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Farmties, Taeillo & Greymate Care emerge Winners of the 2017 She Leads Africa Demo Day
On Monday, November 20th, an agricultural trading company, a premium furniture designer, and an online caregiver platform went home as the winners at the 2017 She Leads Africa Demo Day. The Demo Day was the closing ceremony to the 3-month She Leads Africa Accelerator entrepreneurship development program. Supported by the Work in Progress! Alliance (VC4Africa and Oxfam), OCP, Guaranty Trust Bank, and Intel Corp, the SLA Accelerator worked with 20 promising companies looking to grow and scale their businesses. At Demo Day, five of the top companies were able to pitch their businesses in front of esteemed business leaders to win cash prizes.
Afua Osei, Co-Founder of She Leads Africa and one of the Demo Day judges said, “Since August, it has been truly impressive to see the growth and development of these women entrepreneurs.”
First place recipient Dara Adekunle of Farmties with judges (Afua Osei, Yemi Keri, Adeola Oyebade, Bertil van Vugt)
The first place winner of N2 million was Farmties, represented by Dara Adekunle of the OCP Agribusiness Cohort. Farmties takes advantage of the growing agriculture industry in Nigeria and provides a platform to trade agriculture commodities.
Second Place Recipient Jumoke Dada of Taeillo with Judges
The second place winner of N1 million was Taeillo, represented by Jumoke Dada of the Lagos Creative Cohort. Jumoke is looking to disrupt the furniture industry in Nigeria by bringing premium, urban African furniture to the market.
Third place recipient Chika Madubuko of Greymate Care
In third place winner of N500,000 was Greymate Care, represented by Chika Madubuko of the Intel technology cohort. Chika created an online platform that connects the elderly and vulnerable adults to a highly trained and insured caregiver thus, taking the stress of care off busy professionals.
CEO Consultancy & Translation Services and Food-i-Like were the other two companies to pitch their businesses to the room of investors and business stakeholders.
Chika Madubuko pitching
Jumoke Dada pitches her business
SLA Co-Founder Afua Osei and SLA Team Member Caitlin Craig
5 participants and Alina from VC4A
The Demo Day is proudly supported by media partners BellaNaija, YNaija, and Pulse NG. Printing for the Demo Day was courtesy of Printivo.
She Leads Africa is a community that helps young African women achieve their professional dreams. Individuals interested in learning more about these opportunities and joining the She Leads Africa community can join here.
Interview requests for the finalists can be sent to [email protected].
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