The organisers of DEMO Africa tech startups event have released a shortlist of 40 startups from different countries in Africa to be launched at DEMO Africa next month. And Kenya is leading with 14 startups on the shortlist, followed by South Africa with 11, Others 4 from Ghana, 3 from Nigeria, 2 Senegal, 2 Tanzania and Cameroon, Egypt, Uganda and Zimbabwe contributing 1 each:
|
Name of Startup |
Entrepreneur |
Country |
| eLimu | Nivi Mukherjee | Kenya |
| iPay | Philip Nyamwaya | Kenya |
| Kuza Mobile | Pieter Nel | South Africa |
| Sasa Africa | Ella Peinovich | Kenya |
| mKazi | Nancy Wang | Kenya |
| Mprep Kenya | Kosgei Isaac | Kenya |
| Evly | Eric Edelstein | South Africa |
| Gigham | George Gally | South Africa |
| KKYB Productions | Kekeli Buckner | Ghana |
| TaxTIm | Evan Robinson | South Africa |
| Maliyo Games | Hugo Obi | Nigeria |
| My Order | Hilda Moraa | Kenya |
| ProWork | Francis Onwumere | Nigeria |
| Firestring | Alison Jacobson | South Africa |
| Hewani Retail | Thuo Herbert | Kenya |
| Kuzima | Michael Ocansey | Ghana |
| mPawa | Maxwell Donkor | Ghana |
| MTI Support App | Sean Venter | South Africa |
| Mverified | Patrick Innovator | Kenya |
| MobiFlock | Vanessa Clark | South Africa |
| OzinboPay | Sam Paapa Opoku | Ghana |
| Djoss.tv | Ndjientcheu Ngandjui Patrick | Cameroon |
| mTracker | Mwema Jacob | Kenya |
| Qabila Media Productions | Perihan Abou-Zeid | Egypt |
| CrowdPesa | Christian KAKOBA | Kenya |
| Eskimi | Vytautas Paukštys | Nigeria |
| ExpenZa | Wim Morris | South Africa |
| Lipisha | Martin Kasomo | Kenya |
| Meka | Mugume Collins | Uganda |
| SkillPod Media | Mark van Diggelen | South Africa |
| People Input | Serigne Barro | Senegal |
| Framework One | Stephan Pienaar | South Africa |
| Kivuko | Amiri Mziray | Tanzania |
| Mlouma | Aboubacar Sidy Sonko | Senegal |
| MPayer | Stella Njoki | Kenya |
| Kytabu | Tonee Ndungu | Kenya |
| Rasello | Natalino Mwenda | Tanzania |
| Balefyre | Earl Joseph | South Africa |
| dash2go | Samuel Wanjohi | Kenya |
| Virtual Bank | Tawanda Kembo | Zimbabwe |
[pullquote]DEMO Africa is part of the “Liberalizing Innovation Opportunity Nations (LIONS@FRICA) Partnership, an alliance which, according to their website, has been created to “enhance and deepen the startup and innovation ecosystems of targeted fast- growing African economies.” LIONS@FRICA is spearheaded by the US State Department and supported by Microsoft, DEMO, USAID, and Startup Weekend.[/pullquote]