Travel booking platform Glocaltravel.io wins Seedstars Harare

Glocaltravel.io, a travel booking platform developed by Africabookings.com, has been named the winner of this year’s Seedstars Harare pitching event.

Glocaltravel.io will now represent Zimbabwe at the Seedstars Africa Summit which will be held in Johannesburg in December.

Harare-based Africabookings.com was founded in 2015 by Kanak Puri, whose LinkedIn profile page lists him as being based in Singapore.

At the regional summit, the startup stands a chance to win a spot at the Seedstars Global Summit in Switzerland where an investment prize of $500 000 is up for grabs.

Glocaltravel.io will now represent Zimbabwe at the Seedstars Africa Summit

At the regional summit, the startup stands a chance to win a spot at the Seedstars Global Summit in Switzerland where an investment prize of $500 000 is up for grabs.

Africabookings.com lists controversial Polish entrepreneur Marek Zmyslowski as an advisor. Earlier this month Zmyslowski released the English version of a new book in which he documents the Nigerian extradition saga he endured last year (see this story).

Property Handle, Bitkesh named runners up

Eight other startups were selected to pitch at the event that was held last Saturday (27 October) at Impact Hub Harare.

Property Handle, a proptech startup which allows for real estate assets and projects to be tokenised so that they can be funded for fractional ownership, was placed second.

Bitkesh, an online platform that enables people to send money and make payments across borders from their phones or computers, was placed third.

The other startups selected to pitch at the event include The Housing Hub, AsambleInc, Rejuvenate Umhlaba, Eonra Health, Divcon Business Solutions and Kumba Africa.

The nine startups pitched in front of a panel comprised of UNDP Zimbabwe national economist Ethel Bangwayo, Heritage Ventures’ Mkhululi Ndlovu and Seedstars regional partnerships manager for Africa Maryam Mgonja.

Seedstars World’s next stops in Africa are Mozambique for Seedstars Maputo, this Friday (1 November) and Zambia for Seedstars Lusaka next Thursday (7 November).

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Featured image, left to right: Participants at Seedstars Harare including Africabookings area representative for Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana Thulise Mhlanga (Seedstars)