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Lumkani, a South Africa-based fire detection startup, has won $75,000 from Chivas Regal’s The Venture competition, Disrupt Africa reports.

The Venture is a competition that gives social entrepreneurs a chance to share of a $1 million cash prize.

Lumkani qualified for the global competition after it won the South African leg. The competition had Lumkani along with twenty other entrepreneurs from around the globe pitch before a panel of judges at the Silicon Valley.

The judges drew out five winners on the final day of the event. The list of winners include Discelar who won $75,000, Lumkani Fire – $75,000, Chipsafer – $150,000, SenSprout – $150,000 and Algramo – $300,000.

Lumkani is an alert system built to reduce destruction caused by the spread of slum fires in urban informal settlements.

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