On Wednesday, October 11th in Nairobi, Kenya, the first ever Startup Battlefield Africa will kick off. Organized by TechCrunch and Facebook, the pitch-off competition will feature startups from all over Africa in three categories: Productivity and Utility, Social Good, and Gaming and Entertainment.
Alongside 14 other startups from across Africa, Form+ will be showcasing the way they have been able to change how humans access data – both online and offline. This is done by allowing for easy form creation with a mobile form builder, which in turn allows the form creator both distribute this form via the web as well as offline to users in a conversational SMS. Additionally, Form+ is optimised for file management, helping users pass files from any audience into their cloud storage.
Top notch investors and founders, as well as TechCrunch editors, will serve as judges to pick the winners in each category as well as an overall winner – the best early-stage startup in sub-Saharan Africa. Speakers like Eghosa Omoigui (EchoVC Partners), Tayo Oviosu (Paga), Sacha Poignonnec (Jumia), Dr. Solomon Assefa (IBM Research – Africa), Rebecca Enonchong (AppsTech), Wambui Kinya (Andela), Juliana Rotich (Africa Tech Ventures, BRCK) among others will be present at the event. To see the full agenda, click here.
At the end of the competition, the panel of judges will select a winner in each of the three categories, after which one overall winner – ‘Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most Promising Startup’ – will win $25,000 USD and an all-expense paid trip for two to San Francisco to compete in TechCrunch’s flagship event: Disrupt SF 2018. All winners will join TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield Alumni Network; alumni have collectively raised nearly $7 billion and produced nearly 100 exits and IPOs to date.
