TechCrunch has finally released the list of startups to present at its first Startup Battlefield in Africa. The 15 startups list features only one from Uganda - Sellio. In case you're wondering what Sellio is, they brought you the Panya bot.
The list is dominated by Kenya (5), followed by Nigeria (2), South Africa (2) and Ghana (2). The remaining slots were shared between startups from madagascar, Senegal and Tanzania - one from each.
The startups selected are in three categories. Those under the Productivity and Utility category will present in the first session starting 9:35 am. These include; WeCashUp[Kenya], Form+ [South Africa], Delivery Science [Nigeria], Abacus Invest [Kenya], Sellio [Uganda] and Lori Systems [Kenya].
In the second session, those falling under the Gaming and Entertainment category will present starting at 11:20 am Big5 Games [South Africa], Tango TV [Tanzania], Lomay [Madagascar] and SynCommerce [Ghana].
Lastyly, startups in the Social Good category will present in the third and last category at 1:45 PM. These include ConnectMed [Kenya], M-Shule [Kenya], Dot Learn[Nigeria], Talent2Africa [Senegal] and AgroCenta [Ghana].
The event will take place tomorrow in Nairobi starting at 9 am EAT, you can stream it live here.
The overall winner will win $25,000 USD coupled with an all-expense paid trip for two to San Francisco where they'll compete in TechCrunch’s Disrupt San Francisco 2018.
Just a few weeks ago, Sellio was among the 35 startups shortlisted by DEMO Africa from an original pool of 956 applications from 29 African countries set to undergo the final vetting to launch their products at this year’s launch event in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The team must be onto something. Goodluck!