Cos'è "Startup of the Year Africa 2018"
Il premio Startup of the Year è un formato innovativo di concorso creato da Startup.info con il supporto di oltre 70 partner (Grandi Gruppi, Incubatori, Camere di commercio, Media, Cluster competitivi, Blog influenti).
Pur mettendo in evidenza le startup più innovative, il concorso permette di mettere in evidenza le azioni dei partner all'interno dell'ecosistema dell'imprenditoria innovativa. La competizione consente ai partner di connettersi con startup innovative.
Sponsors
CIFRE CHIAVE DELL'EDIZIONE 2018
200+
coperture mediatiche in 44 paesi
42MIllion+
persone raggiunte sui social
600+
Candidature.
Metà in inglese
metà in francese
2 900+
PERSONE partecipanti ALLA CERIMONIA IN DIRETTA SU INTERNET E 200 IN SALA
12 000
Votazione Pubblica
7
premiati da 6 paesi diversi
27
speakers alla cerimonia di premiazione
51
PAESI HANNO PARTECIPATO
#STARTUPAFRO 2018 - I VINCITORI
SPEAKERS ALLA CERIMONIA DI PREMIAZIONE - GENNAIO 2018
CONDIZIONI DI PARTECIPAZIONE
- Esistenza legale: la startup deve essere registrata
- La startup deve avere sede in Africa per essere eletta “African Startup of the Year”
- Nessuna restrizione geografica per gli altri Premi
- Data di creazione dal 1 Gennaio 2010
- Verranno prese in considerazione solo le candidature di aziende che hanno sviluppato prodotti o servizi innovativi
- La tua startup deve già avere un MVP (un prodotto minimo che soddisfi le aspettative del tuo target) o un prototipo
Calendar
2 Ottobre - 17 Dicembre 2017
Candidature online
4 Dicembre – 29 Dicembre
Voti online
24 GENNAIO 2018 (Casablanca)
Pitch dei finalisti
25 GENNAIO 2018 (Casablanca)
Cerimonia di premiazione
Membri della Giuria
Premi e Riconoscimenti
2 premi della giuria
PREMIO PRINCIPALE: AFRICAN STARTUP OF THE YEAR
Nominato dalla Giuria dopo le audizioni a Casablanca (Vedi il calendario)
- Un assegno di 10.000€
- Un pacchetto di comunicazione del valore di 10.000 € (banner su Startup.info con oltre 100.000 visualizzazioni, banner nella nostra newsletter, menzione nella nostra campagna di comunicazione)
- Contatto con i partner del concorso
SCELTA DELLA Giuria - PREMIATO DA PwC
Nominato dalla Giuria dopo le audizioni a Casablanca (Vedi il calendario)
- Il pacchetto di comunicazione con 50.000 visualizzazioni
- Contatto con i partner del concorso
5 PREMI SPECIALI - PARTNER
OCP - PREMIO SPECIALE AGRITECH
Ricompensa una startup innovativa in agricoltura
- Pacchetto di comunicazione del valore di € 10.000 offerto da Startup.info
- Visibilità sulle reti interne di OCP
- Integrazione nell’ecosistema dell’imprenditorialità e dell’innovazione della rete di imprenditorialità OCP
ENGIE - ENERGY STARTUP OF THE YEAR
Ricompensa una startup con sede in Africa che porta innovazione nell'energia
- Pacchetto visibilità da 10.000 € offerto da Startup.info
- Visibilità nella rete interna ENGIE
- Integrazione nell’ecosistema dell’imprenditorialità e dell’innovazione di ENGIE
FINANCE INNOVATION - PREMIO FINTECH DESTINAZIONE AFRICA
Ricompensa un Fintech innovativo internazionale istituito o disposto a stabilirsi in Africa
- Pacchetto visibilità da 10.000 € offerto da Startup.info
- Un anno di adesione al cluster internazionale FINANCE INNOVATION
- Integrazione nella rete FINANCE INNOVATION
AFRICA DIASPORA STARTUP OF THE YEAR
Ricompensa una startup fondata da un membro della Diaspora africana
- Pacchetto visibilità da 10.000 € offerto da Startup.info
- Integrazione nella rete aziendale dei nostri partner
5 PREMI A SCELTA DEL PUBBLICO
QWANT PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD (N° 1 DEL TOP 100 scelto dalla VOTAZIONE PUBBLICA
- 2.000 € in contanti offerti da Qwant
- Pacchetto visibilità da 10000 € offerto da Startup.info
- Branding della home page di Qwant
N° 2 AL N° 5 DEL TOP 100 DELLA VOTAZIONE PUBBLICA
- Pacchetto visibilità con 20.000 visualizzazioni
- Integrazione nella rete aziendale dei nostri partner
1 Community Manager Award
COMMUNITY MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Ricompensa il Community Manager che ha promosso al meglio la sua startup durante il periodo del concorso e delle votazioni attraverso metodi e immagini innovativi
- Un nuovo iPad per il Community Manager
- Pacchetto visibilità con 20.000 visualizzazioni
- Integrazione nella rete aziendale dei nostri partner
Competizione internazionale innovativa per le startup!
