Startups

Google Launchpad accelerator is an annual programme that seeks to provide access to the best of Google. From the people, network and advanced technologies, Google helps startups to build great products through mentorship opportunities, meet up events and trainings all through the Launchpad accelerator Programme.

Safeboda is a league of proffessional boda drivers who came up with a reckoning solution to improve safety and spur professionalism to the motorbike industry. As a matter of fact, the Safeboda community has attracted more investors to focus on the fast rising industry and Uber, Taxify, Dial Jack and Pikime are some of the ride hailing services trying their take in the Safeboda dominated wing.

Airbus and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have announced the top 10 African startups selected for  their Future 4 Africa Accelerator. All startups listed were chosen basing on their aerospace based soltuions aiming at solving social-community challenges like transportation, healthcare and agriculutre in the pipeline.

The ASME Innovation showcase (ISHOW) is an annual global innovation challenge that breeds startups to the sphere. This year, the competition is focused on bringing to book the best hardware startups all over the world with key focus to East Africa where Kenya will be the regional challenge capital.

Malaria in Africa will soon be a long gone story with a new smartphone app able to track identify carriers in a small blood sample. The mobile malaria detection app was developed in Uganda’s only AI lab at Makerere University and it’s the first of its kind in the country. Just like any other startups that have grown from Zero to trustable solutions, the un named app is a broad solution with an even wider problem to tackle

Following an abrupt roll out of its Orange branded motorbikes in Kampala, Pikime is the latest service to take on Uber boda, Taxify boda, Dial Jack and the 2 wheel leader Safeboda before a 2019 push to the taxi hailing portion. Breeded as a startup based in Nakulabye (one of the Kampala Suburbs), Pikime has its goals spread out higher in a competitive market