Four Ugandan Startups Win $10000 Seed Fund in Up Accelerate Program

A photo of the winners

At least four Ugandan start-up groups have been awarded USD 10000 each, to assist them in the development of trans-formative solutions to tackle persistent sexual and reproductive health bottlenecks in the country.

The four groups were revealed on Tuesday January 17th after a pitching session in the Up Accelerate program at Outbox hub in Kampala.

Launched in November 2016, a total of sixty-two (62) teams submitted their solutions to the program. The solutions would later be subjected to a public voting and shortlisting by an expert panel of judges who selected a team ten (10) semi-finalists.

“We were impressed by the response and level of engagement of young people despite the complexity of the problem areas within which we wanted them to propose solutions,” said Richard Zulu, Outbox Team Lead.

“The amount of conversation, feedback and effort exhibited during the application period is testimony to the demand of programmes like Up Accelerate among the young people in Uganda,” he added.

The four winners include

Teheca is a mobile app that enables one to find the closest and most qualified caretaker that best suits their care needs from a pool of qualified caretakers.

Snap HMIS is a mobile application that helps hospital data clerks compile health management information system (HMIS) reports accurately and in real time.

IDrain is an improved chest drainage system which removes the pleural effusion contents of mothers.

Drug Dash is an information system to help health centres and distribution centers manage essential medicines and health supplies (EMHS) stock levels through analytical dashboards that support quick decision making.