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2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards finalists - Mauritius

The national finalists for the 2019 edition of the Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAwards) have been announced.
2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards finalists - Mauritius

Southern Africa Startup Awards, a circuit of the Global Startup Awards which first arrived in Africa in 2017 and launched it Southern Africa (SADC) region in 2018, has a mission to connect, support, and celebrate key players in national and regional startup ecosystems worldwide and to fuse them together on a global entrepreneurial network.

The initiative creates a matrix of opportunities for international partnerships, commercial exchange, and investment opportunities. This is done through a ‘bottom-up’ strategy with local startup ecosystems that put the founders and startup ecosystem supporters first.

More than 2,400 nominations from organisations and individuals across 15 countries were submitted for the 2019 edition.

The national finalists from Mauritius are:

Best Accelerator or Incubator Program P-Cube Ltd
Best EduTech StartupAfriedx
Best EduTech Startupkatapult.mu
Best EduTech Startuporient-u
Best EduTech StartupTutor Me
Best Fintech StartupBLNS Ltd
Best Fintech StartupMarch Hare
Best FoodTech/ AgriTech StartupJUA Group
Best FoodTech/ AgriTech StartupRwazi
Best Health Tech StartupState Informatics Ltd
Best Media PartnerDiscover(Mauritius)
Best NewcomerBLNS Ltd
Best NewcomerMarch Hare
Best NewcomerDiscover(Mauritius)
Best NewcomerHeath Information System
Best NewcomerRwazi
Best Social Impact StartupEco-Warriors
Best Social Impact StartupAfriedx
Best Social Impact Startupkatapult.mu
Best Social Impact Startupsmallstepmatters
Best Social Impact StartupSmart Nappy
Best Startup Ecosystem InitiativeConnectMe
Best Startup Ecosystem InitiativeFeuilles & fleurs
Best Startup Ecosystem InitiativeRwazi
Best Startup Ecosystem InitiativeRoomscout Ltd
Best Student StartupRoomscout Ltd
Brave Founder BeginningsJoseph Rutakangwa
Female Role Model of the YearJade Li
Female Role Model of the YearJohanne Rannoojee
Female Role Model of the YearNasrine Faucheux
Female Role Model of the YearTechsphere Labs
Female Role Model of the YearVeda Dean
Founder of the YearNic Haussamer
Founder of the YearMarc Rey
Founder of the YearBrian Dean
Founder of the YearFrançois Mark
Founder of the YearJoseph Rutakangwa
Startup of the YearAVR Plato Technology Limited
Startup of the YearMarch Hare
Startup of the YearJUA Group
Startup of the YearRwazi
Startup of the Yearazurdigital

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