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Strauss Energy wins Demo Africa 2016 Nairobi Innovation Tour

ByJeanette Oloo May 12, 2016July 15, 2017

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Winning the Innovation Tours puts the start-ups one step closer to a fully paid trip to Johannesburg where Demo Africa…

The DEMO Africa 2016 Innovation Tours have kicked off with Nairobi being the first Launchpad of the tours. The Nairobi Innovation Tour which was held at Pawa254 Hub had a panel of judges declared Strauss Energy the winner with WavuH and Ujuzi Software Solutions Software garnering the second and third position respectively.

Winning the Innovation Tours puts the start-ups one step closer to a fully paid trip to Johannesburg where Demo Africa 2016 will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 22 to 26 August 2016 where they will pitch at the Demo Africa Alpha stage.

The DEMO Africa Innovation Tours started this week in East Africa, and are set to continue in different countries with:

Kampala, Uganda on May 13 at HIVE COLAB from 2.00pm to 5.00pm.

Ghana on May 24 at Mest, Accra

Nigeria on May 26 at Idea, Abuja

Egypt on May 31 at Ice Cairo, Cairo

Ivory Coast on June 2 at Akendewa, Abidjan

Dates for Zimbabwe and South Africa are yet to be released.

“This tour will bring together startups, innovators and technology industry players to look at ways through which innovations can be turned into business ventures. Entrepreneurs from East Africa will get a chance to pitch to a panel of highly placed individuals in the tech sector,” DEMO Africa said.