Mining Challenge by OCP

Meet the winners 🏆 @KriterionAI is the start-up which came all the way from South Africa to win the Mining Challenge by OCP. Watch this video to discover its future plans.

Meet the winners 🏆 GSTS team is consisting of students from @1337FIL! This Moroccan start-up has developed an innovative solution for equipment diagnostics and maintenance. Learn more about this start-up in this video!

Meet the winners 🏆! Enova Robotics is a Tunisian start-up who will be testing its #POC in the Gantour mining site 🚀. Watch this video to discover more about them!

Meet the winners 🏆 Watch this video to discover more about Pillioty, a Moroccan start-up 🇲🇦, and its solution to improve the #dragline’s performance.

Discover startuppers' impressions & more in this video recap of the Mining Challenge's #DemoDay, and stay tuned for news from our #startups and the implementation of their #innovations in real life conditions!

Jury deliberations are through, and the level was so high that we came out with 4 win'ers instead of 3! - Kriterion - Enova Robotics - PilliotY - GSTS 1337 Stay tuned for videos that will get you acquainted with these innovative African startups!

Members of the jury are all mining experts who are aware of industry challenges and concerned with innovation, technical feasability, and economic viability of the products and solutions presented by startups.

Each startup is represented by two team members, and they get to make a presentation for a few minutes, before answering questions from the jury.

We are back in Benguerir for the demo day! All 12 startups are pitching their ideas and solutions in front of a professional jury of experts. Stay tuned for live coverage!

Watch this video to discover the first impressions of the participating startuppers at the Mining Challenge Bootcamp, one day ahead of the Demo Day!

Startuppers are in the last stretch of the OCP Mining Challenge! On this last day of the Marrakesh bootcamp, they are finalizing their presentations for tomorrow's Demo Day.

The wait is almost over! Tomorrow, the candidates will pitch their ideas to a jury of experts. Follow us as we bring you live updates from Demo Day.

Today's workshops, where each participating startup had a chance to be guided for approximately an hour by an OCP industrial expert, are through! Stay tuned for a video recap of these workshops and a word from our startups!

The second day of the Mining Challenge by OCP has kicked off in Marrakesh, with working groups composed of startuppers and OCP experts to accompany the creation of use cases for their acceleration phase.

Startuppers are discovering the mine-related challenges on the field with OCP Group's experts in the Benguerir mine.

Live : Startuppers headed to the Benguerir Mine accompanied by a team of OCP experts for a data exploitation and adaptation workshop.

Soufyane Elkasmi, Preparation and Developement Manager at OCP Group's Mine in Benguerir gives the startuppers more details about the mining process.

Live: Diagnosis of startup's projects with Impact Lab team at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University of Benguerir @UM6P_officiel.

As of today, the 12 selected startup will take part in a 3 days Boot Camp. Starting with a visit to the Experimental Mine of Benguerir, the candidates will also participate in workshops led by OCP Group mentors and experts.

Here are the last 3 selected startups. We’re excited to meet them and start a journey together. See you all tomorrow.