Ecosystem partners
Media partners
About our partners
OCP is proud to play an important role in feeding a growing global population, by providing essential elements for soil fertility and plants growth.
With almost a century of experience, OCP Group is a leader in the phosphate rock and derivate markets. OCP provides a wide range of well-adapted fertilizer products to enhance soil, increase agricultural yields, and help feeding the planet in a sustainable and affordable way.
Headquartered in Morocco, OCP works in a close partnership with more than 160 customers over 5 continents.
For more information visit : www.ocpgroup.ma
For over 50 years, ENGIE has been active in many African countries through its energy engineering business, its natural gas purchase agreements with Algeria, Egypt and Nigeria and more recently as an independent power producer in South Africa and Morocco with a total capacity of 3,000 MW either in operation or under construction. By 2025, ENGIE aims to become a reference partner in about ten African countries for power plants, energy services to businesses and decentralized solutions for off-grid customers : communities, companies and households. For more information, www.engie-africa.com/en/
The Group ENGIE is active in some 70 countries, employs 150,000 people worldwide and achieved revenues of €66.6 billion in 2016. ENGIE is committed to taking on the major challenges of the energy revolution, toward a world more decarbonized, decentralized and digitalized. The Group aims to become the leader of this new energy world by focusing on three key activities for the future: low carbon generation, in particular from natural gas and renewable energy; energy infrastructure; and efficient solutions adapted to all its customers.
QWANT is the European search engine that respects the privacy of its users. It enables web users to quickly access information and find the content they wish (web pages, news, videos, photos, products, music…) in a pleasant and intuitive user interface, without collecting any personal data when they search. Thus, Qwant guarantees to the user the right to search without being tracked. It delivers non-biased results, not modified according to a commercial profile. With Qwant Junior, it offers a secure and educational search engine for kids.
Based in France, with subsidiaries in Germany and Italy, Qwant was launched in 2013 by individual entrepreneurs who own the majority of the capital and manage the company. The search engine is also supported by strategic stakeholders, Axel Springer and the Groupe Caisse des Dépôts, as well as by the European Investment Bank.
For more information visit : qwant.com
Founded in 2007 with the support of public authorities, FINANCE INNOVATION aims to accelerate the French position in the global financial services sector by directly supporting the next era technology led financial services innovators from start-ups to institutions.
FINANCE INNOVATION is the unique cluster for innovation in the French financial sector, has directed concrete actions to accelerate the creation and development of innovative projects devoted to economic, societal and environmental challenges in the service of growth and employment.
With over 500 members (our members are primarily innovative SMEs, bank and insurance corporation but also major universities, research labs, public authorities), through its programmes and events, ongoing policy and research and promotion FINANCE INNOVATION seeks to address the key barriers and opportunities in the financial ecosystem :
- Champion France as the principal European hub for FinTech
- Advocate for a democratic and inclusive financial services industry
- Support SMEs of the territory in their search for capital and funding
- Attracting greater investment
- Promoting Innovation in financial services
For more information visit : https://finance-innovation.org/
PwC is developing its advisory, audit and accounting services in France and Francophone Africa by leveraging an industry-specific approach. More than 223,000 people in 157 countries belonging to the PwC international network share their ideas, expertise and innovative views to deliver high-quality service to clients and partner companies.
Implanted in Africa for nearly 40 years, PwC is located in 34 countries including 23 Francophone countries that gather more than 1,000 people. Being committed in the development of the continent, PwC provides services throughout Africa to private companies, financial institutions, governments and public institutions.
By working every day to advise clients and support them in their success, PwC actively contributes to the development of the French economy. Through its studies and expert analyses, PwC is also committed to preparing for the economies of the future and developing new technological applications. Lastly, by providing solutions for risk management, PwC creates trust among stakeholders and helps maintain a secure environment at the heart of the economy.
“PwC” refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity.
For more information, visit www.pwc.fr
LABS-NS AVOCATS is a Parisian Business Law Firm focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Social Business and Innovation issues.
Involved in a digital, social, economic and environmental transformation, LABS-NS AVOCATS provides Legal support to innovating actors as Telecommunication Operators, Incubators/Accelerators, Startups (Fintech, EdTech…) in Africa and in Europe.
For more information, visit http://labs-ns.com/