We have the pleasure to announce the 20 startups pre-selected for the jury awards and the 550 candidates for the public choice awards of the Contest « Startup of the year / Africa 2017 » as well as the event not to miss : the Awards Ceremony.

550 startups competing to become one of the #TOP100 ranked by the public

15 000 online votes were obtained by the startups running for the title of TOP100 ranked by the public. Please find all the 550 candidates ranged by their country of origin here :

French-speaking startups

English-speaking startups

The votes are currently being verified. The ranking of TOP 100 startups will be announced on january 26, 2017 during the Awards Ceremony in Casablanca

20 startups preselected for the main prize “African startup of the year 2017”

Five of these 20 startups will be invited to present their innovation during the Awards Ceremony in Casablanca (Morocco) on January 26, 2017 in front of the jury composed of experts, heads of international groups and successful startuppers.

Please find the 20 candidates for the Jury Awards in alphabetical order :

AFRICAN GLOBAL MARKETING SERVICES AGMS : a startup based on commercial development and digital innovation [FR] https://startup.info/fr/agms/

Association for Research-Action Development and Environment in the Sahel (ARADES) 7623 ARADES: Social Marketing of Thermal baskets in Senegal https://startup.info/arades/

Authentic African E-bikes Chilled Squirrel proposes Authentic African E-bikes https://startup.info/chilledsquirrel/

Bassita, le clickfunding With clickfunding, finance the issues that matter to you in one click [FR] https://startup.info/fr/bassita/

Cameroon Safety Services (CSS) CSS: Making the World Healthy, Safe and Green Again https://startup.info/css/

Craft Planet Craft Planet: improving lives through forest conservation and waste management https://startup.info/craftplanet/

EcoAct Tanzania EcoAct Tanzania is Transforming Waste into Building Materials https://startup.info/transforming-waste-building-materials/

EcoFuture EcoFuture: a waste recovery company that uses IOTs to solve Nigeria urban waste crisis. https://startup.info/ecofuture/

FAPEL GUINEE FAPEL GUINEE : local pump production [FR] https://startup.info/fr/fapelguinee/

Firefly Firefly, a network of connected advertisement screens [FR] https://startup.info/fr/firefly/

iroko project iroko project, a crowdlending platform in West Africa [FR] https://startup.info/fr/iroko-project-la-plateforme-de-crowdlending-en-afrique-de-louest/

Just Land Just Land: affordable & efficient services to register and acquire legal land documents https://startup.info/justland/

Mahazava With Mahazava, solar energy becomes accessible to everyone [FR] https://startup.info/fr/mahazava/

MOÛ-KÔH(résidus agricoles) ECOPAVE : fabrication of pavement out of plastic waste [FR] https://startup.info/fr/ecopave/

Nextapp Discovercity : mobile platform of urban information [FR] https://startup.info/fr/discovercity/

SpellAfrica Spellafrica , a mobile learning tool to improve education in Africa https://startup.info/spellafrica-mobile-learning-tool-improve-education-africa/

ThinVoid ThinVoid Tambula: promote financial inclusion among the unbanked in the informal transportation and farming sectors. https://startup.info/thinvoidtambula/

VOB Research TEACHMEPAD, a materially and energetically hybrid african educational tablet [FR] https://startup.info/fr/teachmepad/

Wizall Wizall, money transfer services and purchase vouchers between Europe and Senegal [FR] https://startup.info/fr/wizall/

Yeli Paper Bags Limited YELI proposes eco friendly paper bags from recycled paper https://startup.info/yeli/