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Selected Bootcamp Participants for Kenya

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We are glad to announce the 10 participants from Kenya that have qualified for the national bootcamps and pitch events that are set to start on 28th March 2022. The bootcamps are the third phase of the  Digital Innovations for Business Resilience in the East African Community, a program under the dSkills@EA project.

This program aims to support young innovators at universities in the East African Community to develop and implement digital innovations for business resilience in the times of Covid-19. It started with a call for applications from 24th January 2022 to 21st February 2022. Successful applicants then entered the Ideathon phase which ran from 25th February 2022 to 7th March 2022. Read more about the program here.   

 The 10 participants that advanced to the Bootcamp phase were selected by a combination of country leads and experts using the selection criteria defined here.  

Here are the selected participants that advanced to the Bootcamp stage in Kenya.  

Easy Home by Benaiah Wepundi

Easy Home is a digital innovation that provides property owners with a platform to list their properties, screen tenants based on data that we provide and manage their properties. 

AstraPark by Nirel Kadzo

AstraPark is a B2B solution for real estate developers with parking assets and a B2C solution where individuals can book parking spaces. 

Scan and Go by Joy Nafula

Scan and Go allows users to buy goods by scanning items in a supermarket.

GAO-UG Ltd by Akejo Gordon Victor

GAO-UG is an app where farmers are able to order agriculture inputs and farm tools which are delivered straight to their doorstep. 

TOW N’MECH by Eric Kiverenge

TOW N’MECH is a digital innovation that can pinpoint the location of motorists and the nearest auto service station so that they can get assistance. 

Juba Street WiFi by Abraham Nyuon

Juba Street WiFi is an innovation that will set up WiFi hotspots on the streets of Juba. Users can pay for a voucher using mobile money, receive a code to use as a password and then access the WiFi.

Gwiji by Elizabeth Mwangi

Gwiji is a digital platform that connects casual cleaners to their clients through a mobile app.

Cattle Rustling by Flavian Anselmo

Cattle Rustling is an innovation that is able to track the location of animals using a device that is embedded in the animal’s collar.

4Farm(ER) by Sonia Claire

This innovation is a dry store plant with automatic testing. Drying and storage chambers. Farmers can bring their produce after harvesting for drying and storage for a fee. 

Imapct Farm by Charles Oyamo

Impact Farm is a grocery delivery service that delivers fresh groceries in under 30 minutes from a network of small scale farmers. 

What is next?  

 The Kenya Bootcamp phase will begin on 28th March 2022 and will be held at Strathmore University. This phase will end with a pitch event on 2nd April 2022 at Daystar University where the top two participants to represent Kenya at the regional grand finale will be selected. You can join the event as a member of the online audience by registering here www.dskills.iucea.org/ke-pitch  

  

 

 

 

Selected Bootcamp Participants for Rwanda

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We are glad to announce the 10 participants from Rwanda that have qualified for the national bootcamps and pitch events that are set to start on 28th March 2022. The bootcamps are the third phase of the  Digital Innovations for Business Resilience in the East African Community, a program under the dSkills@EA project.

This program aims to support young innovators at universities in the East African Community to develop and implement digital innovations for business resilience in the times of Covid-19. It started with a call for applications from 24th January 2022 to 21st February 2022. Successful applicants then entered the Ideathon phase which ran from 25th February 2022 to 7th March 2022. Read more about the program here.   

 The 10 participants that advanced to the Bootcamp phase were selected by a combination of country leads and experts using the selection criteria defined here.  

Here are the selected participants that advanced to the Bootcamp stage in Rwanda.  

Smart Water Meter by Ndayisenga Gilbert

Smart Water Meter is an innovation that counts the water consumed through its digital water monitoring platform. It also predicts water demand and provides real-time notifications on water usage. 

Nzuri Homes by Della Asiko

Nzuri Homes is a digital solution that tracks the availability of houses in Kigali and their occupancy status for students saving them time and costs.

Vitaway E-Clinic by Emmanuel Hakuzimana

Vitaway E-Clinic is a digital healthcare multi-disciplinary platform offering nutritional interventions and personalized care among other services.

RERANEZA by Uwizeye Jeanette

RERANEZA is a software that connects parents, schools and students on one platform to improve the performance of the students through providing personalized and regular feedback.

Smart Hinga by Gedeon Nshimiyumukiza

Smart Hinga is a web-based application that analyzes crop health. It also monitors and connects farmers with their agricultural activities from any part of the world. 

Track and Book Services by Ishimwe Gad Bertrand

Track and Book is digitalizing the transport system in Rwanda by leveraging smartphones, smart cards and e-payments. 

Examira by Raissa Kamikazi Ndayizeye

Examira is an innovation that helps students to access course material and other education programs. 

BAYI Group by Abayisenga Enock

BAYI Group is the builder of the Agri-automatic Rice Transplanter, the world’s first machine that can transplant rice automatically without an operator on board. 

Hela by Eric Gakyeli

Hela is a loyalty program mobile app that will be used for the payment of goods and services where the customer accumulates points for paying overtime. 

Farm Connect by Rukundo Jean Baptiste

Farm Connect is an app that helps farmers in making a choice by browsing through offers from multiple buyers for their goods before making a decision on who to sell to. 

 

What is next?  

 The Rwanda Bootcamp phase will begin on 28th March 2022 and will be held at the Grid Innovation and Incubation Hub at the University of Rwanda. This phase will end with a pitch event on 2nd April 2022 where the top two participants to represent Rwanda at the regional grand finale will be selected. You can join the event as a member of the online audience by registering here www.dskills.iucea.org/rw-pitch