2018 Ntf Iv Uganda Tech Start-Up Directory

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

2018 NTF IV UGANDA TECH START-UP DIRECTORY

2018 NTF IV START-UP DIRECTORY 1 Foreword

The Government of Uganda is committed to supporting Innovators, Innova- tion hubs, ICT Parks and providing a condusive environment for business to grow, we hope to see increased growth ofinnovation and ICT driven enterprise in the private sector.

We encourage global partners such as the World Bank, China and Korean Economic cooperation and the United Nations – International Trade Centre working through the Netherlands Trust Fund (NTF) IV Uganda Project to con- tinue to work with the Government of Uganda to facilitate the growth of the ICT sector so that we are able to effectively provide services to other sectors in the country and the export market as well. The NTF IV Uganda Project intervention is one such catalyst to create solutions to our internal problems and more importantly create employment for our citizens.

The NTF IV Uganda project aims at strengthening SME’s and ICT private sector associations as well as growing start-ups through training, coaching and linkages in collaboration with the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, the National Information Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U) and as well as the Uganda Export Promotions Board (UEPB).

This start-up directory provides key information on products, services and capacity of the start-ups. The directory will also be distributed to potential investors interested and willing to invest in Uganda to form a first line of information for potential investment. I encourage you all to use this directory to communicate with the profiled companies so that you are able to access the products and services that they provide.

We look forward to doing business with you!

VINCENT WASSWA BAGIIRE Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT and National Guidance

2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 2 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 3 NTF IV start-ups have been segmented by experts into Uganda’s most 3 categories: promising tech start-ups at a glance.

% % 38 38 • Ideation Phase PHASES • Entrepreneurship Phase • Growth Phase

of start-ups are in FinTech, Edutech & Agritech 50% 24%

Start-ups segmented by the UN International 60 Trade Centre 59 start-ups have a Start-up specialization out of Minimum Viable 60 Product % 14 of start-ups are led by 92 12 founders younger than 35 10

ABOUT UGANDAN TECH START-UPS 6

4 By combining the efforts of the ITC team and different partners on the ground, the NTF IV project supports Ugandan tech start-ups in their efforts 2 to become viable businesses. 0

The 60 NTF IV start-ups were selected from among candidates after the Jan- Sports Gaming FinTech GovTech EduTech SmartCity

uary 2018 call for applications. Since then, they have been segmented into HealthTech FashionTech Web Services Web three phases based on their stage of development, according to which they CyberSecurity Travel & Tourism Travel Media & Advertising AgriTech & FoodTech AgriTech

achieve support appropriate to their needs. & E-commerce Retail

2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 4 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 5 Year of Founding 8% 3% Source of Funding 7%

70% of start- 18 7% 75% Personal Funds ups were found- 16 8% Others ed over the last 7% Equity Financing 3 years. 14 75% 7% Business Angels 12 3% Venture Capital

4 11 14 Funding ask in USD 2 50,000 - 100,000 0 6 Less than 50,000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 More than 500,000 10 19 100,000 - 200,000 200,000 - 500,000

16-50 1-5 Number of Staff Existing sales 36 startups, 59% of them 16 startups, 26% of them 8 startups, 13% of them 85% have generated sales in existing markets. 6-15 30% have generated foreign sales.

More 56 out than of 60 % 30% of % start-ups 31 start-ups 92 are led by are led by persons women. younger

than 35. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 6 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 7 CONTENTS

Foreword 03 Justice2People 54 The Uganda’s Most Promising M-omulimisa 54 Tech Start-ups At A Glance. 04 Nisaidie 55 Growth Peec Energy Uganda Ltd 55 THE GROWTH START-UPS RuthFam Limited, EastGuides 55 Start-Ups Xente 10 SafePod 55 AppAbout 12 Soko Uganda 56 Nione Fashion Ltd 14 Trophy Developers Uganda 56 RoundBob.com 16 Underscore Limited - Yasa Uganda 18 Community Point 56 Innovex Uganda Ltd 20 Virtual Tourism Tool 56 Yaaka Digital Network 22 AkelloBanker 24 ADDITIONAL START-UPS Yakako Pay 26 Ensibuuko 57 Nampya Farmers’ Market 28 Micro Ventures Under Lotted Pollicy 30 Environment 57 New markets. SchoolMaster Solutions 32 Chapchap Africa Limited 57 New products. Kola Studios 34 Clear Yo Mind 57 Swipe2Pay 36 Kangaroo+ 57 Kumusoft Solutions 57 THE ENTREPRENEUR START-UPS Prunes Technologies Ltd 57 Actualise Africa - Siya 39 Qed Solutions Ltd 57 Cironet Technologies Limited 40 World Class Technologies 57 EnerGrow 41 Datatrack Solutions Consult Ltd 57 Jaguza Livestock App 42 Golazo Network Management 57 KIPYA Bit2big 43 Services 57 Krantz Company Limited 44 Kuanza Gari Limited 57 MushanApp 45 Nasimama Enterprise Limited 57 Rugarafu Wines 46 Paperbag Making Machine 57 Rythtech ClinicMS 47 Simba Food 57 Serenity Solutions 48 Somaafrica Technologies - Skooldesk (Bluenode) 49 SMC Limited 57 Sports Talent Hub 50 Somesa Solutions 57 Student Placement Ltd (SPUL) 51 SureAgric 57 Synel Group Ltd 52 Youth Connect Uganda 57 Trust Technologies & Media THE IDEATION START-UPS Solutions Ltd 57 bpmtechconsult 54 Footmo Kit 54 THEMATIC INDEX 58

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If we acquire customers and provide them real value + get several businesses on-board that customers Xente can buy from we shall have lock in on both sides e.g. Amazon CONTACT INFORMATION

TRACTION: Year of establishment: 2014 Address: PITCH We passed 100,000 monthly transac- FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) The Innovation Village, Ntinda tions in May and we now have 12,000 Complex, 3rd Floor, Block C Xente’s vision is to become Africa’s registered customers, with 14% ac- Website: https://www.xente.co largest digital commerce and digital 100,000 10,000 tive in a month Phone number: +256770833993 payments platform by developing Initial Cash spent per Email: [email protected] relevant products for consumers capital month Our marketing budget is only Staff: 14 and businesses. USD 1,000 a month. 1,000,000 20% Legal status: Limited Liability Social medias: PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: Investment Percentage https://www.facebook.com/xente- required of shares that FINANCIALS (USD) app/, https://twitter.com/xente_app > 90% of consumer to business could be made Field: transactions in Africa are done us- available to an REVENUES: EXPENSES: equity investor Fintech, Retail & E-commerce ing cash in brick and mortar loca- 2018 : 10,000 2018 : 50,000 tions. Xente powers the more effi- 2017 : 50,000 2017 : 50,000 2016 : 50,000 2016 ; 100,000 cient cashless and mobile business USE OF FUNDS models. 20% 40% PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Product Marketing / development sales Xente is a unified payments,financial services and e-commerce platform that allows consumers to trans- 35% 5% act with businesses from any mo- Operations / Legal /other bile channel using digital payment inventory methods. MANAGEMENT TEAM BUSINESS MODEL: CEO: Allan Rwakatungu We charge businesses a commis- CMO: Lyn Tukei sion. We are also monetizing the CTO: Stanley Barnabas Nagwere customer by giving them credit to make purchases from businesses.

