JamiiForums, Smart Foundry Ltd, and The Launchpad Tanzania, have won the US-Tanzania Tech Challenge, the United States Embassy in Tanzania said in a statement on Friday.
- Jamii Forums will receive US$100,000, Smart Foundry will receive US$80,000, and The Launchpad will receive US$70,000.
- The challenge, which begun in June, attracted more than 100 entries, of which eight were shortlisted.
- The shortlisted companies then presented how their technologies can tackle pressing issues in the information space.
Partnering like we are today – government officials, private sector entrepreneurs, tech innovators, and consumers – can inspire the next great innovation and collaborative effort to shape our shared future,” Dr. Michael A. Battle, the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania.
Jamii Forums is a social networking website founded in 2006 to provide an open forum for Tanzanians to “talk openly.” Smart Foundry is a venture studio that provides a platform to create and build startups that solve “African challenges by transforming strategic partnerships.”
According to its Linkedin profile, The Launchpad Tanzania is a not for profit organisation established in 2017. Its model is aimed at “contributing to human capital development and sustainable development programs.”
