Bosch Africa Mobility Solutions has announced the winners of its smart mobility accelerator programme.
From the 11 startups that were shortlisted from the 222 entries which the programme received within a period of one month, two startups were named winners.
Hello Tractor founded by Jehiel Oliver from Nigeria and BuuPass founded by Wyclife Omandi from Kenya each won $15,000 and a three-month accelerator programme from Bosch.
Hello Tractor is a digital platform for farm equipment sharing that connects tractor owners and smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.
BuuPass works with transport operators to provide digital solutions that seamlessly facilitate the convenient and reliable movement of commuters.
Yves Nono, vice-president of Bosch Mobility Solutions, sales region Africa commented: “Africa currently faces significant issues around the topic of mobility; with a growing population, these issues will only be exacerbated. Now is the time we need to find smart mobility solutions for future Africa.”
“Solving the challenges in Africa is a key focus for Bosch where Mobility is a cornerstone of Africa’s economic growth factors. This initiative further supports local talent with innovative ideas in solving today’s problems for tomorrow,” said Markus Thill, president Bosch region Africa.
More ideas from other start-ups included the following:
• Naviacom, from Tunisia, provides a cloud-based telematics service to maximise efficiency and safety for transport companies;
• Parkcrowdy, from Nigeria, helps citizens and road users easily and conveniently find parking spots on the continent;
• Mobility, from Senegal, is a web platform that citizens use to find the closest, cheapest maintenance and service repair centres in that country;
• Hovo, from Egypt, is a logistics and trucking platform with optimised routes for logistics companies;
• Dronamics, from SA, is a drone-enabled delivery service with the slogan: ‘We are like DHL but 20% cheaper and 200% faster’;
• Bwala is a Kenya based start-up which focuses on more connection between suppliers and consumers by providing enhanced last-mile distribution services;
• ABI, from SA’s digital platform, allows insurance companies to acquire real-time data analytics in facilitating automated claims processes.
