5 Kenyan startups have made it to the final list of 30 startups that will take part in this year’s DEMO Africa conference to held in Johannesburg from the 25th to 26th August. The 30 were picked from picked from a record 723 technology startups from 27 African countries that had applied to launch at the event.
The 30 finalist startups have products in 11 verticals including logistics, retail, e-commerce, education, banking and finance, media, renewable energy, health and agriculture. Banking and financial technologies had the highest number of entries followed by media, e-commerce and education.
“The entries this year certainly kept up with the DEMO Africa spirit to produce innovative and creative ideas that are bound to transform the technology landscape and we are excited by the growth of innovation and technological advancement in Africa as portrayed by our finalists,” said Harry Hare, DEMO Africa Executive Producer said.
Here is the full list of the finalists.
- Grid Supply Chain
- Loystar
- Iyris KO Ltd
- Cocktail Insights
- Boresha Limited
- Ujuzi Software Solutions
- MumsVillage Ltd
- Strauss Energy
- IT Brothers
- Nextwi
- Solstice HES
- WESABI
- ArtNigeria
- Shuttlers
- Rubiqube Limited
- SharpHire Global Limited
- Vuga Ltd
- ConnectMed
- Reel Gardening
- SolarCap Pty Ltd
- RadioVybe
- Sortd
- ION Comsys
- Ekasi Energy
- 4th Element
- K Measure Pty Ltd
- Zivo Learning
- flexyPAY Intenational
- Telescrypts
- Lipa Mobile
The DEMO Africa 2016 conference is expected to attract venture capitalists, angel Investors, investment fund managers tech buyers, entrepreneurs, innovation supporters and the media from various parts of the world.
