7th August 2020

SLUDTERA would like to invite the public to meet the EWC SLU Top 10.

By SLUDTERA

After reviewing the 34 potential applications which made it

passed four rounds of evaluations, The EWC SLU Top 10 were selected. These 10 founders will pitch

at the Entrepreneurship World Cup St. Lucia Preliminary Competition slated for August 10th at 11AM

(AST)!! The winners or Top 3 founders will receive over XCD$10k free perks from 1st National Bank and Advanced Intellectual Methods.

Let’s get to know who these founders are and learn more about their companies. You will get to vote for your favorite company at the Preliminaries and the National Finals, so it would be a great idea to know what they do.

EWC SLU STARTUP #1 – Team led by Isaiah Lorde

Imagine an app that makes travel great again. An app that uses social media and mixed reality to reward you for enjoying yourself and sharing that experience with your contacts as you reignite the Travel and Leisure industry. This is what we are offering the world. www.othnieltech.com

EWC SLU STARTUP #2 – Team leg by Darnell Jn. Charles

We provide web and app based solutions for entrepreneurs, micro and small businesses. Solutions such as digital time clocks, digital invoicing systems, Event, Service and donation platform for secure access. www.advancedcompanygroup.com

EWC SLU STARTUP #3 – Team led by Charlene Cupid

Slistr is a free online business listing service centered at offering the St. Lucian public a free, simple, and accessible means by which they can advertise and share products and services around the country. Slistr’s main focus is on its users which is why we offer such great functionalities at no cost to them. It creates an open platform where all are welcome to share and interact, while providing them with the opportunity to modify listing content, promote and turn website visitors into customers. The ability for users to share their opinions also helps to bridge the need for increased quality and more accountability in our open market. https://slistr.com

EWC SLU STARTUP #4 – Team led by Gilland Avril

Ngage would like to introduce MediTAGS or medical tags to the Caribbean market in response to COVID-19. MediTAGs store basic medical information beforehand and once scanned would show the information on the reading device’s screen in the event they need to share this information with a security or medical professional. https://www.facebook.com/ngage.slu.3

EWC SLU STARTUP #5 – Team led by Andrew Robertson

Difandot provides SMS Marketing and lead generation service. The main customer industries are, retail, restaurants, medical offices, utility companies and health & beauty services. https://www.facebook.com/difandot

EWC SLU STARTUP #6 – Team led by Antonio Roderiquez

The first of its kind bill payment ecosystem in the Caribbean is here to change the way bills are being paid. Bringing a revolution in the Caribbean’s bill payment market, Carib Quick Pay enables every citizen to pay their different bills under the same window. This platform makes it easy and simple to pay utilities, insurance, loans etc. This platform will pool together participating partners to register their company on the system. Their customers will then be asked to register on the platform to pay that particular bill. The greater the number of participating partners the more Bill’s can be paid at the same time. https://www.facebook.com/Carib-Quick-Pay-577569646256308

EWC SLU STARTUP #7 – Team led by Amber-Rose Harris

At Sarbio Fuels, we use Sargassum to create an eco-friendly fuel that releases no harmful emissions into the atmosphere. Our customers consist of anybody who owns a vehicle, fishing vessel, or simply anything which currently runs on diesel. The primary use of our product is to serve as an alternative to

fossil fuels to power vehicles and other means of transport. https://sarbiofuels.wixsite.com/home

EWC SLU STARTUP #8 – Team led by Denny Louis

Provide water shuttle service to visitors utilizing the helicopter charter as it only takes them halfway to the north of the island and then they pay a taxi which drives them through frustrating traffic. The water shuttle service will be provided to them at a competitive price to the taxi rate and the service would also provide to them a more relaxed and comfortable environment for the visitors which is the focus of the tourism industry. https://www.facebook.com/wakeexpress

EWC SLU STARTUP #9 – Team led by Shamsharde Agiste

Caricoin is a highly distributed mobile money platform created on the Ethereum Blockchain that provides its users with a digital payment solution for basically zero fees. By using Caricoin/CARI digital currency as a value warehouse, it eliminates high barriers to entry of the existing banking system and provides a true solution for global financial inclusion in the Caribbean region. www.caricoin.com

EWC SLU STARTUP #10 – Team led by Dawna Hyacinth

At Ecocreationz we up-cycle, recycle clothing and textile waste, reduce textile waste from going to landfill by transforming them into reusable and wearable products. Ecocreationz intends to target eco- friendly conscious individuals, clothes hoarders, educational institutions, public and private sectors such as hotels and government. www.ecocreation.com

RSVP to attend the Entrepreneurship World Cup Preliminaries to interact LIVE with the founders, rate each of them, and vote for your favorite! To vote for your favourite company, go to https://platform.entrepreneurshipworldcup.com/display/EV/Saint+Lucia+Semifinals+1, The Company with the most audience votes will be named the People’s Choice Champion. That winner will be announced at the National Finals.