Chalkboard Education an e-learning startup that provides access to education for communities everywhere has won the Seedstars Ghana 2016 competition. Chalkboard Education offers plug-and-play mobile learning solutions that work on any device and without an Internet connection. The startup was founded by a team whose parents are either teachers or professors in African universities. Adrien Bouillot leads the team as CEO.
Chalkboard Education will be joining other startups at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland to compete for the $1 million equity investment on offer. Nigerian startup Kangpe will also be at the summit. Thus far, 27 winners have been decided in 27 cities across the world.
We have compiled below a list of past winners of the Seedstars Ghana competition.
2013
In 2013 it was Retail Tower – a startup which provides an all-in-one solution to help merchants drive traffic and increase sales on comparison shopping engines. They went away with the ticket after beating Nevahold and Votecast in what could pass for an intellectual warfare.
2014
The event which was hosted in Lizzy’s Sport Complex Accra saw Kitiwa win the much coveted top spot in 2014. It ousted Paysail the payroll solution for businesses with a strong emphasis on simplicity and ease of use. Pollafrique, a primary research solution, designed to incentivize market surveys in Africa via SMS, USS, and IVR. finished third. The jury clearly felt being able to convert cedis to bitcoins is a feat worthy of a handsome compensation. Kitiwa therefore had to be the only one among the trio to visit Geneva (the location for the Seedstars World Final that year).
2015
On Wednesday, Aug 5, 2015 at Hub Accra, Enyinam, a startup that was so keen on replacing all the mechanical hydro- and steam turbines with Enyinam Digital Turbine finished third. Flippy Campus – an app that helps students get timely access to information related to their academic and social life on campus followed suit in what looked more like a cold war among the contenders. The jury evidently had a tough day before finally announcing Asoriba as the winner. Asoriba is a web and mobile application that enables effective church administration for leaders, and seamless engagement with members. The startup won the ticket to Lausanne for the Seedstars Summit.
2016
Chalkboard Education won the Seedstars Ghana ticket amidst 9 other startups in Accra. The other startups were:
• Landmapp – a fast rising startup which offers affordable land rights documentation for smallholder farmers and builds accurate data profiles to broker additional services. The startup finished second.
• TechAide – An all-in-one content delivery system that is a low-power, durable device that reaches low-income, internet free places in the world finished third.
• Other contenders were HQ Renewable, Go Sun Stove, Krinotech solutions, Swappaholics, Cocktail insights, Syncommerce and Nubian Oryx.
Other African winners of the Seedstars 2016 tour across the continent are Guardian Angel Safety Solution, Riovic, Every Technologies etc. The finals will take place at the Lausanne SwissTech Convention Centre in Switzerland on 6 April, 2017. All eyes will be on Bamako as that is the next stop for the SeedStar tour on 4 September 2016.


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