Wednesday 22 July 2015

DEMO Africa unveils 30 tech start-ups to pitch in Lagos


DEMO Africa today released a list of 30 technology start-ups from across Africa that will pitch their products at its 2015 edition to be held in Lagos, Nigeria in late September.

The list features eight Nigerian startups, including Mavis Computel, Oga Venue, TalkingBookz, CarpartsNigeria, Zuvaa, SmartEdu, PoshRite, iKon Tracker as well as eight Kenyan startups including InsureAfrika, Abacus, SimbaPay, ENT-Mobile, Bitsoko, BambaPOS, Shield Finance and LipaPlus.

Also, South Africa’s Edge Books, Bozza and Eco-mc2 as well as Ghana’s Zeepay and Flippy Campus, together with Egypt’s LockName and Raye7, Cameroon’s Koomza and Feem Wi-Fi, Zimbabwe’s IPC eProductivity and RoadRules, Uganda’s Roundbob, Tanzania’s Tango TV and Ivory Coast’s Airshop would also pitch at the event.

Interestingly, eight of the startups are finance-related while other popular sectors include Education, Transport and Logistics, Retail, Communication and Media and Entertainment.

The event will be co-hosted by DEMO Africa, Nigeria’s Ministry of Communications Technology and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in collaboration with LIONS@FRICA partnership and VC4Africa.

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