Agricultural commodity trading platform, Farmties has led the pack of winners at the She Leads Africa (SLA) accelerator Demo Day held in Lagos.
Its the #SLAAccelerator demo day. Tonight, 5 amazing female entrepreneurs will be pitching their businesses to investors, and 3 will walk away with cash prizes. Watch this space…. pic.twitter.com/QTZdWLRqhH
— She Leads Africa (@SheLeadsAfrica) November 20, 2017
Farmties led the pack of the last 3 contestants with Tǽillὸ, a Nigerian Furniture Brand startup, coming second and Greymate Care, a startup that provides quality home care for the elderly and disabled, taking the second runner-up place. The selection was made by a panel of judges after a pitching session which was followed some brief interrogation.
Our judge Bertil van Vugt from @VC4Africa is asking one of our finalist some business questions #SLAAccelerator pic.twitter.com/aJgmyLpp1E
— She Leads Africa (@SheLeadsAfrica) November 20, 2017
Farmties received a 2 million Naira (US$5,540) prize as the winner, Taeillo carted home the 1st runner-up prize of 1 million Naira (US$2,770) and Greymate Care received the third place prize of 500,000 Naira (US$1,385).
Last night the @SheLeadsAfrica Accelerator 2017 finalists pitched in Lagos, congrats to winners @thefarmties, @infotaeillo and @greymatecare! #SLAAccelerator pic.twitter.com/CYX2iAvfYy
— VC4A (@VC4Africa) November 21, 2017
The She Leads Africa Demo Day took place two days ago. It was the culmination of a three-month accelerator programme organized in partnership with the ‘Work in Progress Alliance’, OCP, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Cointreau and Intel. According to the organizers, the event was designed to identify, support and fund the next generation of Nigeria’s brightest entrepreneurs.
Founder of Farmties – Miss Dara Adekunle of the OCP Agribusiness cohort and founder of CAE consulting and translation services – Miss Chiugo Aghaji pitching their business to investors earlier this evening. #SLAAccelerator pic.twitter.com/FxF1u1WAwS
— She Leads Africa (@SheLeadsAfrica) November 20, 2017
According to Venture Capital for Africa, applications were received from over 200 startups from across Nigeria. 20 entrepreneurs were selected based on the evaluation of their traction in the market, management team and vision to grow and scale across Africa to participate in the accelerator programme which held in Lagos, Abuja and Kaduna.
About Farmties
Farmties is the agricultural brand of Dahrah Global Limited focusing on Farming, Commodity Trading, Community Engagement and Export. It has the vision to be the Number one trusted Commodity trading platform with a reliable online and offline presence in Africa.
The services they offer include bulk purchases of farm products; connecting rural farms in Nigeria to Modern retail, industries, local and international markets.
Check them out here
About Taeillo
Taeillo is “A Home-Fashion Brand” that specializes in the design, manufacturing and sales of what African Furniture. The vision of the founder is to brand the local culture and identity and make it appealing to modern Nigerians through design.
Check them out here
About GreyMate Care
Greymate Care is a highly efficient care agency in Nigeria devoted to caring for the vulnerable (above 13 years), elderly, weak, disabled and the convalescent leveraging on state-of-the-art infrastructure, technology and highly trained staff.
You can check them out here
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