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3 Ugandan Startups Selected Among Top 22 in Global Tech Accelerator

by Pat Robert Larubi
June 19, 2018
3 Ugandan Startups Selected Among Top 22 in Global Tech Accelerator

L-R: CoinPesa's Solomon Kitumba, Roundbob's David Gonahasa and Swipe 2 Pay's Suleiman Murunga

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After receiving 1,004 applications from all over the world, Startupbootcamp (SBC) Africa have narrowed the applicants down to 22 top-tier tech startups, including 3 from Uganda, that will be invited to the Final Selection Days on July 11th and 12th at PwC’s headquarters in Cape Town.

13% of the Top 22 are from Uganda, 3 startups in total, with the rest coming from Nigeria, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Ghana and Ireland respectively.

The names of the Ugandan startups invited to Final Selection Days are: CoinPesa Ltd, RoundBob Uganda, and Swipe 2 Pay.

Roundbob is an online platform that provides the market varied travel content built across key demanded thematic areas. CoinPesa on the other hand is an online money transfer platform that uses Blockchain technology.

Swipe2 Pay is a financial management app which helps small business owners keep track of their cash flows and an inventory tracking.

SBC Africa received 1,004 total applications from 77 countries on 5 continents. This year is the second consecutive year that the programme will take place in Cape Town, and over the past 3 months the SBC team have criss-crossed the globe in search of the very best in tech talent.

The startups that applied were exceptionally impressive and have gained more traction in the market than the applicants for the 2017 cohort.

The talent in Africa is phenomenal and the corporate sponsors and SBC team dedicated 2 weeks to narrow it down to the Top 22 to be invited to Final Selection Days.

“It’s been an intense process due to the exceptionally high calibre of startups applying to the programme from across the continent,” states Philip Kiracofe, co-founder and CEO of Startupbootcamp Africa.

“From 1,004 applications we have managed to narrow down to 22 of the most creative teams tackling daunting African problems. One of the key differentiators for startups that participate in the SBC Accelerator is the opportunity to secure commercial contracts with our sponsors.

In order to make it onto our Top 22, each startup has been chosen by at least 2 sponsors for potential proof of concept projects. The 2018 cohort is already shaping up to be a milestone moment for Africa.”

Zachariah George, co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Startupbootcamp Africa added, “The investment community across Africa is taking note of the significant traction and access to market that being an alumni of a global accelerator programme like ours provides.

We are excited to further galvanize venture capital funding into tech startups through significant de-risking of business models and customer validation with our corporate partners globally.”

From the 22 teams that have been invited to the SBC Africa Final Selection Days, 10 will be selected to join the 2018 cohort. Over the span of the two Final Selection Days, the startups in attendance will have the opportunity to present their pitches to high-profile corporate sponsors, investors, thought leaders and industry experts and will have the chance to sit down with mentors and sponsors alike.

At the end of Day Two, the Top 10 will be announced and will be welcomed to the Cape Town-based Accelerator that kicks off in August. During the 3-month period, they will have the opportunity to scale at an incredible pace and seal pilot and proof of concept deals with the corporate sponsors to the programme.

The SBC Africa Accelerator is anchored and endorsed by heavyweight corporate sponsors RCS, BNP Paribas Personal Finance, Nedbank, Old Mutual and PwC.

“We’ve seen an increase in the quality of startups applying to the programme. The awareness of the value of the programme has increased and the success of the first year of the bootcamp speaks for itself. More mature startups are also seeing the benefits of participating in Startupbootcamp Africa,” comments Stanley Gabriel, Head of Innovation at Old Mutual.

It has been an incredible 3-month scouting journey for SBC Africa and now that the Top 22 have been announced, the Final Selection Days is the only hurdle left before the Accelerator officially kicks off on 13 August 2018.

There are high expectations for the Top 10 of 2018 and if the quality of the startups at this stage is any indication, 2018 is set to be a great success for the African tech and innovation ecosystem.

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