African Tech Startups Invited to Apply for Saint-Gobain and AfricArena Open Innovation Challenge
The Tech in Africa website reported that Saint-Gobain and AfricArena have partnered to launch a joint open innovation challenge targeting e-commerce and fintech startups in Kenya, Egypt, and South Africa. Bintou Adekoya, the COO at AfricArena termed the collaboration as a way of “aiming to identify the best African startups who, through their innovative solutions, will have a real and tangible impact and help the Fintech industry evolve in Africa.” Since 2018, AfricArena and Saint-Gobain have partnered in several open innovation challenges ranging from digital platforms that enhance worker skills, to analytical tools that predict climate change.
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