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Wutiko wins best start-up at Seedstars Dakar

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Seedstars World brought its Senegal round to a successful close during Seedstars Dakar. The event took place at Jokkolabs, and 9 selected startupss were invited to present their ideas in front of the local jury panel.

The local winner is Wutiko, a professional network for Africa that lets anyone find jobs and jobseekers with their innovative machine learning technology. Sharek (Solutions Makers) An application that let’s anyone transfer anything they wish fast and easily, came second and Weebi, a hardware/software product that lets shopkeepers keep track of their clients debt through their technology took the last spot in the top three.



As a part of the prize, Wutiko will be participating at Seedstars Summit, taking place in Switzerland in April 2017, a weeklong training program with the opportunity to meet the other 60 winners, as well as investors and mentors from around the world. Traditionally, the final day of the Summit will be dedicated to pitching in front of audience of 1000 attendees, with the possibility of winning up to the USD 1 million equity investment. The Senegal competition was carried out with the support of local ambassador Concree and Additional support was provided by
Orange, Microsoft, Jokkolabs, Brussels Airlines, Myriad Group, VC4Africa and Concree. The other startups that pitched as previously reported, were PayDunya, JokkoText, Morinnove, DIRECT SOLUTION SARL, L’africamobile and Karangue.

Continuing on its world tour of startup scenes in emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, Seedstars World’s next stop is Harare to select the best startup in Zimbabwe. Seedstars World is looking for smart startups that solve regional issues and/or develop profitable products for the global market.



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