The Money Tree Magazine 1st Issue | Page 53

The winner was an innovative initiative called “Workforce”, which can simply be described as being a mobilepowered planning app for connecting workers and employers. Runner-ups were funeral management app Funeral.ly and Bribed, which has a really interesting way of tackling bribery issues across Africa. Take a look at all eight start-up pitches below: Workforce is a mobile-powered planning app for connecting workers and employers. The platform is meant to link unskilled worker teams with potential employers through an SMS-based communication system. This application intends to bring innovation to the unskilled labour force and both bridge and identify the gap between employee and employer