Global Startup Ecosystem Brings 15 Companies to Haiti!

Global Startup Ecosystem Brings 15 Companies to Haiti!

The Global Startup Ecosystem initiative started with the purpose of supporting startups from emerging markets. Over 500 companies completed the digital startup accelerator program-representing over 63 different countries in just the past 6 months!

The pilot program was featured in over 32 different media outlets including Inc Magazine, Huffington Post and more!

We had over 15 global judges and 27 regional speakers from Tech Stars, Mass Challenge, Google, Inc Magazine, Forbes 30 Under 30, IBM, SXSW, Singularity University, Draper University, The Guardian, Seed Stars, Send Grid, Startup Grind, Startup Weekend, 1776, and more! We are grateful to our 28 different regional partners for making this a reality.

The top regional companies will receive invitations to demo at the Haiti Tech Summit. Here are the top companies who will be featured:

Caribbean Top 3: First Place: aquaflowjm (Jamaica) water efficiency for the future, Second Place: PlantBasedForYou (Guyana) changing how we eat, one produce at a time, Third Place: kwabosal (Haiti) Destined to become the amazon of Haiti-#1 e-commerce for the country
Latin America Top 3: CommunidadFeliz, (Chile) http://www.ifurniture.peIfurniture (Peru) and Lecto Geeks. The popular vote was won by Enjoy Market (Mexico).
Middle East Top 3: YallaParking (UAE) with 31.5 judge points, judge Uliq(UAE) with 30 points and Akla -Baity (Egypt) with 28 judge points. NewShifts was the winner of the popular vote.
Africa Top 3: Loystar with 31 points (Nigeria), Intelligent Routing with 31 points (South Africa), and Edusko (Ghana) with 29 points. The tie was broken with the popular vote with Loystar receiving more votes then Intelligent Routing. RentYourHall was the winner of the popular vote.
Asia Top 3: Jumper.ai with 42 points, CityBump with 29 points, Panache with 26 points. Zicly won the popular vote.

Interested in joining the network? Check out the opportunities below:

Join regional facebook pages for updates, prizes, and announcements! Caribbean, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Asia
Get access to regional slides: Caribbean, Latin America, Middle East,Africa, Asia
Get access to regional reports: Caribbean, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Asia
Next round of applications is open for Fall October 2017 Digital Startup Accelerator. Refer a friend.

Best,
Global Startup Ecosystem Team

Haiti Makes History by Hosting the Largest Tech Event in the Caribbean

Announcements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Haiti makes history by hosting the largest annual gathering of innovators at the Haiti Tech Summit

Port Au Prince, Haiti- January 4, 2017- In an effort to accelerate startups from emerging markets, the Global Startup Ecosystem will be hosting major summits in developing countries across the globe. Haiti will be the first within this 13 year initiative, hosting the largest annual gathering of innovators addressing humanity’s grandest challenges with over 100 global speakers.

The central theme of the global summit is to “catalyze startup ecosystems in emerging markets”. Day one is centered on “Drivers of startup ecosystems” with a deep dive look at the contributions of VC fund managers, angel investors, accelerators, incubators and media reporters on tech innovation hubs around the world. Day two is centered on “Disruptors of startup economies” with an analysis exponential technologies in transforming future industries via Ai, virtual reality, genomics, robotics, space, etc.

The event announcement was made on the eve of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake anniversary and was shared by over 423,000 supporters within 24 hours.

Hosting the event in Haiti not only aims to revitalize economic activity in the country but to also provide a new narrative for Haiti and emerging markets. “Haiti has a profound history of empowerment, leadership, and innovation. As one of the most populous countries in the region, it has huge potential to catalyze entrepreneurship in a very unique way ” says the founding organizer of the event- Christine Souffrant Ntim.

About: Haiti Tech Summit brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, digital marketers and creatives under one roof together to address humanity’s grandest challenges via entrepreneurship. It is a part of a 13-year initiative of the Global Startup Ecosystem-the first and largest digital accelerator that accelerates 1000 companies to market annually across 7 global regions entirely online.

Contact:

Christine Souffrant Ntim

(E) info@HaitiTechSummit.com

(W) www.HaitiTechSummit.com

(F) https://www.facebook.com/haititechsummit/

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