Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and how are you all doing today? The day we have all been waiting for is here with us…
As earlier promised, we hereby announce the top 10 finalists as shortlisted by the panel of judges from our partner company, Series-A UK after a keenly contested pitch session on November 30, 2023 moderated by Mr. Colin Howes, as follows:
1) Taiwo Akinsanya, CEO of Dynalimb Technologies, a health tech company that provides orthotics and prosthetic services;
2) Nnebe Chibuike, CEO of Astrae, a company that turns plastic wastes into damp resistant concrete blocks;
3) Blessing Onwe, CEO of Blessing Evea Signature, a social enterprise that revamps old, worn-out fashion items into new products;
4) Emmanuel Abah, CEO of Waste 2 Light Ltd, a company that converts plastic wastes into recyclable synthetic renewable energy components;
5) Samuel N. Joseph, CEO of Behoove Events, an online events planning and ticketing platform;
6) Mary Katambi, CEO of iGee Closet, a peer-to-peer online marketplace that facilitates selling or buying of pre-owned fashion items;
7) Ubani Victoria, CEO of Jukit Pack, a company that manufactures solar powered waste bins;
8) Oluwapelumi Yusuf, CEO of Rova Pay, an offline cashless payment app;
9) Mohammad Luqman, CEO of MohBuy Agro, an app that promotes innovative farming practices to empower farmers; and
10) Chizoba Nzeakor, MBA, CEO of Climate Tech Solutions, a startup that creates intelligent energy management system software that monitors and predicts energy usage.
By this release, all the top 10 finalists are hereby invited to the grand finale of the 2023 Ugwumba Enterprise Challenge in Abuja, scheduled to hold on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at the Abuja Continental Hotel (former Sheraton Hotel).
We are most grateful to the panel of judges: Colin Howes; Robin Sundström; Mark Stanbury; and Dr. Bizanti Medkickand.
Special appreciation to our President, His Excellency, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu and our Advisors: Mr. Rajan Nazran, Sumit Kumar Gupta {sumitkumargupta.eth}, and Eduard Soponar for joining us live during the almost 3 hours long pitching session.
Once again, congratulations to the top 10 finalists and all the 1,200 participants in the UEC 2023 Cohort from across the 36 States plus the FCT, who could not make it this far! We urge you to remain in the Ugwumba Startups Community, for regular updates about global investment opportunities in the ecosystem.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you have not yet reserved your FREE seat, please, visit www.uec2023.eventbrite.com now to do so…
To God be the glory!