1. Rivo Mhiari, 23, South Africa
Founder, Rikatec
Rikatec is an information management system using big data and artificial intelligence to solve problems for vehicles such as predicting and detecting vehicle breakdowns. It provides a connection to the nearest help option within five minutes of breakdown detection and monitors driving habits, wear and tear among others.
2. Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi, 27, Nigeria
Co-founder, SureGifts. Director, SureRemit
SureGifts is a digital shopping voucher aggregator and retailer created in 2014. The company operates in Nigeria and Kenya with over 200 retail brands and utility service providers on their network.
The company also developed a project called SureRemit, a non-cash remittance product that will leverage cryptocurrency to power remittances intended for non-cash use-cases like utility payments, groceries and medicine, leveraging the SureGifts merchant network and other global partners.
3. Isaya Yunge, 28, Tanzania
Founder, SomaApps Technologies Company Limited
SomaApps is a scholarship-matching app that lists and matches students with thousands of domestic and international scholarships.
4. Mahmood Oyewo, 26, Nigeria
Co-founder, RubiQube
RubiQube is an advertising technology company with focus on video and other super rich media, with a goal to acquire high-value users and drive customer engagement through its state-of-the-art advertising services.
5. Kevin Lubega, 28, Uganda
Founder, EzeeMoney
EzeeMoney is a fintech firm offering electronic money services to clients with or without a mobile phone or formal bank accounts wishing to receive and make multiple payments. They also offer to pay bills, do collections, and offer point of sale money transfers and other e-money services to banks, non-bank corporations, government and NGOs.
6. Berno Potgieter & Thatoyaona Marumo, 28, South Africa
Founders, Domestly
They founded Domestly, a technology platform that allows consumers to find and hire cleaning professionals.
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