2013-10-26

What went down at the DemoAfrica

Here is an overview of the selected ventures. Click on the tiles to find out more.



The Able Wireless Company provides an on-demand entertainment system and content delivery network that is localized to every single locale in the region.

Kahenya Kamunyu

Kenya



Anasodiabitiz helps people living with diabetes coordinate their healthcare online.

Chibuzo Anaso

South Africa



BoxBuzz is an SMS alert system which sends text message to owners of Post Office Box addresses whenever they receive a letter in their boxes.

Maximus Ametorgoh

Ghana

BrainShare is an academic application that offers a one-stop-centre for students revision, with well organised notes, ebooks and past papers.

Charles Muhindo

Uganda

Center for Affordable Housing provides a web-based dynamic business intelligence tool to find areas of development opportunity, and more.

Adelaide Steedley

South Africa

Chamasoft is a simple to use web and mobile app helping investment groups and chamas to manage all their group activities and communications.

Martin S. Njuguna

Kenya

ChopUP is a social platform that connects mobile device gamers across Africa and  allows them to interact based on in-game achievements and transferrable points.

Bayo Puddicombe

Nigeria

Dibsr is an online community for sharing the things and places you love.

Tewodros Wondimu

Ethiopia

Dinero Social Savings System / ChamaPesa provides a multi-OS software platform that allows Chamas to manage their offerings and members to hold and manage their balances on their phones.

Ken Griffith

Kenya

Dream Mobile provides tailored communications solutions to consumers and SME enterprises, with a specialization in smart devices.

Reza Handley-Namavar

South Africa

DUMA Works is an SMS-based recruiting service that connects employers with top qualified job seekers, based on skill, geographic location, past employer reviews, and social network.

Arielle Sandor

Kenya

Eduze provides everyone equal access to the learning, loving and LOLing that digital content offers.

Charlie Beuthin

South Africa

Eventtus is a networking platform for events where users can explore events and socialize with like minded people during events. we build a community for each event and help organizers and attendees interact before, during and after events.

Ahmed Shreef

Egypt

Famissima is a social platform that connects families to each other and to products and services they need.

Ahlem Bouchahda

Tunis

Faselty is an online donation organizing system to facilitate the blood donation process. Mobile integrated. Location and blood type based.

Samar Ali

Egypt

Fraudcracker offers an online technology solution to help companies identify and combat fraud.

Gavin Symanowitz

South Africa

Gmaven vis provides the most user-friendly business intelligence and analytics product.

Will Harris

South Africa

Gmobile is a set of proprietary apps for all smartphone operating systems- Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Symbian and Windows. It is a softphone running on your current smartphone.

Peter M. Maina

Kenya

GoMetro is a dynamic innovation, the first of its kind in South Africa, that provides real-time public transport information to commuters.

Alicia Swanson Ernstzen

South Africa

Jooist is a social gaming network for mobile phones. Jooist enables users to discover games, play with friends, compare scores, share achievements and a whole lot more.

Martin Waliaula Makokha

Kenya

KARIBU Solar Power is an innovative solar social enterprise that makes high quality solar power affordable.

Adam Camenzuli

Tanzania

M-Duka is an online platform that allows consumers to purchase virtual products and services on the GO using an internet enabled device such as a mobile phone, PC or POS.

Suleiman Murunga

Uganda

Next Level is an engineering start-up specialized in developing electronic manufacturing execution systems.

El Aboudi Moaad

Morocco

Notafy is set to revolutionise the way corporates communicate with their customers via mobile phone.

Andrew Cook

South Africa

Obami connects educators, learners, parents, businesses, NGO’s and governments.

Barbara Mallinson

South Africa

OTGPlaya is an affordable platform solution that brings “accessibility” to critically underserved sectors.

Modupe Ajibola

Nigeria

RAMP is a new innovative web app developed to simplify the management process of Resident Associations in Nigeria or anywhere in the world.

Tunde Aguda

Nigeria

RemoteCycle is the Recurly of the emerging markets; the software as a service provides recurring billing and payment management for subscription-based companies in East Africa and India.

Adam Walker

Kenya

Save & Buy is a web and mobile platform that enables anyone save towards any item they desire in an easy to use, fun and safe environment.

Hugo Obi

Nigeria

Sky Energy is a renewable energy company with a focus on solar technology.

Itai Hillary Zimwara

Zimbabwe

SleepOut is the region’s most comprehensive booking engine featuring 1,000+ options, listing all accommodation from beach huts to house rentals and all-inclusive resorts.

Johann Jenson

Kenya

Splinter.me is a new social recruiting platform built on top of automatic data integration from multiple social networks, to facilitate the recruiting process for both job-seekers and recruiters.

Ahmed El.Hussaini

Egypt

Spyros Entertainment is a video gaming studio specialized in mobile games, providing hardcore gamers with midcore games that fit the experience they used to get on their consoles.

Ramez Mokhtar

Egypt

Sstream-TV is a content aggregator and distributor via a streaming platform across the African continent and focused on Southern Africa.

Robert Arthur Marshal

South Africa

Teranga Hospitality Suite is a suite of Web and Mobile Applications for hospitality professionals in Africa.

Moustapha Ndoye

Senegal

UBONGO is a Tanzanian social enterprise that creates engaging and locally relevant multimedia content for learners in Africa.

Nisha Ligon

Tanzania

ViViFi provides touch sticker technology is a new human-object interface that is capable of transforming all non-conductive surfaces with limited thickness (wood, glass, etc.) into touch sensors or screens.

Ahmed Darwish

Egypt

Wireles Mobile Phone Charger charges as you walk: you generate pressure that in turn generates energy. Once you have arrived you can sit down and charge your mobile phone.

Anthony Mutua

Kenya

Xtendevent (formerly known as Afritradecentre.com) is an online platform that integrates virtual conferences and exhibitions, social media-styled business networking and e-commerce enabled trading.

Stephen Oehley

South Africa

Zehoo is the next step of technological innovation in the cloud storage industry, which simplifies document storage services in ways unseen in the market.

Robin Bayheck

South Africa

Special Invitations:

Basic Water Needs is recognized for its impact in the field of clean and safe drinking water for the Base of the Pyramid.

Jens Groot

Netherlands

Fairwaves makes it possible for small companies to start their own small mobile operator.

Alexander Chemeris

Russia

The 2013 DEMO Africa finalists were picked from a record 300 technology start-ups from 24 African countries. Out of the 40, South Africa will launch 12 start-ups, Kenya will launch nine, while Nigeria and Egypt will launch four and five start-ups respectively. Tanzania had two qualifying start-ups while Ghana, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Uganda and Morocco will each have one project launching at the DEMO Stage.

Video Credit: VoA News

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