30 Nigerians have been shortlisted to pitch their winning ideas before the Presidency at the Aso Villa Demo Day. They were selected among that pitched at three different events in Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt in June. (The events were held in Lagos – June 23rd, Abuja – June 25th and Port-Harcourt – June 29th.)
During the pitch events, participating Nigerians presented ideas and solutions for Technology, Agriculture, Communications, Power, Fashion and Entertainment which revealed talents, skills and critical thinking.
In the selection process, each applicant was assessed by a minimum of four judges and some of the criteria used in assessing were:
- Can this idea make money?
- Has a revenue model been defined and is it realistic?
- What is the value proposition to customers?
- Is there a functional product?
- Does it deliver a compelling and captivating user experience?
- How resource- intensive is the idea?
- Is this idea scalable?
Here are the 30 startups that made to the finals
- Chika Uwaeze (TalentBase)
- Obidipe Oluwaseun (Mocapro)
- Tele Ogundipe (Egusi Soupe)
- Amaka Osita (FuelVoucher)
- Tolu Adeyanju (Red Bank)
- Ifedayo Oladapo (Grit systems)
- Nkem Okocha (Mama Noni Limited)
- Ebuka Nwora (Etyres)
- Dami Olokesusi (ShuttlersNG)
- Amarachi Nwanamodo (Amagzy Global Ventures)
- Oladimeji Sofowora, Wole Ralph, and Laolu Ojeniyi (One Medical)
- Mogbeyiteran Tosan (Blackswan)
- Angela Adelaja (Fresh Direct)
- Ahmed Sodiq (Micro Scale Embedded)
- Dimgba Kalu (Projaro)
- Abubakar Gabar and Abdul Samad Gorbin
- Emmanuel Okena (Tracology)
- Lois Auta (Cedar’s Seed)
- Kamaludeed Sabiu (Seamless system)
- Peter Agada (Tiller Cyrus)
- Desmond Okoye (Doctor’s office)
- Uzuq Tim (Tembe)
- Alifa Nicholas (Ajaoku)
- Roland Reagan and Edmond Adoku (Meditech)
- Akinola Solomon Oluwasegun (Africa on the rise tech community)
- Alison Ukonu (RecyclePoints)
- Uche Ariolu (Foodstantly)
- Benson Godwin (Tuteria)
- Mina Ogbanga (Ascent GP)
- Odior Yole (GO CV)
The Aso Villa Demo Day aims to showcase the best of Nigeria’s startups to the President and an enthusiastic audience of investors, incubators, public and private sector decision makers, as well as connect entrepreneurs with the needed resources to move to the next level.
The finalists will be attached to different Tech Hubs for more training and development, before finally pitching their ideas before the president at Aso Rock. The date for the event has not yet been announced.
