The next stop in our Tour saw us in Kenya, for what was the most packed event of the three: 150 entrepreneurs and investors in-person, and a waiting list of over 100, many of whom joined online 👥🔥.
Co-hosted with our partners Antler at their 10th-floor campus with views over the city, we invited our final lineup of 10 startups to pitch their ideas to an engaged and highly interactive audience, which included our star jury:
👑 Mareme Dieng, Partner at 500 Global (and one of the top voices in African VC!)
👑 Christine Namara, Partner at Flat6Labs, one of the region's most active investors
👑 Enos Masinde Weswa, Director of the UK-Kenya Tech Hub
👑 Anil A., Partner at Antler
..as well as our virtual panel including Joel Bamwise, Melody Ama, Dillon Roberts and others.
All 10 of the teams delivered well-executed and impressive pitches, but our WINNERS were:
🥇Jahazii, pitched by Sven Grospitsch, which provides on-demand salary advances for formal workers across the continent
🥈Twiva, pitched by Peter N. Kironji, which provides a platform for SMEs to market products online through creators and influencers
🥉 Scale , pitched by Marvin Tumbo, which is a digital procurement platform for SMEs
❤️ And our Audience Favourite vote, by 2 votes, also went to Twiva!
Massive congratulations to our winners and to all the teams who pitched, including Agriflex Ltd, Dial A Pad, Farm Sawa, Investa Farm, MOMA Renewable Energy, Zendawa, HyaPak, and NoMa 👏👏.
And THANK YOU to all of our friends and partners who helped make our Nairobi event possible with such short notice, including our sponsor alphathesis, our friends Ryan Caplin, Kosen Kenta and the amazing team at Antler, Enos Masinde Weswa, Billy Msagha, and the tireless UK-Kenya Tech Hub team, Anne Lawi, Jackson Kinyanjui, Serah Nderitu, Nick Vilelle, Alexander (Xan) Varmuza, Nick Kwolek, Alexander Dietz, Alan Mwangi and many others.
We can't wait to be back. 🚀
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