Inaugural Global Startup Awards Africa Summit to put Egyptian startups front and centre on global stage

Inaugural Global Startup Awards Africa Summit to put Egyptian startups front and centre on global stage

With the help of 30 Country Partners, 50 Ambassadors, and 250 innovation hubs from across the continent, the Global Startup Awards Africa found close to 8,000 startups and ecosystem actors from 54 African countries with solutions to addressing 12 of the 17 identified SDGs.

With a cohort of 215 independent industry expert jury members, AUC Venture Lab and Tekeya went through three rounds of judging and two rounds of public voting, which saw them both named as one of 500 individual country winners, 60 regional winners, and finally, one of 12 continental winners earlier this year.

Jo Griffiths, Co-Founder of GIIG Africa, comments, “We have been incredibly impressed with the calibre of startups and the phenomenal world-changing solutions they have created; we cannot wait to showcase them on the stage at this inaugural event. We remain committed to find, fund and grow Africa’s next generation of technologies, which are solving some of the world’s greatest challenges”.

Through this active engagement of startups, participants were surveyed and invaluable data collected, which allowed the organisation to unequivocally get to the core of what specific needs and challenges are faced by African startups. By hosting this Summit, the Global Startup Awards Africa can facilitate honest and