Aurora Tech Award Announces 2022 Winners

In 2021, the passenger transport service inDriver established an award for the founders of IT startups whose projects have had the most significant impact on the development of the global economy in various fields: from medicine to AI and unmanned vehicles. .

Women are becoming more powerful in business. In the list of the most profitable Fortune 500 companies in 2022, 15% of managers (74 people) were women. This is double what it was two decades ago. And the award is designed to draw attention to their projects.

In 2022, 400 entries from around the world were presented to the jury for the Aurora Tech Award: Best Women-Founded Companies.

At the award ceremony, 22 shortlisted participants presented their projects. These are the companies:

• 1. Startup Kola Market (Ghana): a product that promotes the sustainable growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),
• 2. Gwiji For Women (Kenya): connects cleaners living in Nairobi slums with their clients,
• 3. Emergency Response Africa (Nigeria) – a network of emergency response services, ambulances and hospitals,
• 4. Ibu Punya Mimpi (Indonesia) – an online education platform with employment opportunities for mothers,
• 5. aXiom Zorn Foundation (Uganda): a project that provides business and financial services to farmers,
• 6. Humana Digital Health (Argentina) – virtual family doctor,
• 7. Frontida Records (USA): customizable medical applications,
• 8. Kaoshi Network (Nigeria): A marketplace connecting Africans at home and abroad, enabling them to meet their financial obligations,
• 9. Shemote (Pakistan): supports women working from home through training and counseling
• 10. Mathshub (Russia) is an edtech project with an opportunity to learn fundamental programming and data analysis skills for free for everyone.
• 11. Caterpillarhers (Pakistan) – edtech project with training and direct access to the labor market,
• 12. Craftmerce (Nigeria): A marketplace that connects small and medium-sized manufacturers and artisans in Africa with retailers and business owners in Europe and North America.
• 13. Kadamb Inclusive Learning Tools (India) – a web platform for self-learning for clients with disabilities,
• 14. Humans in the Loop (Bulgaria): data recognition and systematization service,
• 15. K-12EdTech Inc. (Namibia) – an application that allows you to receive education in the metaverse,
• 16. Herconomy (Nigeria) – a community that gives women the opportunity to be financially independent,
• 17. HerRyde (Nigeria) – taxi service “women for women”,
• 18. GreenAgain (Cameroon): an agricultural startup for the diagnosis of plant diseases,
• 19. MyFoodAngels (Nigeria): a market that brings together farmers and consumers,
• 20. Sendstack (Nigeria): digital logistics infrastructure for business in Africa,
• 21. Generation Educators (Indonesia): An education solution focused on empowering educators,
• 22. NRocket Learning (India) – digital communities of teachers and parents.

More about the three winners:

1 location:

Elizabeth Mwangi

Gwiji (Kenya)

Her project for cleaning women is named the best by economic empowerment of women workers in Nairobi, for creating an amazing idea and tangible contribution to the community.

Second place:

Iva Gumnishka

Humans in the Loop (Bulgaria)

His computer recognition and data systematization project drew attention thanks to keeping the AI ​​technologies and reflecting the strength and generosity of the human being behind the technologies.

3rd place:

namya mahajan

Rocket Apprenticeship (India)

Its parent-teacher community project was recognized as the best for Provide early childhood education to low-income families, to create a cost-effective and scalable model that can impact the future of today’s children.