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Dedicated Full Stack Developer, Combined comprehensive events product, Experienced Events com- CONTACT INFORMATION AppAbout munity. Year of establishment: 2014 TRACTION: Address: Kanyanya, Kawempe Division, • Launched Feb 2017 on iOS, Kampala PITCH Android and Windows. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) Website: www.appabout.co.ug • 200 events in first year (2017), Phone number: +256778017505 To become an regional leader for 100,000 3,000 $1000 gross profit. Email: online events management • Launched web version in July. [email protected] Initial Cash spent per • MTN Innovation Award (Nov 2017) Staff: 3 capital month PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: • 1,800 users. Legal status: Limited Company Social medias: Event organizers lack a comprehen- 50,000 10%, Fb: AppAbout, Twitter: @appabout- sive events management tool that Investment Percentage ltd, Instagram: AppAbout caters to all kinds of event scenar- required of shares that Field: could be made ios. This introduces inefficiencies, Fintech, Retail & E-commerce poor accountability and poor coordi- available to an equity investor nation.

SOLUTION / PRODUCT: USE OF FUNDS

Our solution provides an all in one 30% 30% PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS app that conveniently combines all aspects of event organization from Product Marketing / development sales creation, promotion, payments and interaction. 30% 10% BUSINESS MODEL: Operations / Legal /other inventory A simple 5% transaction charge on payments with a profit margin of 2% MANAGEMENT TEAM

CEO: Buyinza Kabakubya CMO: Brian Muhumuza CTO: Enock Mubiike

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AGOA is a competitive advantage Nione for pricing and we’ve overcome the most significant barriers so far, aside from capital for operational Fashion Ltd costs and talent recruitment CONTACT INFORMATION

TRACTION: Year of establishment: 2016 Address: PITCH We run a kickstarter campaign that Plot 27 Ntinda View Crescent FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) managed to raise $3000 in pre-or- Website: www.nionefashion.com- Our brand is selling African fashion ders in early 2018. Phone number: +256784160777 and art to the world. 20,000 3,500 Email: [email protected] Initial Cash spent per Staff: 4 PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: capital month FINANCIALS (USD) Legal status: LLC Social medias: Nione Fashion The African fashion industry needs 100,000 20% REVENUES: EXPENSES: EBITDA: Field: Retail & E-commerce 10,000 35,000 -25,000 solutions to supply chain challenges Investment Percentage in production, marketing and distri- required of shares that bution. could be made available to an equity investor SOLUTION / PRODUCT:

Create an ecosystem of solutions to USE OF FUNDS problems faced by the industry in or- der to grow. 20% 30% PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS BUSINESS MODEL: Product Marketing / development sales Work with designers and manufacturers to produce high quality mer- 40% 10% chandise for export markets. Market Operations / Legal /other through e-commerce and work with inventory third party logistics partners to fulfill orders to customers. MANAGEMENT TEAM

CEO: Charles Mugyenzi

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• 1st to market with a niche travel Roundbob goal saving platform - The Travel Wallet. .com • 1st to market with aggregated trip comparison platform targeted at Af- CONTACT INFORMATION rican market. • Platform play allows for easy scale. Year of establishment: 2013 Address: PITCH TRACTION: FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) Plot 27 Luthuli Avenue Bugolobi Website: www.roundbob.com Roundbob seeks to help Africa’s 3400 signed up users. Phone number: +256772955614 growing middle class find and afford 20,000 17,000 Bank partner signed. Email: [email protected] Travel and relevant experiences. Initial Cash spent per capital month Staff: 12 Legal status: PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: 250,000 10% Incorporated in Uganda FINANCIALS (USD) Social medias: While most of Africa’s middle class Investment Percentage Twitter - @roundbob1 (>120M & growing) want to travel required of shares that REVENUES: EXPENSES: Facebook - Roundbob.com less than 5% do. Key limitations are (Convertible could be made 2018 : est 350,000 35,000 Field: Travel & Tourism cost and relevant destination infor- debt) available to an 2017 : 359,000 equity investor mation. 2016 : 70,000 EBITDA: -25,000 SOLUTION / PRODUCT: USE OF FUNDS

Roundbob.com provides a travel 20% 40% PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS wallet (niche goal savings platform) creating buying capacity and allows Product Marketing / development sales these customers use these funds to buy from multiple agents in country and all over the world. 30% 10% Operations / Legal /other BUSINESS MODEL: inventory

Wallet set up, Monthly subscriptions MANAGEMENT TEAM & commissions on travel. Approx $63 per customer. CEO: David Gonahasa COO: Lerato Matsaneng CTO: Rwakimari Arnold Babaasa

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Our quantum energy generator is Yasa fuel-less, it works 24 hours in a day. It has the capacity to charge power banks as well. We provide AC power Uganda in off-grid communities affordably.

TRACTION: CONTACT INFORMATION

PITCH 150 paying customers, $200 daily fee Year of establishment: 2016 FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) collections, operational in two com- Address: Kira - Uganda Address energy poverty by using fu- munities, two mini-QEG and we have Website: el-less quantum energy generators. 30,000 15,000 registered 40K customers that are https://app.yasauganda.com It’s clean, sustainable and affordable Initial Cash spent per waiting for connection. Phone number: +256783689831 especially for off-grid communities. capital month Email: [email protected] Staff: 11 PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: 250,000 10% FINANCIALS (USD) Legal status: Investment Percentage Registered, Limited by shares We focus on extending quantum en- required of shares that REVENUES: EXPENSES: EBITDA: Social medias: ergy to off-grid communities in rural could be made 30,000 45,000 30,000 https://twitter.com/yasauganda; Uganda. We target households (use available to an https://www.facebook.com/YasaU- equity investor energy for domestic purposes) and ganda/ business owners. Field: SmartCity USE OF FUNDS SOLUTION / PRODUCT: 20% 50% PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS We’re using quantum energy to provide off-grid communities with Product Marketing / development sales clean, sustainable and affordable power. We set-up a mini-grid of QEG that produces 60KWH. The grid has 20% 10% a capacity to connect 3K clients Operations / Legal /other inventory BUSINESS MODEL: MANAGEMENT TEAM A connection fee of 150,000 UGX (about $42) for the business custom- COO: Eria Mutyabule er and pay a daily fee of 3000 UGX CMO: Brenda Karungi about $0.82 per day for power rent. CTO: Vincent Ruganbaki The households pay a connection fee of 50,000UGX (about $14) and a fees of 2000UGX (about $0.55/day).

