55 finalists has been selected for inaugural Africa Tech Summit Awards
For the first-ever Africa Tech Summit Awards, which honor people and businesses influencing the continent’s technology industry, fifty-five candidates have been chosen.
The inauguration of the Africa Tech Summit Awards, a new platform created to honor the most creative and influential tech solutions, businesses, and leaders around Africa, was covered by Disrupt Africa in November.
The greatest innovators, business executives, and entrepreneurs across the continent will come together to explore, network, and invest in African technology at the biennial Africa Tech Summit in Nairobi on February 12 to reveal the winners.
Out of the more than 300 submissions received, 55 finalists have been chosen thus far in 11 sector categories and two individual categories. All applications were assessed by an impartial team of judges who considered factors such as innovation, impact, scalability, and applicability to the African market.
The AI finalists are Cassava Technologies (South Africa), Chpter (Kenya), NextAV (Tunisia), Tawi Fresh (Kenya), and ToumAI Analytics (Morocco), while the Agri-tech finalists are AFEX (Nigeria), ChipChip (Ethiopia), Mazao AgClimate Limited (Tanzania), Keep it Cool (Kenya), and Winich Farms (Nigeria).
AZA Finance (Kenya), Flutterwave (Nigeria), Grey (Nigeria), WeWire (Nigeria), and Yellow Card (South Africa) are the finalists for Cross Border Payments, while Afrilogic Solutions (Ghana), Innovex (U) Ltd (Uganda), Instollar Technologies (Nigeria), Sabi (Nigeria), and Takazuri (Kenya) are finalists for Climate Tech.
The startups chosen in the Ed-Tech category are Cassava Technologies (South Africa), DirectEd Development (Kenya), Hermplify (Nigeria), Ikusasa Technology Solutions (South Africa), and Laboussole (Cameroon). The finalists in the Digital Commerce category are OmniRetail (Nigeria), Sendmercury (Nigeria), SwiftVEE (South Africa), Tawi Fresh (Kenya), and Tola (Ireland).
The finalists in the FemTech category are Babysteps (Kenya), Hermplify (Nigeria), Mara Scientific (Uganda), My Pregnancy Journey (South Africa), and Sanicle Digital Health (United States). The enterprise finalists are Andela (United States), Beacon Power Services (Nigeria), Froid Energy Ltd (Kenya), Incentro Africa (Kenya), and Smile ID (Nigeria).
Antara Health (Kenya), ION Kenya (Kenya), OneHealth (Nigeria), Remedial Health (Nigeria), and Zuri Health (Kenya) are the Health-Tech finalists, while Flow (Uganda), HUB2 (Mauritius), Peach Payments (South Africa), Valu (Eqypt), and Yellow Card (South Africa) are the Fintech finalists.
ICP Hub in Kenya, Investa Farm in Kenya, MiniPay in Nigeria, Sabi in Nigeria, and Yellow Card in South Africa are the Web3 finalists.
Tickets to the Africa Tech Summit in Nairobi and industry recognition will be awarded to all finalists. A physical Africa Tech Summit Award will be given to the winners.
“We are thrilled to present the first Africa Tech Summit Awards finalists. “We are excited to celebrate their accomplishments in Nairobi next month, as all of the finalists are revolutionizing their industries and propelling growth throughout the continent,” said Lauren Adair, director of the Africa Tech Summit.
