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She noted that “by empowering and supporting Nigerian
entrepreneurs, we build a strong ecosystem of start-ups and SMEs that will
eventually tackle one of Nigeria’s biggest problem: its high unemployment
rate.”
The short-listed teams presented their start-up project at a live pitch before 4 judges; Fatoumata Ba, Managing Director of Jumia Nigeria, Guillaume Leblond, Managing Director of Hellofood Nigeria, Henry Okoede, Senior Manager Business Development MTN Nigeria and Dr Henrietta Onwuegbuzie, Academic Director and Owner Programme at Lagos Business School. They allguided the teams through the live pitches and provided them with feedback and comments on their presentations and expressions.
The 10 teams includedajaoko, Wazobia Farmers, Medical Digital-Dashboard, Metro Digital Group, Farmers Hub, Trash Collect, UcareIcare Nigeria, Myloveaffairs concepts, Pass.ng and SchoolWork.Those 10 teams were shortlisted by the Judges before the live pitch event and out of a pool of more than 800 applicants across Nigeria.
The short-listed teams presented their start-up project at a live pitch before 4 judges; Fatoumata Ba, Managing Director of Jumia Nigeria, Guillaume Leblond, Managing Director of Hellofood Nigeria, Henry Okoede, Senior Manager Business Development MTN Nigeria and Dr Henrietta Onwuegbuzie, Academic Director and Owner Programme at Lagos Business School. They allguided the teams through the live pitches and provided them with feedback and comments on their presentations and expressions.
The 10 teams includedajaoko, Wazobia Farmers, Medical Digital-Dashboard, Metro Digital Group, Farmers Hub, Trash Collect, UcareIcare Nigeria, Myloveaffairs concepts, Pass.ng and SchoolWork.Those 10 teams were shortlisted by the Judges before the live pitch event and out of a pool of more than 800 applicants across Nigeria.
Pass.ng
and Schoolwork were shortlisted and declared winners of the live pitch event in
Nigeria. Both projects are dedicated to empowering students and teachers alike
and improving Nigeria’s educational system The projects also recognized the
importance of going mobile in Nigeria and presented mobile platforms to help
students pass their exams (Pass.ng) and improve the learning experience for
students and the teaching experience for lecturers.
The MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by Jumia is a multi-phased Pan-African competition which started locally in every country across Africa in February. Thousands of applications from African entrepreneurs were received, reviewed and the best ones were selected to pitch in April. The massive participation clearly shows the striking entrepreneurship spirit of the African youth. A spirit particularly adamant in Nigeria which scored the highest number of applications received among all other countries where the Challenge is taking place.
The MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by Jumia is a multi-phased Pan-African competition which started locally in every country across Africa in February. Thousands of applications from African entrepreneurs were received, reviewed and the best ones were selected to pitch in April. The massive participation clearly shows the striking entrepreneurship spirit of the African youth. A spirit particularly adamant in Nigeria which scored the highest number of applications received among all other countries where the Challenge is taking place.
Indeed,
similar live pitches event were organized in countries where
Jumia operates, notably Cameroon, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, Ivory Coast and
Nigeria.
Pass.ng
and Schoolwork will now have to convince another Jury who is convening behind
closed doors this week to announce the final list of winners who will be flown
to Cape Town for the Grand Finale. Indeed, 10 final winners from across Africa
will be flown to South Africa to attend the Entrepreneurship Festival, hosted
by the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business on May 27 2016.
The finalists will have to pitch their project to a room of successful entrepreneurs, business leaders, judges, investors and international media before the grand winner is announced.
The finalists will have to pitch their project to a room of successful entrepreneurs, business leaders, judges, investors and international media before the grand winner is announced.
The
winner of the MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by Jumia will win a cash
prize of US $25 000 dedicated to bringing to life their start-up project and
will also benefit from a yearlong partnership with Jumia, where they will have
the opportunity to work from any of the e-commerce’s offices across Africa.
The
final winning team will have the opportunity to learn from, and be mentored by
experienced and successful entrepreneurs in the JUMIA network.
Here’s
to wishing a tremendous success to our Nigerian start-ups for the next round!
For more information
about the MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by Jumia please visit: http://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/MTNECbyJumia/
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