Uprise.Africa scoops the award as the best crowdfunding platform

Tropics magazine recognises business leaders and changemakers in more than 145 cities and more than 60 countries throughout the world.

“This is an auspicious moment for Uprise.Africa team to receive the Tropics Changemakers Award. It is a great honour, we are humbled and at the same time excited to be acknowledged as change makers,” Tabassum Qadir, CEO of Uprise.Africa.

“We are delighted that our modest efforts in contributing to entrepreneurs and small medium enterprise's (SMEs) has been noticed and appreciated by the esteemed organisation. 2018 was a great year for Uprise. We will be reviewing and reflecting on projects and collaborations that we’ve worked on to improve and create more opportunities.”

“Winning the best crowdfunding platform award sets the tone for the new year, and we will be launching new deals in the next coming months,” said Qadir.

According to the founder and editor in chief of Tropics magazine, Venicia Guinot, Tropics has been recognising leading entrepreneurs who do things differently for almost nine years now.”

“We are proud to announce the 2018 final winners, who boldly break the mould to create new solutions, innovations and possibilities that redefine how we live, work and play in Africa,” said Guinot.

The Top 200 Tropics Changemakers laureated by Tropics magazine is a collection of the most effective business and social entrepreneurs on the planet. These are personalities who have made an impact in the society and powerful voices who continue to break the mould in Africa and internationally.

Uprise.Africa, is South Africa’s equity crowdfunding platform. It is a new innovative space for capital raising and small business investment.