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2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards finalists - Tanzania

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

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 Tanzania are:

Best Accelerator or Incubator ProgramSmart Lab
Best NewcomerBulili Stephano kaliwa
Best NewcomerToolboksi
Best NewcomerNLab Innovation Academy
Best NewcomerRobotech Labs
Best Social Impact StartupRobotech Labs
Best Startup Ecosystem InitiativeToolboxsi
Founder of the YearRobotech Labs
Startup of the YearJulius J. Mbungo
Startup of the YearToolboxsi
Startup of the YearNiajiri Platform

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