Four African startups have been selected amongst the 12 that will pitch for the chance to secure a share of $1 million in funding at the Seedstars World global final today in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The global final of early-stage pitching competition
Seedstars World is taking place today, with 21 African startups among the finalists.
The
65 finalists convening in Switzerland this week were selected as a result of 85 regional heats held around the world, including in Mozambique, Tunisia, Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, Rwanda, Angola, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Those 65 have been trimmed down to 12 after a day of pitches and investor discussions yesterday, with four African startups among those that will pitch head-to-head this afternoon for a share of $1m in equity funding as well as other prizes.
They are Ghanaian online sales platform for smallholder farmers
AgroCenta, Nigerian medication selling and purchasing platform
Medsaf, Cameroonian health information platform
Gifted Mom, and South African medical content aggregation service
EMGuidance.
The rest of the finalists are UAE-based robotics kit
Junkbot, Indonesian e-commerce platform for fresh produce
SayurBox, Myanmar-based trucking marketplace
Kargo, Ukrainian SaaS platform
EVE.calls, Brazilian fintech startup
Celcoin, Mexican payments platform
Payit, Chilean P2P lending startup
RedCapital, and Bangladeshi cloud-based preventative healthcare platform
CMED.
