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Real young Africans.
Real ventures.

Every finalist below shipped something — solar irrigation, bio-fuel from insect waste, paving blocks from plastic. Browse by year.

2025 Demo Day · in pictures

The room showed up.

Strathmore School of Tourism & Hospitality · Nairobi · sponsored by ABSA, Sanlam Allianz, MK-Africa and the British Council.

40finalists pitched
9partner brands
3scholarships awarded
Muthoni Kanyana opens the 2025 Demo Day.
Founder Muthoni Kanyana opens the 2025 Demo Day.
The mascot makes its yearly appearance.
Strathmore The mascot makes its yearly appearance.
Finalists in the front row.
Audience Finalists in the front row.
A finalist makes the pitch.
On the mic A finalist makes the pitch.
Judges before the deliberations.
Jury Judges before the deliberations.
Pitching the venture in 5 minutes.
Pitch Pitching the venture in 5 minutes.
Faces in the room — the next cohort listens.
Audience Faces in the room — the next cohort listens.
Certificates handed out.
Awards Certificates handed out.
Sponsors, judges and partners on stage.
Partners Sponsors, judges and partners on stage.
Behind the scenes — the scoring panel.
Backstage Behind the scenes — the scoring panel.
Phones up. The reel writes itself.
Crowd Phones up. The reel writes itself.

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