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The Startup of the Year/Africa – 2017 Awards, a new prize set up to promote African startups has just announced the businesses in the running to win up to €10,000.

Visit the site to see the amazing African startups in the running and have your say on who should win the public vote.

There are well over 100 startups in the running. From Nigeria’s largest online cake store, WaraCake; to MooExams, an interactive platform which helps students prepare for exams; not forgetting Weebi, a bookkeeping app for informal businessmen – the range is impressive.

You’ll also find MedTrucks, a startup which specialises in mobile healthcare. We profiled founder Anass El Hilal at the Africa4Tech conference in Marrakech in November last year.

There are lots of runner-up prizes and different categories.

Have a look at all the startups here.