thousands and thousands of years.	Two affordable, heart rate-enabled smartwatches and a hackable, 3G wearable for phone-free running with GPS, music, and Amazon Alexa.	Amazingly small but powered with the latest Android 7.0 Nougat features, Jelly is a mini-sized 4G smartphone for everyone.

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The fifth most funded Kickstarter projects – Africa VS America VS China

	Africa (South Africa)	United States	China
5th most funded idea	Stasis (Horror Adventure game)	Kingdom Death: Monster (Horror Game)	TAIHE Gemini (On-the-go monitor)
Money raised	$132,523	$12,393,139	$1,110,311
Description	STASIS -Classic point & click adventure game played from a unique isometric view point set in a science fiction universe in 2D.	A cooperative nightmare horror game experience. Hunt intelligent monsters and develop your settlement through a self-running campaign.	15.6″ FHD touchscreen or 4K UHD screen | Built-in battery | Kickstand design. Gemini extends your display and boosts the productivity.

What did we learn today?

I am going to record myself in a solo podcast, talking about some observations I made while going through this article today. Once that podcast is done, I shall delete this text here and add a different message + the audio. In that recording I will also include some personal experiences I had with Kickstarter along with 20+ other people (back in 2010) a year after Kickstarter was born. Keep coming back to check on that conclusion!