Pivot East is East Africa’s premier app mobile startup pitching competition closed off yesterday and at last the winners have been announced. Kenya scooped 3/5 of the categories and Tanzania and Uganda have took the remaining two. So the winners for the 2013 Pivot East competition are:
Mobile Finance Category
GO Finance Company Ltd: GO, leverages business value chains & technology to provide MSMEs at the base of the pyramid.- Tanzania
Others nominated
- Inforex Africa
- M-Duka Ltd
- DEPHICS Ltd
- intelworld Ltd
Mobile Entertainment Category
Kola Studios: Matatu, is a two-player card game based on the popular Ugandan game played with a pack of cards.The game can be played on Mobile (Android) and on Facebook. – Uganda
Others nominated
- Jooist
- TiVi
- 254Events
- Tokelezea
Mobile Utilities Category
Ma3Route: Ma3Route, crowd-sources for traffic and transport information from locals in order to provide users with up-to-date information that can inform their movements. – Kenya
Others nominated
- SmartShop
- TrueDine
- The Diet Assistant Ltd
- Habari App
Mobile Enterprise Category
SleepOut.com: SleepOut, SMS-driven booking process connects both commercial and peer-to-peer hosts with guests and agents.-Kenya
Others nominated
- SchoolMaster Solutions
- echorest Technologies Ltd
- Mank and Tank
- Binary Logic
Mobile Society Category
Kytabu: Kytabu, is a micro-leasing textbook subscription application that enables students to get just the material they need to learn, when they need it, wherever they are and pay for just that piece of content while they have it. – Kenya
Others nominated
- Code Vision Ltd
- Ecademy Africa
- Skoobox
- iDaktari Ltd
source & image credit: Pivot East
