The Global Startup Awards bring together high-impact startups and investors from over 100 countries across the globe. The network offers participants the opportunity to meet prospective mentors, partners, and clients and access the latest industry trends.
In 2021, the Global Startup Awards expanded into Africa with objectives focused on finding UN sustainable development goal (SDG) aligned tech innovation solutions with 55 countries competing in 12 categories, including Agri Tech, Health Tech, Industrial Tech and Women in Tech.
This year’s edition had over 7500 companies compete from 54 African countries. The winning startups will get funding for their social, environmental or economic impact on the African continent, and Treepz qualified in all three areas. The endorsement will also continue to help Treepz to contribute its fair share to the United Nations SDGs making cities more resilient and sustainable.
Treepz is one of Africa’s leading shared mobility startups and has established itself with close to 10,000 daily rides completed on its platform. Since its inception, the startup has achieved remarkable milestones, including completing 1.5 million bookings within 30 months of operations and expanding to Ghana and Uganda with the acquisitions of Stabus and Ugabus in both countries. Today, Treepz has the number one market share in Ghana and Uganda in less than a year in both countries.
Treepz has also effectively saved 519,792 kg of CO2 emissions across Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda in the last three months alone. This results from passengers sharing rides with Treepz-powered vehicles instead of driving their own cars.
Speaking at the event, Co-founders of Loudhailer and GIIG, Jo Griffiths and Caitlin Nash, had this to say,
“We know that we need to find millions of solutions if we are going to have any dent in solving the climate crisis, and we know that a lot of those solutions sit here on the African continent. We believe that we can unlock Africa’s growth a lot faster and position it as the tech continent of the future with these proof-points over a few multi-year periods.”
With operations in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda, Treepz Inc is set to disrupt the transportation sector with unique services such as shared daily rides and transportation software tailored for schools and transport businesses.