Welcome to the World’ has won the maiden edition of ATMDraper-Aladdin Startup Competition, which saw a selection of the region’s most innovative travel and tourism start-ups deliver pitches on the ATM Travel Tech Stage for the chance to secure up to $500,000. ‘Welcome to the World’ aims to solve the problem of high rates of commission charged by online travel agencies (OTA). The investment gained as part of the first ever ATM Draper-Aladdin Startup Competition follows $264,000 already secured as part of the firm’s pre-seed round. After taking first place at the ATM Draper-Aladdin Startup Competition, ‘Welcome to the World’ will now have the opportunity to compete for a further $500,000 of investment as part of hit TV show, Meet the Drapers. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report…Welcome to the World Welcome to the World

Source: Nigerian Tribune May 13, 2022 06:28 UTC