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The Remot hardware is reusable. Innovex Remot uses a combination of GSM and GPRS technologies. Remot Uganda Ltd hardware can be used for all sizes of solar systems. CONTACT INFORMATION

TRACTION: Year of establishment: 2015 Address: PITCH USD 60,000 in funding, 22 solar com- FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) Room 14, Old accounts building, panies using Remot, USD 11,000 in CEDAT, Makerere University, For- Unlocking the potential of Solar the past 8 months mer Accounts building, room 16 businesses by providing Pay as you 5,000 3,000 Website: www.remotonline.com Go and Remote monitoring technol- Initial Cash spent per Phone number: +256702795993 ogies to Solar contractors. capital month FINANCIALS (USD) Email: [email protected] PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: 500,000 10% REVENUES: EXPENSES: EBITDA: 120,000 130,000 -10,000 Staff: 11 Investment Percentage Legal status: Limited by shares The current distribution channels required of shares that Social medias: of solar energy involve high invest- could be made https://www.facebook.com/innovex. ments in physical infrastructure available to an equity investor org thus tying up capital and increasing Field: SmartCity the eventual price to consumers. USE OF FUNDS SOLUTION / PRODUCT: 15% 20% PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS Remot provides remote switching ON/OFF of the solar system and re- Product Marketing / development sales mote bill collection through mobile money thus preventing fraud. 60% 5% BUSINESS MODEL: Operations / Legal /other inventory Remot operates a subscription model for client portfolio, records and MANAGEMENT TEAM data management and additional revenue is generated from hardware CEO: Douglas K Baguma sales. CMO: Joseph Okello CTO: David Tusubira Sunday

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We have developed Yaaka with rel- Yaaka Digital evant comprehensive multimedia content, social networking features, a market place for learning, acces- Network sible both online & offline & custom CONTACT INFORMATION computers. Year of establishment: 2015 TRACTION: Address: Plot 189, Ggaba Road PITCH Website: www.yaaka.cc FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) We have 33,300 registered users, Phone number: +256772627676 Providing a digital learning and fully tested product with happy pay- Email: [email protected] teaching platform and tablet com- 215,000 4,500 ing customers. We have won awards Staff: 11 puters with relevant multimedia Initial Cash spent per e.g ACIA 2015, Africa Prize for Engi- Legal status: Registered Company content based on each country’s syl- capital month neering Innovation 2016, TEEP. Social medias: https://www.face- labus accessible online and offline. book.com/Yaaka.cc/ @yaakadn 950,000 20% 950,000$ Field: SmartCity PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: Investment 30% 1,441,000$ FINANCIALS (USD) required 4,800,000$ Many learners in pre-primary, pri- 40% REVENUES: EXPENSES: EBITDA: mary, secondary and tertiary institu- Percentage 2018 : 5,600 2018 : 23,500 2018 : 5,600 tions unable to easily access quality, of shares that 2017 : 18,730 2017 : 74,500 2017 : 18,730 relevant content, while good teach- could be made 2016 : 11,390 2016 : 124,000 2016 : 11,390 ers cannot easily teach digitally. available to an equity investor SOLUTION / PRODUCT: PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS USE OF FUNDS Better relevant learning content and ways to access learning materials 6% 16% digitally online and offline for learn- Product Marketing / ers in pre-primary, primary, second- development sales ary and tertiary institutions. 14% 7% BUSINESS MODEL: Operations / Legal /other inventory We are selling content access online and offline app; selling tablet computers, networked solution for MANAGEMENT TEAM institutions. If we make 10,000 computers with relevant content and sell CEO: Gerald Businge them in one year, we make profit of CMO: Hindu Nabulumba $500,000 CTO: Jane Ndibarekera

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Akellobanker is data driven and is offered in partnership with the ru- AkelloBanker ral financial service providers thus reducing the transaction time and CONTACT INFORMATION risks associated with falsified data. Year of establishment: 2016 TRACTION: Address: Plot 1674, Valley Curve, Kiwatule PITCH Our unique distribution channels FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) road, Ntinda. of currently 29 RFSP spread across Website: www.akellobanker.com To low-income earners, Akellobank- the country has enabled us to reach Phone number: +256702417768 er offers easy access to life-saving 80,000 5,700 32,000 users with credit worth Email: products and services, by leveraging Initial Cash spent per $210,000. [email protected] data & mobile Tech to offer struc- capital month Staff: 5 tured re-payments compatible to the 350,000$ Legal status: LLC user needs. 500,000 10% & 150,000$ FINANCIALS (USD) Social medias: Investment convertible https://facebook.com/MyphoneMy- PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: required debt Percentage REVENUES: EXPENSES: banker, https://twitter.com/Akello- banker Our clients are the over 2.2 billion of shares that 2018 : 45,524 2018 : 40,802 could be made Field: people globally; many of them in Af- 2017 : 45,524 2017 : 40,802 available to an 2016 : 42,304 2016 : 23,789 FinTech rica who lack formal credit identity equity investor to enable them to access products and services on credit. USE OF FUNDS PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS SOLUTION / PRODUCT: 15% 20% Akellobanker is a data-driven and Product Marketing / mobile-based digital finance plat- development sales form that enables low-income earners to use mobile phones to access 60% 5% goods and services on credit. Operations / Legal /other inventory BUSINESS MODEL:

We expect to generate $274,900 in MANAGEMENT TEAM revenues from Provider subscription fees, Incomes from credit services, CEO: Jean Onyait Transaction fees, and SMS Notifica- CMO: Berna Atai tions. CTO: Hassan Mayobyo

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We have the first movers advantage Yakako and all one will need to access the YakaKo Pay service is a mobile num- Pay ber accessible on any featured GSM phone. CONTACT INFORMATION

TRACTION: Year of establishment: 2015 Address: Plot 1026/8 PITCH Completed UATs with Uganda Tele- FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) Website: www.yakakopay.com com Limited and launch is sched- Phone number: +256774661330 YakaKo Pay is an emergency pay- uled for mid-October. UTL has over Email: ment option for the users to enjoy 5,000 1,000 1 million voice and 350,000 mobile [email protected] uninterrupted electricity usage on Initial Cash spent per money subscribers. Staff: 4 credit through a mobile number. capital month Legal status: YakaKo Pay is electricity/power on Agreements with MTN Telecom in Convertable Registered Limited Company credit. 50,000 5% notes preferred place. Integration to follow in Octo- Social medias: but open to ber. MTN has 11.2 million subscrib- Investment equity https://www.facebook.com/Yaka- PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: required ers. Percentage Ko-1084799398206911/, https:// twitter.com/YakaKoPay Every 6 out of every 10 people in of shares that Completing commercial agreements could be made Field: Uganda lack access to financial ser- available to an with Airtel Telecom and integration FinTech vices (Financial exclusion) and this equity investor to follow in October. Airtel has over is compounded by prepaid payment 10 million subscribers. model for necessities like electricity. USE OF FUNDS FINANCIALS (USD) PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS SOLUTION / PRODUCT: 10% 10% REVENUES: EXPENSES: An emergency payment option for Product Marketing / Pre-revenue 5000/12000/0 the users to enjoy uninterrupted development sales electricity usage in a time of need on credit using one’s mobile number 80% and accessed through any GSM fea- Operations / tured phone. inventory BUSINESS MODEL: MANAGEMENT TEAM There is a service fee of 15% for CEO: Malcolm Kastiro electricity tokens worth USD 0.53 to CMO: Chris Tugume 1.32 and 10% for USD 1.33 to 2.66 a CTO: Joseph Serunjogi user requests for. ADVISORY: Robert Canwat

