This archive report was first published on 9 December 2019.
On December 3rd to 5th, Seedstars World, the largest seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, held its Seedstars Summit Africa in South Africa. The event selected 10 startups from the continent as the most promising, with Roque Online (Angola) being one of them.
These startups, including Crop2Cash (Nigeria), Exuus (Rwanda), Pezesha (Kenya), OKO Finance (Mali), Nadji.bi, Gambia (The Gambia), Nvoicia (Ghana), Vectra (South Africa), Afrikamart (Senegal), and Teheca (Uganda), will represent Africa at the Seedstars Summit 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland. They will compete for the title of Seedstars Global Winner and up to $500,000 in equity investment and other prizes.
Additional prizes were awarded to Zafree Papers from Ethiopia, who won a $10,000 grant prize for its business as the winner of the Land Restoration Prize in partnership with DOEN, and OKO finance from Mali, who will receive three months' access to the investment readiness program as the winner of the Job Creation Prize in partnership with the African Development Bank.
According to Anne-Alice Fievet, the Summit Manager, the event was an opportunity for all stakeholders involved to network and create added value for their impact-driven companies.
