Nigerian recruitment startup, DropQue has been selected as the winner of this year’s Seedstars Lagos pitch event.

DropQue uses a combination of one-way unassisted video interviews and an artificial intelligence (AI) assessment assistant to help companies to source, suitable candidates. The startup was founded in 2016 by CEO Opeyemi Akinwoleola and Yinka Akinbobola.

By winning Seedstars Lagos, DropQue will go now represent Nigeria at Seedstar’s Africa summit in December and the global summit in Lausanne in April next year. At the global summit, the startup stands a chance to win up to $1-million in funding.

Meanwhile, pharmaceutical ecommerce platform MyMedicines and crowd-sourcing startup Natterbase were placed second and third, respectively. In all, 10 startups pitched their startups at the event.

The next stop of Seedstars World’s is Abidjan, at Seedspace Abidjan on Friday (26 October).

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