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Nampya has over the years identi- Nampya fied the best way to leverage technology to address market access Farmers’ Market and pricing challenges.Mobile money solutions allow vendors to make CONTACT INFORMATION payments. Year of establishment: 2016 TRACTION: Address: Wakiso -Uganda PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) Website: Revenue growth (a monthly income www.facebook.com/ugandanfarm- To remedy the inherent challenge in of $1200 as at December 2017, ers Africa driving food wastage and in- 12,930 200,000 compared to $420 as at Dec 2016, Phone number: +256393112999 flation, Nampya Farmers Market is Initial Cash spent per Customer Interest (154 paying cus- Email: leverages technology to revolution- capital month tomers) and number of transactions [email protected] ize African Food Retail. (256 per week) 700,000 20% Staff: 0 Legal status: LLC PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: Investment Percentage Social medias: required of shares that FINANCIALS (USD) www.facebook.com/ugandanfarm- 80% of food produced in rural Ugan- could be made REVENUES: EXPENSES: ers da gets consumed in urban places available to an equity investor 2017 : 114,622 2017 : 91,171 Field: but the market is disorganized. Re- 2016 : 74,275 2016 : 63,488 Agritech & Foodtech tailers love the idea of having goods delivered to their doorstep. USE OF FUNDS

SOLUTION / PRODUCT: 70% 20% PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS A tech solution/platform that cre- Product Marketing / development sales ates a more efficient market to increase the income of farmers by 100% and reducing the food cost for 10% consumers by 30% Operations / inventory BUSINESS MODEL: MANAGEMENT TEAM Margin on resales to customers. 2% on 48-hour credit lines to cus- CEO: Mark Matovu tomers. COO: Nansubuga Jackie CFO: Kaseeta Dianah DOS: Kasajja Fred DOP: Titus Geofrey

2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 28 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 29 Pollicy CONTACT INFORMATION Year of establishment: 2017 Address: Design Hub Kampala Website: www.pollicy.org Email: [email protected] PITCH Staff: 7 FINANCIALS (USD) Legal status: Limited To create an empowered citizenry Social medias: @pollicyorg REVENUES: EXPENSES: EBITDA: through effective use of data and Field: GovTech 100 70 60 technology.

PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: USE OF FUNDS Low data skills amongst govern- 10% 20% ment and civil society. Product Marketing / development sales SOLUTION / PRODUCT:

Innovative data learning platforms 60% 10% across the continent Operations / Legal /other inventory BUSINESS MODEL: MANAGEMENT TEAM PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS Service delivery through participa- tory trainings and tool development. CEO: Neema Iyer Profit margin per workshop >25% of CMO: Pius Enywaru budget. CTO: Jarvin Mutatiina

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:

First to market, innovative branding and marketing

TRACTION:

Successful trainings in multiple countries, received grants to grow, hired competent staff

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Our key competitive advantages are SchoolMaster our extensive experience in the education software solutions sector, our first mover status and our relation- Solutions ships with several top schools. CONTACT INFORMATION

TRACTION: Year of establishment: 2011 Address: P.O.Box 1234 PITCH 70 customer schools. MVP piloted FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) Website: with 2 schools (200 regular users). www.schoolmaster.co.ug, Developing a communications plat- Winners of the MTN Uganda In- www.mychild.ug form for schools in a bid to wean 25,000 3,000 novation Awards (2017) as well as Phone number: +256772212767 them off their reliance on paper. Initial Cash spent per runners up in the UCC ACIA 2017 Email: [email protected] We’re starting with Uganda but with capital month awards. Staff: 6 the aim of scaling into the region. 200,000 30% Legal status: LLC Social medias: PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: FINANCIALS (USD) Investment Percentage https://twitter.com/SMS_Ug, required of shares that https://twitter.com/myChildUg Parents love receiving regular up- could be made REVENUES: EXPENSES: EBITDA: Field: dates about their children from their available to an 100 70 60 equity investor EduTech schools. Traditionally, these updates include academic report cards and various information updates. USE OF FUNDS

SOLUTION / PRODUCT: 40% 35% PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS Enables parents to receive content Product Marketing / development sales from school on their mobile devices via the web. This opens up all sorts of possibilities from rich multimedia 15% 10% to hitherto impossible interactivity. Operations / Legal /other inventory BUSINESS MODEL: MANAGEMENT TEAM Our model involved 3 streams: 1. Subscription fees. CEO: Ronald K. Sebuhinja 2. Transaction fees for payments CMO: Ivan Serunkuma processed by our solution. CTO: Ronald K. Sebuhinja 3. Limited inventory for advertisers.

Our projected profit margin is 30%

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We keep things very simple, our goal is to make games that are for passing moments that don’t need to Kola Studios filled with thoughtless but fun enter- tainment. Gamers are concentrating CONTACT INFORMATION of 3D. Year of establishment: 2012 TRACTION: Address: PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) Ntinda Complex, Ntinda road 600,000 downloads, 300,000 monthly Website: www.kolastudios.com Developers of the most popular active in a market that has about 2 Phone number: +256786404987 game app in UG. We have released 1,000 6,000 million smartphone users. Steady Email: [email protected] other games like it in international Initial Cash spent per and growing recruitment of new us- Staff: 5 markets e.g Kenya and Netherlands capital month ers with 20,000 new downloads per Legal status: Registered and need money to increase their month awards. Social medias: visibility. 500,000 30% https://www.facebook.com/Ko- Investment Percentage la-Studios-283527355006461/ PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: required of shares that FINANCIALS (USD) could be made Field: Gaming No partnerships or connections in available to an REVENUES: EXPENSES: equity investor the international markets that can 2018 : 4,000 2018 : 4,000 inform us on how to work with the 2017 : 6,500 2017 : 5,000 2016 : 8,000 2016 : 6,000 other markets. We peaked popular- USE OF FUNDS ity on launch but we failed to main- tain it. 30% 60% PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Product Marketing / development sales We want to form help partnerships with the people within the interna- 5% 5% tional markets that we created the Operations / Legal /other game for. inventory

BUSINESS MODEL: MANAGEMENT TEAM

Advertising and in app purchases. CEO: Daniel Okalany CMO: Sharon Rwakatungu CTO: Jasper Onono

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We do have it mobile money integrat- ed in our platform, they also don’t do Swipe2Pay credit scoring for small businesses. TRACTION: CONTACT INFORMATION

