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November 24th, 2017
Euromena Consulting was pleased to organise the first edition of the Euromena Awards, on the next 24th of November in Abidjan’s Novotel, Côte d’Ivoire. It was a contest for African innovative start-ups, with projects using new technologies and impacting the continent.
Euromena Consulting has been working in Africa for more than ten years, enabling us to acquire solid insight into the African startup ecosystem. Our team members have conducted numerous projects in the new technologies sector, and we are convinced that the innovation’s future lies there. This competition’s objective was to help reveal some of the obstacles that startups can encounter while setting up businesses in this region.
More than 200 entrepreneurs registered, operating in various sectors such as agriculture, environment, education and microcredit, and coming from 40 different African countries, mainly Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Benin, Cameroun or DRC.
Euromena Consulting first shortlisted 9 start-ups with the best ideas. The 9 finalists then pitched their startups ideas in front of a jury composed of experts in the field. They chose to grant three laureates, who received respective funding envelopes of €5,000; €3,000 and €2,000, and the first laureate also won a 6-month customized support by Euromena Consulting, that will help them grow and develop their startup from idea stage to sustainable business venture.
The ceremony came to an end with a cocktail in Abidjan, that allowed the participants, the jury members and the organisers to meet in a convivial setting after the competition.
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