DEMO Africa Announces 40 Entrepreneurs for DEMO Africa Conference Launch in September

DEMO Africa is pleased to announce 40 entrepreneurs that have been selected for this year’s DEMO Africa conference launch to be held in Lagos Nigeria on September 22 – 26. If as an investor, entrepreneur or tech media professional, you are looking for Africa’s ‘next big thing’ in technology, it is a must-attend event for you. This year’s DEMO Africa will showcase some of the best new technology innovations from across the continent. The process of selection for the 40 finalist was three rigorous processes ofscreening with the final vetting and adjudication by a pan-African panel of judges comprised of entrepreneurs, VCs and the Academia. They included Dele Akinsade, Bob Mbori, Victor Okigbo, Lukonga Lidunda, Martin Butler, Rebecca Enonchong, Stephen Gugu, Ali Hussein, Muchiri Nyaga, Toby Shapshak, Moses Sitati and Richard Tanksley. From all over Africa came in more than 400 highly innovative applications. They were then shortlisted to 242 ventures before a final selection of 40 was made. These ventures chosen addressed opportunities in Agriculture, Health, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Media & Entertainment, Communication, Transport and Logistics, Energy, Finance & Banking, Real Estate, Water & Sanitation, and Waste Management & Recycling. The DEMO Africa Conference Launch 2014 will allow these 40 entrepreneurs present their plans to a global audience of investors, media, strategic buyers, C-level executives and other entrepreneurs. The countries featured among the 40 entrepreneurs are from countries such as Zimbabwe, Uganda, Cameroon, Benin, Tunisia, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Rwanda. Nigeria takes the largest chunk of the final 40, followed by Kenya, Ghana and Egypt. Below is an overview of the selected 40 ventures: 1. Connect Finance: Allows companies to manage their finances, create invoices, quotations, sales orders, payments etc. by Tope Olutola. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/connect-finance/ Nigeria 2. ASiM: Is an integrated tool with Quickbooks and SAP Business One to produce rich, real-time business intelligence and is by Mark Migue Mwaura. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/ASiM/ Kenya 3. Chura: Allows interoperability between different mobile networks in a multi-SIM environment and is by Stephanie Gaku. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/chura/ Kenya 4. Cribpark: Is a catalogue of home designs, a web shop, and projects management tool that is by Oladapo Ayodeji. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/cribpark/ Nigeria 5. Cube: Enables anyone (whether individual or business entity) to accept card payments in person with their phone and is by Titi Obala. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/cube Nigeria 6. Feedbackplus: Lets customers give feedback to different organizations online or through a mobile app by Omoniyi Falodun. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/feedbackplus/ Nigeria 7. Foodstantly: Is an online marketplace which provides customers with fresh and cooked food + home delivery services by Uchay Ariolu. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/foodstantly/ Nigeria 8. Hutbay: Is a platform that helps real estate consumers find and share vital information about real estate, mortgages, and agents by Olatunji Owolabi. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/Hutbay/ Nigeria 9. InstaCare: Enables real-time verification & authentication of beneficiary’s health insurance and is by Michael Ike. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/instacare/ Nigeria 10. Integrated Medics: A web based application package to computerize any large scale hospital created by Oladapo Gbenle. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/integrated-medics/ Nigeria 11. IroFit: The only mobile card payment system that allows merchants to accept card payments without an internet connection by Omoniyi A. Olawale. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/IroFit/ Nigeria 12. Jifunza: Provides everyone equal access to the learning, loving and laughing that digital content offers and is by Derek Blair. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/Jifunza/ Rwanda 13. Kitiwa: Helps ordinary Africans send and receive money using the bitcoin technology by Nikunj Handa. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/kitiwa/ Ghana Nigeria 14. LocName: Is an application that gives a short, unique name for your address, which you can share easily in just 2 seconds by Zeinab Alashry. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/LocName/ Egypt 15. Matibabu: Is a phone application for early, non-invasive malaria diagnosis with a custom piece of hardware (Matiscope) by Gitta Brian. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/matibabu/ Uganda 16. Mergims: Is an online platform that will enable African immigrants to pay tuition fees, airtime and utility bills for their loved ones back home by Muhire Louis-Antoine. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/mergims/ Rwanda 17. MobileJobs (mjobs) powered by SOMTEC: Is a web and mobile job alert and recruitment service by Solomon Bleay. