The Africa Tech Summit has announced the final shortlist of startups that will pitch live on stage to delegates at the sold-out Africa Tech Summit, which will take place this week in Nairobi on February 23rd and 24th.

Pitch Live has received over 300 submissions and aims to showcase leading startup ventures from across the continent while connecting them with leading investors, corporates, and business opportunities. It is generously supported by Paystack and Microsoft.

Applications were received from all over the continent, with the following startups chosen to participate: those seeking pre-seed, seed, or Series A funding.

Arata (Nigeria) is the next-gen online blockchain gaming, marketplace, animations incubator and video streaming company

Bitmama (Nigeria) is a highly-secured and fast-growing crypto platform

Eshi Express PLC (Ethiopia) is transforming the last mile delivery in Ethiopia

Flex Finance (Nigeria) is digitizing requisition and spend management saving hours with automatic disbursements

KaziNow (Kenya) is catalyzing job creation and improving livelihoods for young and vulnerable populations, at scale.

LazerPay (Nigeria) is a blockchain-powered payment infrastructure for the internet.

Pravica (Egypt) is creating a paradigm shift in private and secure communications.

Visual and AI Solutions (VAIS) (Egypt) – VAIS FarmGATE is an all-in-one precision Ag Platform.

Zuri (Kenya) is democratizing access to health care.

“We are thrilled with the response to the fourth edition of Pitch Live and are very excited to showcase these exciting ventures.” The goal is to connect with new investors, customers, and corporations, and we are finally back live and in person,” explained Andrew Fassnidge, founder of Africa Tech Summit.

Nubi Kay, Startup Programs Lead at Paystack, also commented on the announcement, saying, “We’re excited to partner with Africa Tech Summit to support ambitious founders building the next wave of transformative companies across the continent.”

All participating founders will receive an invitation to the Paystack Start-ups Program, as well as an intensive workshop at the conference to explore key levers for growth and international expansion, as part of our goal to support startups.”

The Africa Startup Summit draws entrepreneurs, investors, Hubs and co-working spaces, corporates looking to increase their presence in the innovation and startup space, and industry bodies looking to engage with the entrepreneurship community.

The Africa Tech Summit will feature three tracks – The Money and DeFi Summit, Africa Startup Summit, and Africa Mobile Summit – that will foster interaction and a vision for the future across a variety of industries.