They are among 26 Tanzanians, 15 Rwandans, 10 Ugandans, and 18 Ethiopians who were feted during a ceremony in Kigali on Thursday night.
Winners were awarded entry into one of four program tracks: i) 2Xcelerate for businesses that could qualify for DFI investment, ii) 2Xcapital for ventures looking for non-DFI funding, iii) 2Xcrowd for businesses with the potential for crowdfunding, and iv) 2Xcatalyze for networking and profile-building.
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