HackerNoon Announces The Winners Of Startups Of The Year 2023 Africa
HackerNoon Announces The Winners Of Startups Of The Year 2023 Africa. HackerNoon, the technology publishing company, has announced the winners and runners-up of Startups of the Year 2023 Africa — a global, tech community-driven award for startups. This annual flagship event was launched on May 8th, 2023, where the internet nominated and voted for 30k startups around the world.
The voting period remained open until December 31st, 2023. Startups of the Year 2023 concluded with 623k+ total votes, up from 215k+ votes in the inaugural startup competition. After careful evaluation of the votes, HackerNoon is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up for the 2023 iteration of the Startups of the Year.
“Traction can be tough to measure,” said HackerNoon Creator and CEO David Smooke. “But these startups demonstrated their traction by mobilizing their own communities and earning votes from the HackerNoon community. I’m thrilled to quantitatively recognize, celebrate, and validate these startups on the rise. Voting creates original and trusted data points to complement the qualitative traction of stories published on the HackerNoon platform.”
African winners include:
– Algiers, Algeria (8,179 votes) – Winner: GO PLATFORM
– Accra, Ghana (767 votes) – Winner: Tudu
– Lagos, Nigeria (415 votes) – Winner: Treford
– Ogbomosho, Nigeria (265 votes) – Winner: Phalconwise
– Cairo (157 votes) – Winner: AbuErdan
– Lekki (151 votes) – Winner: Eazipay
– Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (144 votes) – Winner: KaziConnect
– Gauteng, South Africa (101 votes) – Winner: faceATT
– Cape Town (79 votes) – Winner: Dimagi
– Addis Ababa (71 votes) – Winner: Sabi
Apart from validation from the world’s greenest tech publication, all nominees received free interviews relevant to their domain, region, and funding, an NFT award, and a .Tech Domain for life. as well as their very own Tech Company News Page on HackerNoon.
“At .Tech, we were thrilled to partner with Startups of the Year, supporting the most innovative builders in the tech industry. Celebrating these pioneers is crucial to our goal of transforming the world, one startup at a time. Our primary aim is for .tech domains to serve as the foundation for individuals with the most brilliant ideas and exciting projects. We’re eager to witness the incredible innovations the winners will develop with their Tech Domains.” – Suman Das, Director, Brand Operations, Radix.
