Zimbabwean startup Informstion Technology
(IT) company Saisai was awarded the SWELL Innovation award at the just
concluded DEMO Africa 2014 conference held in Lagos, DigitalSENSE Business News authoritatively reports.
The prize for Saisai is an all-expense paid
trip to Silicon Valley, USA as part of the SWELL Innovation Tour, which
includes the exclusive participation in SWELL’s intensive soft landing
programme in Silicon Valley.
DigitalSENSE Business News checks indicate
that at the Microsoft sponsored exhibition, Irofit and VOTO took the first and
second runners up positions respectively.
SWELL’s Founder Mike Chen, expressed his
excitement to be holding the inaugural SWELL Innovation awards in Africa and
partnering with DEMO Africa adding that the SWELL Awards in Africa will
represent an important element of the Global Startup Engagement platform to
accelerate disruption and invoke corporate participation.
Executive Producer DEMO Africa, Harry Hare,
commended participants for showing such great enthusiasm towards finding much
needed solutions for Africa, stressing the continent has all it takes to
improve its potentials in the IT industry.
“It is inspiring to see that, now, more
attention is being accorded the pursuit of solutions to problems that are
uniquely African. The continent has one of the most diverse and talented pool
of young people and finally, we are seeing a real intent by authorities to
utilize the massive power within these brains to bring positive change,
especially through technology, “he said.
VC4Africa’s CEO and Founder Ben White
explained that the introduction of the new exclusive investor only event as
part of the DEMO Africa is the next step in making sure the leading innovators
from across the continent are going to get the backing they need to achieve
scale.
“We have seen angel networks emerging
across the continent and now is the time to bring them together in a shared
conversation about how best to move forward,” he said.
Highlights of the event include a Boom Camp
and the Ampion Venture bus which graced this year’s event.
Chukwudi Obi
... Making SENSE of digital revolution!
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