Here are the 50 regional finalists of the 2019 MEST Africa Challenge

MEST, the Pan-African training programme, seed fund, incubator and hub for tech entrepreneurs in Africa, has announced the 50 regional finalists of this year’s MEST Africa Challenge.

The winner of the pitch competition, which is now in its second year, stands to receive up to $50 000 in equity investment from MEST and space in a MEST incubator. The finals of the challenge will be held at the 2019 MEST Africa Summit which will take place between 10 and 12 June in Nairobi, Kenya.

In a post on Medium yesterday (20 February), MEST said this year’s challenge had attracted over 1000 applications. Following the announcement of the finalists, MEST will next week hold regional pitch events in Accra and Nairobi on Wednesday (27 February), as well as in Lagos, Cape Town and Abidjan on Thursday (28 February).

Regional finals of the 2019 MEST Africa Challenge will take place next Wednesday and Thursday (27 and 28 February) in Accra, Nairobi, Lagos, Cape Town and Abidjan

The regional finals will see five winners fly to the MEST Africa Challenge finals in Nairobi in June. The 50 regional finalists are:

Ivory Coast

StarNews Mobile
Cinetpay
Moja Ride
Tripafrique
Quickcash
Digitech Africa
Seekewa
Smartphorce
Kalejob
Weebi

Cape Town

Snode Technologies
Kuba
Jobjack
Agri360
MyBraai
Lightbulb Education
AfricaScope South Africa
Kasi Eats
Beleaf & Co
Digital Shift

Ghana

iKolilu Ghana
OZÉ
Cocoa Sika
DizzitUp
Sokocentre.com
GetRooms
eCampus
DNA 4 Wheels
CodeStinks Limited

Kenya

Baobab Circle
Raise
Tulaa
Mosabi
Asaak Financial Services
Optimetriks
Eko Biashara
Tambua Intelligent Diagnostics
Angaza Elimu
Dawati

Nigeria

myPadi.ng
SonoCare
Crop2Cash
SecureFarmer
The MUDiA Project
AMPZ
The Smarthub
Livekampus
EduPoint Limited
Schoolphix