2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards finalists - South Africa
The national finalists for the 2019 edition of the Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAwards) have been announced.
2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards finalists – South AfricaSouthern Africa Startup Awards, a circuit of the Global Startup Awards which first arrived in Africa in 2017 and launched it Southern Africa (SADC) region in 2018, has a mission to connect, support, and celebrate key players in national and regional startup ecosystems worldwide and to fuse them together on a global entrepreneurial network.
The initiative creates a matrix of opportunities for international partnerships, commercial exchange, and investment opportunities. This is done through a ‘bottom-up’ strategy with local startup ecosystems that put the founders and startup ecosystem supporters first.
More than 2,400 nominations from organisations and individuals across 15 countries were submitted for the 2019 edition.
The national finalists from South Africa are:
Best Fintech Startup | Mama Money |
Best Fintech Startup | FinChatBot |
Best Fintech Startup | ProfitShare Partners |
Best Fintech Startup | Sun Exchange |
Best Fintech Startup | Uprise.Africa |
Investor of the Year | Kalon Venture Partners |
Investor of the Year | Silvertree Holdings |
Startup of the Year | FinChatBot |
Startup of the Year | Gregory Keal |
Startup of the Year | LULA |
Startup of the Year | ProfitShare Partners |
Startup of the Year | Sun Exchange |
For the full list of finalists and to view the article on Bizcommunity, click here.