Inuka- Entrepreneurship platform wins Startup Weekend Nairobi Challenge

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Inuka – Entrepreneurship platform has won the Startup Weekend Nairobi. The Inuka platform is geared towards bringing  the Entrepreneurs together. With Vision 2030 being talked about everyday, the judges felt that the entrepreneurs would be key to helping Kenya achieve the vision2030.

The other notable winners are:

  •  Mobilab- won the category of the  Most innovative and original idea
  • Imedics -won the best pitch demo category
  • While iBamba online music distributor got a special mention

Originally  13 teams out of the 15 were shortlisted.

  1. Cloud Governor – A matatu (public transit) management and low enforcement application- Team on 9
  2. Inuka – Entrepreneurship platform with a team of 20
  3. Pesa Rahisi – An online /mobile payment  money transfer system that is cross platform. A team of 6
  4. Tusemezane – A 2 way SMS platform for election communication with a team of 9
  5. Mobilab – A platform to verify documents that include certificates, references, land title deeds etc  with a team of 4
  6. Christian Dating site with a difference –  Dating site for christians with a team of 2
  7. Masomo Moja –  Making education affordable and available for teachers, students and parents with a team of 7
  8. Jiamulie – Traffic prevention solution with features of crime reporting and information sourcng. Team, 2
  9. Team 96/ Patahao – Easy way to build/buy/rent houses according to your needs with a team of 6
  10. Success solutions – Advertisement space with a team of 7
  11. Paramedic – Patent status data capture and sharing tool with a team of 12
  12. iBambe – Facebook/mobile web for sharing playlists. Team, 5
  13. Darasani – Tutor support system

 

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Comments

  • Hi kachwanya,i would like let you that our team is called Mobilab not AfriLabs Most innovative and original idea,for more information check out this link on how to use the application and about us http://www.mobilab.co.ke/verified/about.html

    Patrick Mutahi February 27, 2012 17:16

  • Congratulations to all the teams…Mad Talent!I hope many government officials were there, there is soo much to harness to create efficiency..Mobilabs and Jiamulia, I like, I like and I like even more.

    Mungafaith February 28, 2012 07:04

  • The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) has
    received an overwhelming response to its initiative in empowering to youth of
    Africa. Know more about TEEP at http://bit.ly/1EqMxUX

    Amanda reese March 28, 2015 14:09
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