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/mobilejobs-mjobs-powered-by-somtec/ Ethiopia 18. MuZik: Is a virtual assistant for feature phones by Patrick Mveng. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/muzik/ Cameroon 19. MyeCompus.net: Is an online teaching and learning platform by Cecil Nukator. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/myecampus-net/ Ghana 20. Nerve: Delivers cost-effective, higher quality and mobile convergent smart devices and services and was created by Silas Okwocha. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/nerve/ Nigeria 21: Nikweli: Is a mobile-to-web job matching platform that connects employers and job seekers for lower skill, “blue collar” type positions by Tiffany Tong. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/nikweli/ Tanzania 22. Online Hisab: Is a cloud based accounting package for Ethiopian SMEs who are looking for an affordable and easy to use solution by Asmeret Gebre. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/online-hisab/ Ethiopia 23. Oradian: Is a cloud based core banking system for microfinance by Antonio Separovic. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/oradian/ Nigeria 24. Paysail: Is a simple way for businesses and accountants to better manage payroll by Osborn Kwarteng. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/paysail/ Ghana 25. PieRide: Is a ridesharing technology platform offering monthly subscription transportation services for daily commuters by Karim El Mansi. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/pieride/ Egypt 26. Pliby: An online platform for the African music lovers by Prudence Ogatcha. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/Pliby/ Benin 27. Prepclass: Is an education technology company focused on local content for digital devices by Ogunlana Olomide. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/prepclass/ Nigeria 28. Saisai: Is a wireless mesh network distributing free access to wireless hotspots in public areas and public transportation by Christopher Alexander Manzero. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/saisai/ Zimbabwe 29. Shamba Technologies: A renewable technology company that designs domestic power products for families in Africa without power by Oliver Kynaston. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/shamba-technologies/ Tanzania UK 30. SmartPesa: Allows merchants to accept credit card payments using a mobile phone. It comprises a low cost card reader, app and server-side processing and was made by Barry Levett. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/smartpesa/ South Africa 31. SokoNect: An agribusiness solution designed to shorten the distribution channels of agricultural produce while facilitating fast trade between farmers and their prospective buyers by Mbuvi Nyamai. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/SokoNect/ Kenya 32. SpacePointe: Is an e-commerce marketplace which focuses on the African retailer by Sayu Abend. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/spacepointe/ Nigeria 33. SpellAfrica Initiative: Is a set of proprietary apps for all smartphone operating systems. It is a softphone running on your current smartphone by Elvis Austins. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/spellafrica-initiative/ Nigeria 34. Telecosys: Delivers innovative software solutions for Tech-based service providers including Telecom Operators, Internet Service Providers, Cloud-based Service Providers, and pay TV by Mohamed Esmat. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/telecosys/ Egypt 35. The Pearl Dream Inc: Is a digital collection of African stories for kids and e-Commerce retail site for animation inspired items by Brian Asingia. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/the-pearl-dream-inc/ Kenya 36. TrafficBytes: Is a solution which allows mobile operators and telecom vendors to leverage existing big data and provide real-time accurate roads traffic information by Mohamed Hussein. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/trafficbytes/ Egypt 37. Valuraha Trader: Is a platform that simulates the African Financial Markets, enabling one to interact with various investment instruments under actual market conditions using virtual money by Betty Mutimba. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/valuraha-group-1904246910/ Kenya 38. VIGO: Is a fully responsive website building tool allowing African entrepreneurs and business owners to create their own websites from any device, including a feature phone by Carl Wallace. https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/vigo/ South Africa 39. VOTO Mobile: Is a mobile phone notification and survey platform by Kevin Schuster https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/Voto-Mobile/ Ghana 40. What’sIn™: Mobile application platform service allows consumers with chemical allergies to instantly find the correct information when they scan a product UPC by Wassim Zoghlami https://vc4africa.biz/ventures/whatsin/ Tunisia To book your tickets for the DEMo Africa event Launch 2014, register HERE .  

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This article was first published on 22nd July 2014

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