The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) has selected four Southern Africa start-ups for the 2021 edition of the Innovating Justice Challenge.
Based in The Hague, Netherlands, since 2005, HiiL aims to provide for people's justice needs worldwide using creativity, knowledge and innovative solutions.
Through its innovating challenge, HiiL scouts top innovations that have a proven solution with increasing annual revenue and impact, a scalable business model, are on their way to financial sustainability and are led by a strong team with experienced founders.
In March, it kicked off its annual global challenge in search of the region’s best justice-related social entrepreneurs, attracting more than 200 applications from legal start-ups.
In a statement, HiiL says the selection process comprised a week of intensive bootcamp workshops for six regional finalists, and a pitching session to an international audience of justice experts.
The final four innovators are now part of a global cohort of 18 organisations that will receive €10 000 equity-free funding, business development support, and will join HiiL’s global programme for acceleration for four months, it reveals.
Adam Oxford, head of the HiiL Innovation Hub Southern Africa, says: “After weeks of selection, we've got a fantastic cohort of justice innovators who are tackling some of the country's toughest justice problems.
“All four demonstrated they have a strong, highly-scalable solution, and we look forward to working with them over the next few months to help them achieve and exceed their goals.”
The four Southern Africa start-ups are:
LegalFundi: An artificial intelligence-based legal advisor that aims to simplify legal and regulatory processes to ensure compliance and unlock opportunities.
Legal Ascend: An online tool that enables the recently-bereaved to manage estate executorship correctly and easily without running up large legal fees.
Moloa365: A legal literacy app that offers a free legal advice service. The legal advice services are offered in South African languages by qualified and experienced lawyers.
Kleva Contracts: Democratises access to legal services by providing online contract creation, access to legal services and educational material in multiple South African languages.
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