Africa Innovation Cup

Africa is making its mark on the startup ecosystem map, and you can explore this vibrant market at GITEX Future Stars 2019! The continent’s resident entrepreneurship hub, enpact and GITEX Future Stars have shortlisted 4 of Africa’s up-and-coming startups in an initial pitch round, and spotlighting them at the event.

The final round of the Africa Innovation Cup will take place at GITEX Future Stars 2019 – make sure you don’t miss out!

Four startups have been shortlisted from Egypt, Ghana, Kenya and Tunisia 

- Cloud9xp (An online marketplace and booking service for leisure experiences across Africa)

- InterAct (Develops products that make the whole learning and collaborating experience engaging & fun)

- Furnwish (Creates tools & creative solutions for the furniture industry using Augmented Reality)

- ElCoach, Inc. (On-demand fitness app for MENA that creates personalized fitness programs)

 

The selected startups scooped up the below prizes and benefits:

- A shared pod to showcase your solutions

- Access to the conference

- An opportunity to pitch live in front of investors

 

About enpact

The non-profit organization, enpact, was founded in 2013 with the aim of promoting dynamic entrepreneurship in emerging and developing countries under the slogan "empowering entrepreneurship“. At the centre is a modular approach, which aims to offer components and programmes that are complementary to each other and can mutually be built upon. In concrete terms, enpact offers support, products and cooperation in three business areas:

-       Entrepreneur support
-       Data Lab
-       Academy