- Now with chapters in East Africa and West Africa, Sankalp highlights how complex social challenges can be addressed with decisive action.
- This is by a gathering of Changemakers through conversations, discussions and collaboration to drive innovation, ideas, investments and impact.
Four outstanding African enterprises won accolades at the Sankalp Africa Awards 2024 at the 11th Sankalp Africa Summit 2024.
Africa’s premier summit focuses on Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Goals, proving yet again that innovation and ideas are what will surge the continent forward and pave the way for shaping the economy and building Africa better.
The journey of Sankalp Africa started 11 years ago.
Now with chapters in East Africa and West Africa, Sankalp highlights how complex social challenges can be addressed with decisive action.
This is by a gathering of Changemakers through conversations, discussions and collaboration to drive innovation, ideas, investments and impact.
Every year, Sankalp Africa showcases enterprises and this year, they showcased 11 promising finalist startups at the Sankalp Africa Awards 2024.
The Ecosystem Award Winner, which is uniquely chosen by a democratic voting system, went to Agrosahas International Private Ltd.
It is an Agri enterprise from Uganda that aids 10,000 Ugandan farmers through its proprietary tech-driven platform.
The 2nd Runner Up went to MedTrack, a healthcare enterprise from Ghana who are centralizing access to patient information by linking it to national biometric IDs.
They ease the process of transfer of health data across multiple care points by patients and health providers, thereby proving yet again that health and tech when blended make for a great impact story.
The 1st Runner Up was Keep IT Cool, an Agri enterprise from Kenya.
They provide proximate refrigerated cooling boxes and transport to underserved smallholder fishermen and fish farmers in East Africa.
What makes their idea compelling is the end-to-end cold chain logistics solution they are leveraging while using technology to scale their business
The Winner of the 11th Sankalp Africa Awards went to Toothpick Company.
It is an Agri enterprise from Kenya who are focused on reducing chemical pesticide use and improving safety, affordability and effectiveness.
Led by Claire Baker, the genesis of the idea was around an innovation her father had dabbled in for over 40 years.
Today they are not only improving food security for farmers but also becoming a player of repute in a 34 Billion USD billion global synthetic chemical weed management industry.
One of Africa’s largest convening on impact entrepreneurship and sustainable development, the 11th Sankalp Africa Summit 2023, hosted by Aavishkaar Group and Intellecap is happening on February 28-29 at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KSMS) in Nairobi.
This year the Summit has positively engaged over 1,500 different stakeholders from across 60+ countries in over 35+ Sessions featuring 200+ speakers with 20+ Hours of Learning.
Learning covers the development ecosystem, to discuss, define, and drive forward the critical levers of catalysing impact and igniting Africa’s potential for a just potential.