Gifted Mom wins Seedstars Douala, will represent Cameroon at Seedstars Summit

Healthtech startup Gifted Mom was last week selected as the winner of Seedstars Douala, It will now represent Cameroon at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland, where it could stand to win $1-million in investment funding.

Gifted Mom was up against 10 other startups at the pitch event held last Friday (29 September).

The startup develops last-mile mobile health solutions to increase maternal engagement. The startup aims to democratise health information access in emerging markets through an artificial intelligence-based remote medical platform.

Judges at the event included representatives from Microsoft, AppsTech, ST Digital and Seedstars World.

Gifted Mom beat Save Our Agriculture and VIKI to book a ticket to the 2018 Seedstars Summit

Agritech startup Save Our Agriculture came in second ahead of artificial intelligence-based virtual sales assistant VIKI.

Read more: Here are the 11 startups pitching at Seedstars Douala 2017

Seedstars World continues its tour of African startup scenes with the next leg of the trip set to be in Kigali, Rwanda this Friday (6 October).

Featured image: Seedstars Douala winners (Supplied)

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