Here’s the list of selected startups from Nigeria. To vote for a startup, it’s very simple: just visit the voting page and click on the like button next to the logo. The top 5 worldwide will be invited for the final in Switzerland.
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Name SimplePay Elevator Pitch SimplePay is Nigeria’s answer to secure online payment services. We preach ease and convenience and security. Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup We have bridged the gap for online payment processing, increased productivity and job creation. We are opening up Africa to the world in e-commerce & Social commerce. |
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Name WeCyclers Elevator Pitch Wecyclers harnesses the power of urban communities to reclaim neighborhoods from unmanaged waste using a crowd sourced rewards-for-recycling platform. Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup Our solution has the potential to transform the lives of over 1 billion people around the world. Our model is self-sustaining, environmentally and socially responsible and profitable (at scale). |
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Name Pledge51 Elevator Pitch Chop-up is a social gaming platform targeted at Africa’s burgeoning mobile phone market. Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup Even with over 500 million (as at 2011), active mobile subscribers, Africa has been largely neglected in the mobile app revolution. This is our opportunity and we intend to take advantage of it. |
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Name 2479ja.tv Elevator Pitch 2479jaTv is an internetTv platform that makes entertainment and news available to most internet enabled (mobile & web) devices. Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup Nigeria as at the end of 2012 had 44million internet users, which is still fast growing. With the connection of Nigeria Directly to the internet gateway through the under water fiber cables, internet connectivity is bound to get better, and more people hooking up to the internet. Aiding this growth also is the ease of availability of smart phone and tablets, meaning more people would want to hook up on the go… |
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Name Alutamart Elevator Pitch AlutaMart is a social e-market for students and businesses targeting them. It is an interactive platform where people can run their businesses. It focuses majorly on 4 entities (Products, Services, Needs and Events on campuses). Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup There has not been an interactive and robust platform for managing business targeting students and their nearby communities. The System will be available in web, mobile web and native mobile app for major mobile platform and on major social platform to provide business network. |
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Name EasyAppetite Elevator Pitch EasyAppetite.com allows you discover and order meals from various restaurants around you, while paying online or cash-on-delivery. Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup Easy Appetite offers a seamless way to order food. We’ve found a way to service 2 markets. Users depend on us for easy food ordering & restaurants get online at no cost boosting their visibility. |
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Name Hipingg Elevator Pitch Hipingg is a fast, easy and fun way to share photo updates with friends, family and stay up to date in real-time. Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup Hipingg is a platform that inspires creativity and sharing, giving users the opportunity to be creative with photos and share to the world. This is why it is the Worldwide best startup. |
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Name Hotel2Lodge Elevator Pitch With major focus On corporate reservation and large event bookings, Hotel2Lodge is a broker of hotel services.We help our clients reduce their reservation budget by offering them well bargained rates. Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup Hotel2Lodge Services is targeted at high volume corporate bodies and event organisers, this ensures the business remains profitable at all time while addressing real problem in a business environment. |
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Name JobsInNigeria Elevator Pitch JobsInNigeria is a home for all jobs in Nigeria. It connects job seekers to employers and employers to job seekers. Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup Over 6 million new entrants in the labour market annually. Nigeria’s unemployment rate is spiraling upwards, growing at 16% per year. Surveys conducted in early 2011 shows 67% of Nigerian youths do not know where to find a job whereas there are over 48 million internet users in Nigeria and 125 millions have mobile phone… |
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Name traclist Elevator Pitch Traclist allows small and medium sized merchants easily sell online by providing the software and logistics infrastructure required to participate in e-commerce at very low costs to them. Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup Traclist creates value which directly translates to economic growth for the merchants involved, but also all participants in the value chain and the region at large. This cannot be overstated. |
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Name Ovotek Elevator Pitch Real-time data, Real-time business, Real-time results. Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup We have identified a market opportunity worth a lot and are the first to move into that field. Only a few startups with potentials like OvoTek are formed in a decade and this is a rare opportunity to build something big. We believe that our patentable technologies will give us a huge advantage that we can leverage on to succeed… |
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Name TaxiPark Elevator Pitch A new and super efficient way to book taxis in Lagos. 1st Online Taxi Booking Service In Nigeria. Book a ride today via PC or mobile with @ TaxiPark.com.ng Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup This process has been implemented to many countries around the world. But I am very certain it will be the best in Nigeria and probably even West Africa. Why? its the first of its kind. Disrupting a market that many people have dared not entered. TaxiPark is more than just the first online Taxi booking service in Nigeria, its a revolution… |
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Name testbox Elevator Pitch An exciting new way for students to test their knowledge, share crowd-sourced study materials and prepare for exams on their PC even without an internet connection. Tell us why your startup is the Worldwide Best Startup We are disrupting the way e-learning is done in Nigeria and helping students pass their exams with improved grades. |
