East Africa’s Premium Tech Fusion
An initiative by WeeTracker and LeapFrog Ventures, think of BRIDGE as a blend of a tech conference and a fest — where bigwigs of the technology landscape from five East African countries and Japan came together in an electrifying atmosphere — to melt walls and build bridges.
With a carefully curated lineup of top government officials, VCs, PEs & businesses, BRIDGE witnessed the first of its kind fusion of all the key elements of an economy. On the day of the summit, a focussed delegation of Japanese Venture Capital firms & Corporates flew down to Nairobi to catalyze the hyper growth opportunities in East Africa.
“Incubation & accelerator programmes create an environment, not only to support businesses, but also entrepreneurs themselves and the larger social environment”
Startups have great ideas but they do not have distribution and finances to enable them to scale, we are helping to unlock that through our partnerships by giving them access to our networks — Veronica Ogeto @SafaricomPLC
From startups pitching to the investors To speakers putting forward their opinion, the fusion didn’t stop. #LeapfrogVentures @leapfrog_africa commited to investing in more than 200 #Startups in #Africa in 3 years — ticket sizes between $30,000 to $100,000
Jumia marked its presence on the carpet of #BridgEast. Fireside chat with @JumiaFoodKE Managing director Sreernal Ruparelia aka @ShrinksInAfrica.
Talk Lift had a pleasure of telling their story of how they are helping businesses make sense of the data generated from social media while generating leads and helping close leads faster
Swipe Global Inc @swipe2pay an Automated small business processes that is giving small businesses an edge over the big players won USD 50,000. Swipe2pay powers you to accept mobile money payments and takes your business computing to the cloud. As your business grows, you’ll need tools that will help you with more than payment alone. You need a POS register that can take care of your books and process management while helping you better understand your business and make smart business decisions.
The event came to a close with networking session from all the participants. We were delighted to be part of the event.