50 active customers Year of establishment: 2017 70 downloads Address: Kampala PITCH Website: www.swipe2payug.com FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) Phone number: +256704688781 We are democratizing electronic FINANCIALS (USD) Email: [email protected] payments for small businesses to 10 100 Staff: +256704688781 ease their access to finance with Initial Cash spent per REVENUES: EXPENSES: EBITDA: Legal status: registered their business performance data capital month 0 1000 0 Social medias: and other alternative data sources. www.facebook.com/swipe2pay 50,000 5% Field: Fintech PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: Investment Percentage required of shares that Many small businesses are living could be made below their potential constrained by available to an equity investor their financial situation, if they had access to credit they would grow. USE OF FUNDS SOLUTION / PRODUCT: PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS 40% 30% Our first product is the financial management app which helps small Product Marketing / development sales business owners keep track of their cash flows and an inventory track- ing. 25% 5% Operations / Legal /other BUSINESS MODEL: inventory

We plan to make money off every MANAGEMENT TEAM transaction made through our MPos on both mobile money and bank card CEO: Solomon Kitumba transactions, we also plan to make CMO: Kawanguzi Japheth money off the sale of smart card CTO: Keneth Buhiire readers that are connected o the smartphones to process payments.

2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 36 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 37 Actualise Africa - Siya The PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) Entrepreneur- To be the leader in the development Initial capital: 3,000 of digital educational content cus- Cash spent per month: 250 tomised to the African context. Investment required: 10,000 ship Percentage of shares that could be PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: made available to an equity investor Start-Ups Our target buyers are schools and 10% shareholding for USD 10,000 parents who lack access to early childhood educational material that CONTACT INFORMATION reflects the child’s social, cultural Year of establishment: 2016 and natural environment Address: P.O.Box 2100, Kampala Website: https://actualiseafrica. Minimum Viable Product SOLUTION / PRODUCT: wordpress.com/ (MVP) confirmed. Siya helps parents of beginning CEO: Connie Nshemereirwe school children to better prepare for Phone number: +256782543547 Customer acquisition their educational journey by provid- Email: [email protected] and retention. ing fun, locally relevant educational Staff: 2 material. Legal status: Sole Proprietor Social medias: @Nshemeshe COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Field: EduTech Novel product - offered in four local languages but potential for more languages, also beyond Uganda.

Barriers: Internet connection & high dependence on schools to manage education.

TRACTION: No sales or users yet.

FINANCIALS (USD) Revenues: None Expenses: $3,000 EBITDA: None

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2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 38 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 39 Cironet Technologies Limited EnerGrow

PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) Cironet Technologies helps Busi- Initial capital: 4,000 Growing sustainable electricity de- Initial capital: 30,000 nesses and Organisations who want Cash spent per month: 700 mand by means of digital financial Cash spent per month: 5,000 online presence by creating for them Investment required: 10,000 inclusion, business training and in- Investment required: 450,000 websites and thus increased sales Percentage of shares that could be creased energy literacy. Percentage of shares that could be for their products and publicity on- made available to an equity investor made available to an equity investor line. 10’000 $, 20% capital PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: $100k - $400k for 15% - 45% de- Rural economies are stagnating in pendent on support and expertise. PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: CONTACT INFORMATION part due to minimal access to busi- Businesses and Organisations meet Year of establishment: 2013 ness finance with limited energy CONTACT INFORMATION high costs of advertisement and Address: Plot 112 Owen Road, consumption. EnerGrow offers asset Year of establishment: 2017 lack an online address. Mulago Hill, Paidha FM Building, financing on business assets and Address: Plot 7/11 Buganda Road. Kampala- Uganda appliances Website: www.ener-grow.com SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Website: www.cironetug.com CEO: Nataliey Bitature A Website showcasing products and CEO: Allan Amanyire SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Phone number: +256776201017 services offered by the Company or Phone number: +256394835555 Supply required financial skills and Email: [email protected] / Organisation thus targeting a larger Email: [email protected] training, provide customer digital [email protected]. population at lower costs. Staff: 4 database, Use data analysis to un- Staff: 7 Legal status: Incorporated dercut existing loan options. Pro- Legal status: limited liability COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Social medias: facebook.com/cir- mote access to on-grid productive Social medias: None We allow our Clients to pay in in- onetug, twitter.com/cironetug, assets through financing. Field: FinTech stallments. We also offer free Web- Field: Web Services site Hosting for the first year to our COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Website Developing clients. EnerGrow is the only company offering cheap financing in rural areas. TRACTION: We have increased our market size TRACTION: to a bigger number of clients, re- EnerGrow has successfully carried lieved their pains and satisfied their out household surveys in Mbale, gains plus retaining them to our Ibanda and Wakiso from which var- company’s service. ious analysis is being made

FINANCIALS (USD) FINANCIALS (USD) Revenues: 7500 / 6200 / 5700 Revenues: 10 Expenses: 5000 / 6000 / 5700 Expenses: 30 EBITDA: 2500 / 200 / 0 EBITDA: 20

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2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 40 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 41 Jaguza Livestock App KIPYA Bit2big

PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) I want to empower livestock produc- Initial capital: 200,000 A Digital platform for digitalizing fi- Initial capital: 30,000 tion and climate change to strength- Cash spent per month: 5,000 nance, focusing on quality cost-ef- Cash spent per month: 6,000 en food security and mitigate cli- Investment required: 500,000 fective software development and Investment required: 150,000 mate change. Percentage of shares that could be implementation of services using Percentage of shares that could be made available to an equity investor Blockchain technology. made available to an equity investor PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: 30% equity. 0 My target buyers are Livestock Vet- PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: erinary doctors,Health information CONTACT INFORMATION Eliminate traditional money trans- CONTACT INFORMATION officers,Policy Makers, Stake holder. Year of establishment: 2013 fer system shortfalls, identity crisis, Year of establishment: 2018 Address: citizen data management & include Address: Plot 174 ,Kansanga Ggaba SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Teachers House Bombo Road cryptocurrency integration. Peer to road, P.O.Box 24092, Kampala I want to help Livestock farmer who Website: www.jaguzafarm.com peer micro lending for the unbanked. Uganda have been serfering with there live- CEO: Katamba Ronald Website: www.kipya-connect.com stock in terms of diseases ,Market, Phone number: +256785856863 SOLUTION / PRODUCT: CEO: Michael Kiberu Nagenda Weather, information sharing and Email: [email protected] Users are able to exchange the dif- Phone number: +256772387466 also in term of extension services. Staff: +256702318190 ferent cryptocurrencies into fiat Email: [email protected] Legal status: Patented money, able to get micro credits as Staff: 7 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Social medias: @jaguza_app well as improved mobile payments. Legal status: Registered They don’t do enough research to Field: Agritech & Foodtech Social medias: fb:Bit2big understand what its in the market. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: twitter:@Bit2big API access is a challenge, have net- Field: FinTech TRACTION: work from Europe. Partly founded Acia Award in 2017 (UCC),(CTO) youth Blockchain Association of Uganda. innovation e-agriculture award in Run a Cryptocurrencies exchange, 2016, and (ITU) in 2015. (CTA) top lack financial backup. 20 projects in East Africa by Ashoka Change Maker. TRACTION: Hosted first blockchain technology FINANCIALS (USD) conference in Uganda. Set up inno- Revenues: 57,000 vation hubs at universities like IUEA Expenses: 42,000 and KIU to enable innovation. EBITDA: 125 FINANCIALS (USD) Revenues: None Expenses: 36,000 EBITDA: None PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS

