Startupbootcamp Smart City “Fast Track” Nairobi hosted by Liquid Telecom & Fuse Catalysts

Fuse Catalysts
2 min readOct 9, 2017

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Startupbootcamp Smart City Dubai is the leading program supporting innovative companies in the IoT & Connectivity, Urban Automation & Mobility, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Open City Data, Sustainable Cities & Living, Smart Government, and Smart Retail industry.

Their intensive 3+3 month program provides 10 selected Smart City companies with hands-on mentorship from over 100 industry experts, office space in Dubai, seed funding, and access to a global network of investors and corporate partners from across the Smart City industry.

We, Fuse Catalysts are excited to have been a sponsor and local organizing partner for the Nairobi “Fast Track” to identify local startups for the day long 1-to-1 pitch and mentorship session with local & regional corporate mentors. The event was hosted by Liquid Telecom at their Data Center office.

L-R: Todd O’Brien, Marcellous Palla, Douglas Ogeto, Ben Roberts & Clifford Derrick

The corporate jury & mentors included Liquid Telecom: Group CTO & Innovation Officer Ben Roberts; Business Analyst Clifford Derrick, Network engineer Marcellous Palla & Oswald Jumira as well as Wahome Gathondu from IBM. This alongside the fantastic Startupbootcamp Smart City CEO: Todd O’Brien.

Some of the startups that pitched include but not limited to: MyRide Africa, Suny Poynt, BLUWDRIVE & World Wallet to name but a few.

World Wallet Pitch
Mentors + Startups

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Fuse Catalysts

Innovation Management and business advisory firm for technology companies. You focus on product innovation and we focus on building your business.