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"Judges were fierce at the Tanzania final of The Next Web's global startup competition,\u00A0Startup World, held in Dar Es Salaam this month where over 100 people turned out to see ten startups battle it out for the finalist title.\u00A0\r\n\r\nJudges Kristiina L\u00E4hde \u2013 Chief Technical Advisor, TanzICT, Raddhina Kipozi \u2013 East Africa Program Manager for Envaya, Wilmore Mihayo \u2013 Founder &amp;amp;amp; CEO Uhuru One, Charles Matondane \u2013 Head of VAS &amp;amp;amp; Internet Services, VODACOM and Catherinerose Barretto \u2013 Founder and Director Kinu &amp;amp;amp; Pamoja initiatives scored Safari Yetu the highest points crowing them winner of the competition. Startups were judged how innovative their product was, how scalable it could be, and what its global impact and reach might be. Points were also awarded for pitch strength.\r\n\r\nSafari Yetu changes how consumers buy bus tickets in Tanzania; currently buying a bus ticket for travel means going to a bus station a day earlier than the expected travel date, spending two to\u00A0five hours in traffic just to get your ticket and then do the same the day you are traveling. With Safari Yetu, you pay online or via mobile, receive an SMS reservation or ticket and go to the bus station once; the day you are traveling.\r\n\r\nThe 10 finalists picked to pitch in Tanzania were Book by Book, Java Foods, Blackmark Corporation, TMT Technologies, Morogoro Centre for Food Processing Training, Rasello, Victor Techno Solve Empresa, Safari Yetu, Magilatech and Harusi Yangu.\r\n\r\nThe Next Web would like to thank our partners Nathan Were of DTBi and Joshua Stern of Telerivet for helping us organize the event.\r\n\r\nYou can watch the teaser for the Startup World documentary \u00A0below.\r\n\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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