2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 42 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 43 Krantz Company Limited MushanApp

PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) Alternate Route is a phone app that Initial capital: 30,000 About 95% of Ugandan citizens ac- Initial capital: 30,000 helps road users avoid traffic by Cash spent per month: 3027 cess financial services through vil- Cash spent per month: 2,000 enabling them know the shortest Investment required: 100,000 lage banks (Saccos). Majority of the Investment required: 50,000 routes with real time traffic info. Percentage of shares that could be SACCOS use manual systems which Percentage of shares that could be made available to an equity investor need to be automated. made available to an equity investor PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: $100000, 20% 20% The problem of traffic congestion PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: within the city centre is because CONTACT INFORMATION Majority of SACCOS in Uganda use CONTACT INFORMATION road users usually use the same Year of establishment: 2015 manual systems which are costly to Year of establishment: 2015 routes while not being aware of ex- Address: those Ugandans who lack access to Address: Kampala, Uganda isting traffic free routes. L3R40 Capital Shoppers Ntinda banking services. Website: www.mushanapp.com Website: CEO: Janson Mugabe SOLUTION / PRODUCT: www.alternaterouteapp.com SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Phone number: +256783313043 Alternate Route gives a road user CEO: Charles Kakura MushanApp is a mobile & web based Email: [email protected] options basing on info from the app. Phone number: +256782128883 banking software for SACCO mem- Staff: 3 The users save time, fuel & money. Email: [email protected] bers to access financial services Legal status: Incorporated Staff: 3 through mobile phones and internet Social medias: https://twitter.com/ COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Legal status: Registered Company using mobile money and Visa Cards. MushanaApp, https://www.face- Alternate Route provides live traffic by Limited shares book.com/mushanapp/ imagery and also highlights busi- Social medias: Facebook-Alternate COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Field: FinTech nesses as pop ups as you pass them. Route; Twitter-@altrouteapp MTN Mokash and Airtel money ser- It also alerts users on decrease/ Field: SmartCity vices ignore people who have already increase of traffic whenever neces- established saving groups and limits sary. them to use only MTN or Airtel lines only yet MushanApp is open to all. TRACTION: Alternate Route is a copyrighted ap- TRACTION: plication and it currently has over We’ve launched our mobile App in 2,000 users. 2018 and were recognized as one of the best ICT innovations by UCC in FINANCIALS (USD) 2017 and won $5000 award in 2016 Revenues: $21058 / $12484 Expenses: $8462 / $5268 FINANCIALS (USD) EBITDA: $36000 / $34975 Revenues: 20,000 Expenses: 30,000 EBITDA: 25,000 PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS

2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 44 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 45 Rythtech Rugarafu Wines ClinicMS

PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) To establish a standard winery busi- Initial capital: 1896 Our vision is to ease African busi- Initial capital: 3,000 ness that will produce a wide range Cash spent per month: 800 ness lives through technology and Cash spent per month: 600 of wines and to have empowered Investment required: 1,200,000 software solutions across the board. Investment required: 100,000 communities through skill develop- Percentage of shares that could be Percentage of shares that could be ment to generate household income. made available to an equity investor PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: made available to an equity investor 10% Capital We are targeting clinics, hospitals 25% PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: & health facilities that have various Corporates, Government Officials, CONTACT INFORMATION software handling various depart- CONTACT INFORMATION Business People, Churches, Celeb- Year of establishment: 2015 ments of their institution who need a Year of establishment: 2014 rities, Military, Sports Men & Women Address: Nyerere road, Kabale single solution to do all work. Address: Bugolobi Next to Airtel Municipality-Uganda Head Office SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Website: www.shetrades.com/ SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Website: www.rythtech.com Establishment of a commodity link- members/rugarafuwines We are bringing all facets of health CEO: Sewalu Steven age system that corresponds to their CEO: Sayuni Patience care management into one beauti- Phone number: +256793934065 requirements for improved agricul- Phone number: +256774595133 ful software. from reception, doctor Email: [email protected] tural productivity. Email: [email protected] visits, radiology, pharmacy, cashier Staff: 15 Staff: 18 Full-Time, 12 Part-Time etc. and also increase transparency Legal status: COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Legal status: Registered across the institution. Private Limited Company We produce sweet and good quality Social medias: https://twitter.com/ Social medias: Facebook, Twitter wine. Our prices are affordable to kigezi_skill, https://www.facebook. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Field: HealthTech the majority. Creation of different com/Rugarafu-WINES Our competitive advantage lies in outlets in different districts. Field: AgriTech & FoodTech our product. the fact that we are the first offering a cloud platform gives TRACTION: us all benefits that come with it. and We’ve secured leased land, bought our solution has more to offer. machinery equipment, opened up a bank account, registered our com- TRACTION: pany, done a feasebility study, done a We have gotten positive reviews business plan. from all doctors we’ve met. We have 50 clients. FINANCIALS (USD) Revenues: 33354 / 31352 / 29299 FINANCIALS (USD) Expenses: 28357 / 26656 / 23990 Revenues: 5034 / 0 / 0 EBITDA: 5021 / 4720 / 4248 Expenses: 7540 / 3500 / 0 EBITDA: 5034 / 0 / 0

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2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 46 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 47 Skooldesk Serenity Solutions (Bluenode)

PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) highly entrepreneurial firm that just Initial capital: 500 Skooldesk is an intuitive e-learning Initial capital: - marked 1 year of operations special- Cash spent per month: 600 platform that helps kids improve Cash spent per month: 2,000 izing in Training, Software Develop- Investment required: 20 their test grades through automatic Investment required: 300,000 ment and Consultancy. Percentage of shares that could be grading of tests, interactive learning Percentage of shares that could be made available to an equity investor objects and a robust analytics engine made available to an equity investor PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: 10% that identifies students strengths 300,000 $, 40% capital National and Multinational corpora- and weaknesses. tions that we can establish working CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION long term partnerships. Year of establishment: 2017 PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: Year of establishment: 2017 Address: Makerere University Student’s failure rates at primary Address: Plot 5 Mugula Road, SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Website: www.serenityug.com level are very high with less than Entebbe Be targeting the biggest population CEO: Jude Emenyu 10% of the students scoring in divi- Website: www.bluenodemedia.com age group, the youth we aim to be Phone number: +25678219575e + 11 sion 1 in Uganda. CEO: Cavin Mugarura essential in harnessing their full po- Email: [email protected] Phone number: : +256781882067 tential as a people. Staff: 8 SOLUTION / PRODUCT: (Uganda) 1 240 863 2392 (USA) Legal status: Registered Skooldesk helps kids improve their Email: [email protected] COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Social medias: https://www. grades through self-paced learning, Staff: 8 Partnerships with Makerere Uni- facebook.com/Serenity-Solu- intuitive reports. Legal status: Registered LLC (USA) versity the Best University in Africa tions-1749383561949241/?ref=br_rs Private Limited Corporation outside south Africa, collaboration Field: Web Services COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: (Uganda) with Ugandas leading media(Vision Our platform has a large repository Social medias: https://www.face- Group) high creative, professional of questions, automatic test grading, book.com/skooldesk team. a robust analytics engine and is also Field: EduTech multi-lingual (French, Portuguese, TRACTION: Chinese, Hindu and Spanish. Started with no capital in June 2017, currently partnered with Major TRACTION: State, public and private agencies. a Skooldesk has 920 paying users. We national AD campaign on the horizon were selected among the top 10 Dig- from sheer team resilience. ital startups in Africa by Super Re- turn Africa, received seed fund FINANCIALS (USD) Revenues: 8 FINANCIALS (USD) Expenses: 5 Revenues: $25,000 / $120,000 EBITDA: 8.5 Expenses: $15,000 / $130,000 EBITDA: $8,000 / $15,000 PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS

2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 48 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 49 Student Placement Ltd Sports Talent Hub (SPUL)

PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) A online platform which gives oppor- Initial capital: 8720 Reduce the skills gap in Uganda by Initial capital: 10,206 tunity to mainly unexplored but tal- Cash spent per month: 1720 2025 and increase access to quality Cash spent per month: 1,500 ented sports individuals of all ages Investment required: 100,000 internship opportunities. Investment required: 20,000 to showcase their sports talent to a Percentage of shares that could be Percentage of shares that could be global audience for free. made available to an equity investor PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: made available to an equity investor 30% Information asymmetry is affecting up to 30% PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: the quality of internship in the coun- There are so many talented sports CONTACT INFORMATION try, leading to scarcity of employable CONTACT INFORMATION individuals all over the world who Year of establishment: 2018 skills yet universities are under-re- Year of establishment: 2016 possess exceptional sports talent, Address: Sports Talent Hub Plot 537 sourced to search for vacancies. Address: Makerere University, Pool but their whereabouts is unknown to Butikiro Rd. Namirembe, Kampala Road P.O.Box 7062, Kampala agents and clubs. - Uganda SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Website: http://spul.co.ug/ Website: www.sportstalenthub.com Matching students with potential CEO: Akamukama Christopher SOLUTION / PRODUCT: CEO: Taddeo Ssenyonga employers. We offer pre-placement Phone number: +256775656700 We’ve developed a platform which Phone number: +256772981906 job options, in-placement support, Email: [email protected] gives opportunity to mainly unex- Email: [email protected] obtain timely feedback about stu- Staff: 5 plored but talented sports individu- Staff: 3 dents’ work challenges. Legal status: Limited company als to showcase their talent globally Legal status: Registered Social medias: @spul by creating player CVs. Social medias: Facebook: @sport- COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Field: EduTech stalenthub Twitter: @sportstalen- We run a very efficient Mobile Appli- COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: thub cation. We signed an MoU with uni- The website implements the stan- Field: Sports versities where we intend to operate, dard sports nomenclature (search thus creating a barrier for potential a player by country, sport, position market entrants. played, age, gender) and the website has a language translator. TRACTION: SPUL App already runs on android TRACTION: platform. We have service commit- Started with no capital (June 2017), ment from over 300 companies and currently partnered with Major State, plan to aggressively sign up new public & private agencies. A national companies through social media. AD campaign on the horizon. FINANCIALS (USD) FINANCIALS (USD) Revenues: 11,111 / 9,027 / 8,300 Revenues: 0 Expenses: 12,000 / 12,000 / 10,000 Expenses: 10,000 EBITDA: -888.9 / -2278 / -1667 EBITDA: 0 PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS PRODUCT SCREENSHOTS

2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 50 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 51 Synel Group Ltd

PITCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION (USD) To offer standard products and ser- Initial capital: 10,206 The vices that ensure value for money. Cash spent per month: 1,500 Investment required: 20,000 Ideation PROBLEM / OPPORTUNITY: Percentage of shares that could be Our clients desire quality, durable made available to an equity investor products and services at affordable up to 30% Start-Ups. prices. CONTACT INFORMATION SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Year of establishment: 2014 We established links with global Address: Mukwano Courts, 5th suppliers of quality ICT products at Floor, Suite 501-D affordable rates for our clients. Website: www.synelgrou.wix.com/ synel COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: CEO: Sabiiti Ivan We will change our focus to differen- Phone number: +256782454341 Research and implementation tiate ourselves from competitors to Email: [email protected] of a market-oriented solution. improve the business by satisfying Staff: 8 the needs of our clients for reliable Legal status: Registered products like hardware, software. Social medias: https://web.facebook.com/TechgpSynel/ TRACTION: Field: Retail & E-commerce With limited capital we have been able to increase sales and revenues yearly, created a loyal customer base that gives referrals, signed partnerships with global suppliers.

FINANCIALS (USD) Revenues: 3,500 / 2,300 / 1,900 Expenses: 1,000 / 900 / 1,000 EBITDA: 6,000 / 4,000 / 2,950

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2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 52 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 53 Peec Energy bpmtechconsult Footmo Kit Nisaidie Uganda Ltd

SOLUTION / PRODUCT: SOLUTION / PRODUCT: SOLUTION / PRODUCT: SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Increase awareness on cybersecu- Footmo Kit is a hand held device We want to have an app that a user Provide remote monitoring and rity and provide superior technical used by farmers to diagnose Foot can use to not only report crime, but control solutions for solar, mini-grid expertise in identifying and mitigat- and Mouth Disease in livestock by assist in progressively solving crime contractors, homes and integrate ing cybsersecurity threats. measuring saliva as a parameter. with relevant information pertaining energy payments. to reported or witnessed crimes. CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Year of establishment: 2017 Year of establishment: 2016 CONTACT INFORMATION Year of establishment: 2016 Address: Doctor’s Lane,Kisaasi Address: Soliz House, Lumumba Year of establishment: 2017 Address: Plot 183 Upper Mawanda Kulambiro Avenue, Kampala, Uganda Address: Jinja road Rd Kampala-Uganda Website: bpmtechconsult.tk Website: foottmo.blogspot.com Website: - Website: www.peecenergy.com/ CEO: Peter Mayanja CEO: Mushusha Richard CEO: Isiko Peter CEO: Ronnie Ssejjuko Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Staff: 7 Staff: 8 Staff: 7 Staff: 8 Phone number: +256774020671 Phone number: +256778893867 Phone number: +256775075211 Phone number: +256782793584 Field: Cybersecurity Field: Agritech & Foodtech Field: Govtech, Smartcity Field: SmartCity

