15 African startups who made a name for themselves in 2017

December 6, 2017 Gova-Media

Here are 15 African startups, by field of activity, which made them talk during the year 2017, and especially during the last summit of startups emerging and developing countries, organized by Seedstarsworld in Switzerland.

The field of health

Mali: developed by Boubacar Keita, the MEDfast platform makes it possible to transmit the results of medical analyzes in a confidential and secure way by SMS.

Zimbabwe: Dr Cadx uses the power of machine learning on medical images to help practitioners in their diagnoses.

Nigeria: A multitude of doctors and specialists answer questions from users of the Kangpe platform in Nigeria, which is freely available on the FreeBasics network developed by Facebook.

Rwanda: Kasha allows Rwandan women to buy hard-to-find products (contraceptives, tampons, condoms) with verified traceability.

Fintech, an area exploding in East Africa

Kenya: iNuka Pap offers emergency loans to SACCOs (Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations) through mobile money: cash advances, electricity, insurance, telephone credit…

Ouganda: Akiba‘s ambition is to digitize the principle of “tontines”. The platform allows citizens to organize themselves in groups to save money and finance their projects.

Tanzania: created by Lilian Makoi, Jamii offers a microinsurance service in Tanzania through the mobile money solutions of telephone operators. Two pilot projects were launched in 2013 and 2016 to reach a base of 10,000 clients.

Edtech: digital education

In Ghana, Adrien Bouillot and Miora Randriambelom, co-founded Chalkboard Education, an e-learning platform for schools and universities accessible without internet (SMS and USSD).

In Côte d’Ivoire, Etudesk allows anyone (teachers, schools, etc.) to create their own e-learning platform and reach out to their community.

Internet access

Angola: Wi-Connect is helping to democratize internet access by offering online advertising solutions and democratizing information.

Connect sellers and buyers

South Africa: IDWork is a marketplace to find the closest craftsman: plumber, carpenter, electrician, users of the platform note providers to reduce information asymmetries related to the quality of work done.

Senegal: Wutiko is a marketplace for job offers with geolocation already counting more than 6000 offers.