Four out of over thirty startups that participated in the 1776 Challenge Cup Competition held in Nairobi have been announced – and will progress to compete against global winners at the final in Washington D.C.
In a post by Disrupt Africa, the Challenge Cup is a global competition run by U.S. incubator 1776, with competition legs held in 16 cities in 11 countries.
This year’s Nairobi-based competition – with took place on Tuesday, January 27 held at Kenya’s iHub and had over 30 startups competing in four categories, namely, education, health, energy and cities.
The winners of the Nairobi Cup emerged as East African online bookstore eKitabu; Health-E-Net – a social enterprise connecting patients to medical experts for advice and second opinions on diagnoses; PowerGen Renewable Energy – which provides wind and solar power solutions as well as solar powered water pumping in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Somalia;and project management and tracking platform tasKwetu.
The four startups will join the regional winners from all 16 cities in May in Washington D.C., for the week-long 1776 Challenge Festival where they will compete head-to-head for $650,000 in prizes as well as the chance to meet with investors and industry experts.