Justice2People M-omulimisa RuthFam Limited, SafePod EastGuides

SOLUTION / PRODUCT: SOLUTION / PRODUCT: SOLUTION / PRODUCT: SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Our solution helps Citizens who Use of ICTs such as mobiles will get Perform service reviews through We’ve developed a security device want to report cases to justice us indulge with the farmers through blogging to guide travelers and which fights burglary crime through agencies and are able to receive text messages which are toll free offer customer service for travel detecting intrusion, notifying the feedback regarding progress of to us. agencies and hotels. Publish travel owner about the security status and their cases. guides through our newsletters. neutralise the threat. CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Year of establishment: 2014 CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Year of establishment: 2016 Address: Tororo Uganda Year of establishment: 2016 Year of establishment: 2017 Address: Plot 30 Upper Kololo Website: www.m-omulimisa.com Address: Plot 90, Kanjokya Street, Address: Kampala Website: www.justice2people.com CEO: Daniel Ninsiima Kampala Website: www.safepodd.com CEO: Rancy Bukenya Email: [email protected] Website: www.eastguides.com CEO: Andrew Mugisha Email: [email protected] Staff: 6 CEO: Albert Emurwon Email: [email protected] Staff: 8 Phone number : +256776121959 Email: [email protected] Staff: 4 Phone number: +256779530538 Field: Agritech & Foodtech Staff: 10 Phone number: +256759435549 Field: Govtech, LegalTech Phone number: +256775135890 Field: SmartCity Field: Media & Advertising, Travel & Tourism

2018 NTF IV 2018 NTF IV 54 START-UP DIRECTORY START-UP DIRECTORY 55 Soko Uganda Trophy Developers Uganda Additional Start-Ups SOLUTION / PRODUCT: SOLUTION / PRODUCT: Create an E-commerce application To provide a focal point where locals to enable manufacturers reach out and international visitors can obtain ENSIBUUKO: +256776367086 to the online market, access global information about existing wildlife [email protected] / https://ensibuuko.com/ markets and create efficient supply species, cultures and Antiquities. MICRO VENTURES UNDER LOTTED ENVIRONMENT: +256706050403 chains. [email protected] / www.jointhegreen.org CONTACT INFORMATION CHAPCHAP AFRICA LIMITED: +256392002221 CONTACT INFORMATION Year of establishment: 2015 [email protected] / https://www.chapchapafrica.com Year of establishment: 2017 Address: Entebbe - Kitubulu CLEAR YO MIND: +256774095622 Address: Kampala Website: [email protected] / www.clearyomind.com Website: www.sokoug.com www.trophydevelopers.com/ KANGAROO+: +256778988019 / [email protected] CEO: Hillary Mbabazi CEO: Tonny Luliba www.kangarooplusjacket.wordpress.com Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] KUMUSOFT SOLUTIONS: +256783232462 Staff: 4 Staff: 22 [email protected] / https://www.legalcasetracker.com Phone number: +256701401339 Phone number: +256757942014 PRUNES TECHNOLOGIES LTD: +256772071651 Field: Fintech, Retail & Field: Travel & Tourism [email protected] / http://drugdash.org/ E-commerce QED SOLUTIONS LTD: +256757346390 [email protected] / www.hrmagic.ug/www.qed.co.ug WORLD CLASS TECHNOLOGIES: +256704402924 Underscore Limited [email protected] / http://www.wct.co.ug/ Virtual Tourism Tool - Community Point DATATRACK SOLUTIONS CONSULT LIMITED: +256772979936 [email protected] / www.datatrack.co.ug GOLAZO NETWORK MANAGEMENT SERVICES: +256774340650 SOLUTION / PRODUCT: SOLUTION / PRODUCT: [email protected] / http://www.gnmsug.com To provide small businesses a plat- To develop an interactive and real- KUANZA GARI LIMITED: +256792201854 / [email protected] form to market their products and istic digital portal, that will be used NASIMAMA ENTERPRISE LIMITED: +25670131188 services and connect with potential to market different tourist destina- [email protected] / http://www.medicalshed.com/ customers. tions within Uganda. PAPERBAG MAKING MACHINE: +2567890486544 [email protected] / www.eureka.ug CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION SIMBA FOOD: +256756001900 Year of establishment: 2015 Year of establishment: 2017 [email protected] / www.simbafood.com Address: 372, Shelter Road, Naalya Address: P.O.Box 166 Gulu, Uganda SOMAAFRICA TECHNOLOGIES - SMC LIMITED: +256779564427 Housing Estate Website: www.eureka.ug/vtt [email protected] / www.somaafrica.com Website: www.underscore.co.ug CEO: Akello Kalumera Christine SOMESA SOLUTIONS: +25700000000 CEO: Larry Okutho Email: [email protected] [email protected] / http://www.somesa.ug/ Email: [email protected] Staff: 8 SUREAGRIC: +256779453038 / [email protected] Staff: 5 Phone number : +256777327731 YOUTH CONNECT UGANDA: +256756222963 Phone number: +256 782 750191 Field:Travel & Tourism [email protected] / www.youthconnectuganda.com Field: Media & Advertising TRUST TECHNOLOGIES & MEDIA SOLUTIONS LTD: +256705465170 [email protected] / www.ttmsug.com

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AGRITECH RETAIL & & FOODTECH E-COMMERCE

Nampya Farmers’ Market, Jaguza Xente, AppAbout, Nione Fashion Ltd, Livestock App, Rugarafu Wines, Nampya Farmers’ Market, Synel Group Footmo Kit, M-omulimisa Ltd, Soko Uganda FINTECH EDUTECH

Xente, AppAbout, AkelloBanker, Yakako SchoolMaster Solutions, Actualise Africa- Pay, EnerGrow, KIPYA Bit2big, Siya, Skooldesk (Bluenode), Student MushanApp, Swipe2Pay,Soko Uganda Placement (U) Ltd (SPUL) FASHIONTECH CYBERSECURITY

Nione Fashion Ltd Pollicy, bpmtechconsult GAMING GOVTECH

Kola Studios Pollicy, Justice2People, Nisaidie HEALTHTECH SPORTS

Rythtech ClinicMS Sports Talent Hub

SMARTCITY WEB SERVICES To know more about the NTF IV Uganda project, please visit the NTF IV Uganda website: Yasa Uganda, Innovex Uganda Ltd, Yaaka Cironet Technologies Limited, Serenity http://www.intracen.org/NTF4/Uganda-IT/ Digital Network, Krantz Company Ltd, Solutions Nisaidie, Peec Energy Uganda Ltd, CONTACT: SafePod Martin Labbé, MEDIA & TRAVEL & NTF IV Project manager ADVERTISING TOURISM [email protected]

RuthFam Limited: EastGuides Roundbob.com, RuthFam Limited: Richard Okuti: EastGuides, Trophy Developers Uganda, National project Coordinator Underscore Limited: Community Point, [email protected] Virtual Tourism Tool

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