Roundtable discussion: Microsoft Africa Transformation Office Lead and Microsoft and NVIDIA GenAI Africa Accelerator Cohort 1 Participants

Date: 27 May 2025
Time: 15:00
Venue: Microsoft Office – Letaba Meeting Room

eSusFarm: Smart Farming for Africa

eSusFarm empowers African smallholder farmers with a digital platform offering blockchain-based weather insurance, AI farming insights, and bundled services like input loans and market access. Accessible via USSD, SMS, and voice in local languages, it delivers fast insurance payouts and personalised support. eSusFarm boosts climate resilience, improves productivity, and drives financial inclusion for sustainable agriculture.

Watson Matsa

eSusFarm

Orzo Bot: Smart Bots for Business and Learning

Orzo Bot offers AI-powered bots tailored for e-commerce, corporate training, and homeschooling. Key offerings include:
E-Commerce Bots for real-time support on Shopify & WooCommerce
Corporate Learning Bots to upskill teams with expert guidance
Homeschooling Mentors for 24/7 student learning support
Flexible versions suit various customer service and educational needs.

Raeeza Bulbulia

Orzo Bo

Beqy.ai: Automated Financial Intelligence for SMEs

Beqy.ai is an AI-driven platform simplifying financial management for African SMEs and startups. It automates bookkeeping, integrates financial data, generates real-time credit scores from payment gateways, and produces 5-year forecasts. Affordable and investor-ready, Beqy empowers SMEs to access funding, scale operations, and drive inclusive economic growth.

Sihle Majola

Beqy.ai

Elle International: AI for Women’s Health Equity

Elle International is a public benefit organisation advancing safe, sustainable, and affordable women’s health solutions. Its flagship AI tool, Womany LLM, delivers culturally relevant, multilingual support for diagnostics and treatment across Africa. Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Womany improves care quality, data equity, and research access while preserving privacy. Elle collaborates with academia, industry, and telecom partners to ensure zero-rated, open-science access to underrepresented conditions like PCOS, PMDD, and perimenopause—targeting impact at scale across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Gregg Barrett

Elle International

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