Innovation City’s Startup of The Year Competition was in its third year running, and we were back with an extra category in 2024: Afrocentric Innovation! If you were a startup or budding entrepreneur with a brilliant viable product or service in any tech sector and/or your company was solving an African problem in an innovative way.
Top 10 2024
Startup of The Year 2024
AI Diagnostics for their groundbreaking TB screening tool. The innovative solution, leveraging AI-enabled digital stethoscopes, enables early and cost-effective detection of Tuberculosis, showcasing the transformative potential of technology in healthcare.
Startup of The Year 2023
Wamly, South Africa’s largest one-way video interview platform, was named Tech Startup of the Year. The company, founded by industrial psychologist and talent expert Francois de Wet, provides innovative solutions for high-profile corporates and CEOs in the recruitment process. The company’s success during the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the importance of its one-way video interview platform, which helps save time and create efficiency in the hiring process.
Startup of The Year 2022
Kena’s team have managed to build and launch their health care app business in a highly regulated and very sophisticated $37 billion industry. While the Telehealth care industry in South Africa is still in its infancy, the jury scored Kena highly on its ability to maneuver a business in a difficult landscape wracked with regulations. Kena has a chance to change the landscape of affordable health care through technology, for tens of millions of people.
Judges 2024
Entry Criteria 2024
At least a year old.
Team of two or more people.
Must have a minimum viable product (MVP) and/or service in the market.
Generating monthly recurring revenue.
Must have an office located in South Africa.
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