Southern Africa Startup Awards is inviting nominations from all 15 SADC participating countries: South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, Namibia, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mauritius, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Seychelles and Lesotho. Anyone from anywhere in the world can nominate their Startup Superheroes from any of the participating countries.
This opportunity offers the best value to startups and other ecosystem players with global visions and a clear understanding of the steps they need to take to succeed. Southern Africa Startup Awards does not offer financial rewards, it is the bridge that connects startup ecosystems to the global network, with a good international media attention and valuable package of services and exclusive conference tickets.
It is a circuit of the world renowned Global Startup Awards, the largest independent startup-ecosystem competition started in 2012, covering 52 countries in 5 regions of Europe, Asia and Africa as of now. The mission is to find, connect, support, and celebrate key players in national and regional startup ecosystems worldwide and to fuse them together on a global entrepreneurial network, creating a matrix of opportunities for international partnerships, investment opportunities and commercial exchange.
Southern Africa Startup has invited prestigious jury members from all over the world, including popular investors from Silicon Valley and prominent startup ecosystem players from inside and outside the region. Some of include: Lee Naik, CEO of Transunion Africa – Johannesburg Area, South Africa; Jeff Burton, founding member of Electronic Arts – San Francisco, California, USA; Tanya Soman, Venture Partner at 500 Startups – San Francisco, California, USA; Omoju Miller, Senior Data Scientist, Machine Learning at GitHub – San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA; Hussein Kanji, Partner at Hoxon Ventures – London, United Kingdom and many more.
During the Regional Grand Finale, all finalists will be welcomed at a closed, invite-only conference to mingle with the partners and other winners, not only startups but also founders and representatives of investment companies, acceleration/incubation programs, corporates and co-working offices.
