Prinpo graduates of Buni Internship Program has managed to secure the TANZICT seed fund for startups and promising ideas.
Prinpo a startup based at Buni Hub composed by students from St. Joseph College of Engineering has managed to secure a seed fund from the TANZICT innovation fund. A team of students has managed to build an e-waste 3D printer and now they are looking forward building a business out of the knowledge they have gained from the process.
Congratulations #Prinpo getting the @TANZICT Innovation Fund @bunihub is looking forward on mentoring you. pic.twitter.com/ymdibZsMfV— BUNI (@bunihub) June 5, 2015
It is still not very clear if they want to continue to manufacture the printers locally or they will be importing low-cost printers. What is very clear is the fact that they want to establish a small manufacturing plant for 3D printed teaching aids for primary and secondary schools in Tanzania. Their business model will sorely based on selling those models to public and private schools in the country.
TechBox Africa will be following closely the progress of this startups as it seems they are solving a real problem facing the education sector in Tanzania.