Chinese TikTok invites African entrepreneurs to join elevator pitch event


By Bai LinUnreguser

NAIROBI, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese video sharing service, TikTok on Wednesday invited African entrepreneurs to join the world-first elevator pitch in the sky event.

Boniswa Sidwaba, content operations manager at TikTok Africa Team, said in a statement that all founders of early-stage start-ups in Africa and the Middle East have until Sept. 24 to submit an innovative one-minute TikTok video pitch that will inform and impress the global panel of expert judges, using the platform's easy-to-use video editing tools.

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