For Startups Kenya E-Developer & Designer Enos Weswa
Landscape Connectivity / Mobile money E-developers: Mobile penetration Startups & Corporates Transportation: Safeboda, Route Five pillars for Fintech: Mpesa, Cellulant growth digital E-commerce: Jumia, Sky garden economy (E-developer) Logostics: Sendy, Glovo -Digital Government Agriculture: Twiga -Digital Business Green Energy: Mkopa -Infrastructure -Innovation-Driven E-government: E-citizen Entrepreneurship Mobile evolution -Digital Skills and PayGo, digital credit, Values and mobile betting Impact = Develop- Commer- Design Vision ment cialization Culture & Leadership Money to experiment
Logostics: Sendy From Digital Phonebook From Digital Phonebook to Last-Mile Logistics to Last-Mile Logistics 2014 May 2018 Before Sendy, Online and offline Alloys, Okoth, and logistics marketplace Biwott had built a consisting of tracking system for a transporters, pick up bus company, which hubs and carriers. sent an SMS alert to Shipments are business owners matched to when their package transporters based on had arrived at its location, size, weight destination. Sendy: and value of goods Last mile using technology. Founders: 3 Kenyan Mindset: It started 1 Founder: He had to Uber for logistics. Sendy’s learn how to develop as “a fun project” Total Funding Amount platform works similarly to a taxi dispatch app, $0 Total Funding Amount but focuses on moving $7.5M packages instead of people.
Sector: Agriculture Connect with buyers & farmers Access distribution into the around you to sell your produce millions of SME vendors Nov 23, 2013 2011 A mobile- based Connects smallholder supply platform for African farmers with Africa’s retail outlets, urban and export kiosks, and market markets via SMS and stalls. The company is a web-enabled using a mobile marketplace. M-Farm -based, cashless, negotiates with business-to-business buyers to create (B2B) supply platform demand and assures to access distribution quality through its into the millions of network of agents. MSME vendors in Jamila, Susan, Linda Grant, Peter (Kenyan African urban markets. 3 Kenyan Founders & Foreigner) Total Funding Amount Very Experienced Not experienced $235K Total Funding Amount $67.1M
Sector: Innovation-DrivenEntrepreneurship ( Start-up) Authentic Startup community for learning, collaboration & follow-up Mass Inspire (Design Out) ArtEase (E-commerce) Design, Creatves Academy Africa Development Online learning platform and vision Solve, Sell, Grow and Scale Authentic Conversation - chat /forum Collaboration- groups/tagging/mention Information & followup -mentorship Culture / Leadership / Speed
Challenges No thanks We are t oo busy Mindset (perspective or smart) Money for experiment Poverty, politics and governance Collaboration Ego system Context: Funding context Livelihood Growth (commitment) Optimizing on tools: wix, google forms Skills
Stages Solve Sell Grow Scale Create a Get return Increase no. Replicate Profit solution customers customers business Goals Design Market Growth Master Sustainability Thinking Validation Hacking class Idea Time Valley of Death Loss
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