Geneva, Switzerland, 18th October 2019 – Seedstars World, the largest seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, has brought its pre-selection rounds to an end. With the support of the local hosts Outbox and NSSF, Kampala Innovation Week, Seedstars World will be holding a dynamic pitch event on the today 18th October 2019, to choose the country’s most promising startup.
Besides representing Uganda at the Seedstars Africa Summit, the winner will win an all-inclusive trip to the Seedstars Africa Summit and the chance to win a spot at the Seedstars Global Summit in Switzerland where the winner will take home a 500K USD investment prize.
The top startups to advance to the finals are:
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Elevator pitch
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Too Good
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TooGood is an online deal offers it's users prices cut offs of up to 85% the best services around town from businesses
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Ogaget Holding LTD
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Rethinking the National Ambulance System and Emergency Care
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Yunga Technologies
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Meet Yunga, A security device that allows homes to protect each other instead of security companies.
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Ugabus Ltd
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Ugabus is a bus aggregator that avails bus users with a web and mobile application to book any bus to travel anywhere within East Africa.
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PAAT SOIL CLINIC
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Leveraging mobile technology to increase crop yields through efficient soil testing to enable smallholder farmers make farming decisions
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gnuGrid Africa
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Monitor and control solar systems through the cloud in real-time, enabled by AI-optimized hardware. Seamless and Intelligence performance.
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The Online Butchery
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The Online Butchery is an online meat store that is dedicated to delivering a variety of fresh meat and meat products reliably.
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Chap Chap Africa
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We create financial profiles for SMEs by digitizing their day to day business transactions.
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Teheca Limited
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Personalised and convenient access to post birth care services and support through connecting mothers to nurses for in home checkup
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The startups will pitch in front of a jury that consists of John Ndabarasa, Startup Relations and Engagement Associate, International Trade Center; Mina Shahid, Co-Founder, Co-CEO, Numida; Ron Kawamara, CEO, Jumia Uganda; Nielsimms Sangho, Country Lead – FlutterWave; Otim Gerald, Founder and Lead, Ensibuuko and Maryam Mgonja, Regional Partnerships Manager, Africa at Seedstars.
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