Startup Name: Hashtap Startup Url:hashtap.co Startup Pitch: Busyness was killing me in 2014. I was missing out on “juicy posts” on social media. Opportunities flying by. Huge problem. One I solved with Hashtap.
So, Hashtapscans your social timelines for posts you might be interested in, notifying you when found. Works simply by using your favorite hashtags.
For example, I added #tech to my profile, and has since gotten #tech notifications from likes of Bosun Tijani, Aboyeji Iyinoluwa, even TechCrunch on Twitter. Stuff I normally would’ve missed as I don’t use Twitter much. Even the recent news of Zuck’s investment in Andela, got me first on Hashtap.
Startup Name: Elearn.Ng Startup URL: www.elearn.ng Startup Pitch: In 2014, Nigeria’s informal sector was said to contribute 35% ($178.5bn) to its GDP. Elearn.ng is working with some players in this sector to help them take maximum advantage of the digital economy. We digitize local vocational training content and are making them more easily accessible. We develop video and audio content and make them available using our course marketplace, CDs etc. We make money through content creation fees (CDs etc.) and course sales (via our marketplace). We have signed up over 40 skills providers including one of Nigeria’s top Jewelry training provider. Check out this teaser.
Startup Pitch: Nigerians Pay too much for Internet Data. Simple
Solution: Make data cheaper through www.paykobo.com and Data Scratch Cards http://www.paykobo.com/partners. We serve a few hundreds of customers daily.
Hoping to do a few thousands soon. 2. Problem: Businesses need technology products to do better. We deliver the widest B2b range for Technology Products cheaper and faster than anyone (especially computer village traders), 3. Currency trading. Deliver convenience and best rates for forex for both local and international buyers. Done over 80M Revenue since March 26th ’15 launch.
Startup Name: Mamalette Startup Url:www.mamalette.com Startup Pitch:
Mamalette is a support community for pregnant women and new mothers that connects women to information, products, services and experts that can improve their lives. We do this through web, forum, social media, live events, books etc. Mamalette reaches over 50,000 mothers monthly through our website and forum. Over 89,500 women have liked our Facebook page and through this platform we are able to reach over 170,000-200,000 mothers weekly. Since inception over 800,000+ people have visited our web portals with over 3.4 million pages read. In 2014, we were a finalist in the Etisalat Pan African Prize for Innovation.
Startup Name: Travelbay
Startup Url: http://travelbay.co
Startup Pitch: People waste time hoping through websites to plan a holiday. Holidays are also expensive when people are asked to pay immediately. That is why we built Travelbay a 1-stop online shop where users can buy and save up travel credits for holiday packages - made up of transport, accommodation, and tour activities. Users can book immediately with locked-in prices and pay up to 3 weeks to their travel dates. We get commissions from package suppliers and have about 200 users since we launched in March 2016. Convenient and pocket friendly travel delivered.
Startup Pitch: Nigerians are a party-loving bunch, which requires various strict outfits to be in attendance. From the uber-popular Owambes to Aso Ebi outfits for weddings, to matching outfits for burial ceremonies. To the average Nigerian Man or woman, there is never a dull weekend.
Needle+ was founded from My own pain point of finding style inspirations for an occasion.
Needle+ offers style inspirations for the next Owambe, conference, occasion/function. We want to help you look more awesome.
Traction; Turned out lots of ladies had same problem judging from the number of usage from this demographic.
Startup Name: Independent Personal Assistant(iPA)
Startup Url: www.independentpa.co
Startup Pitch: At iPA, we noticed a gap in providing professional virtual assistance and we aimed to fill it. We currently provide professional administrative, technical, and creative assistance to clients through our team of dedicated virtual assistants. We help with copywriting/editing, e-mail management, blog and social media management, project management, calendar management, travel booking, research, etc
We have 4 different subscription plans so clients can afford the help they need. So far we have worked for top executives/CEOs at Andela, Mara Nigeria, CapitalSquare, Artyliving, Brooks Signatures and Venue99.
Gidibooks is a marketplace for digital book authors and readers.
Gidibooks helps indie authors in Africa who do not have the funds to publish print copies of their books, serve digital versions directly to readers anywhere in the world on an open web platform.
The books on the platform are not app dependent and can be used by anyone and with even the simplest smartphone.
Gidibooks incorporates ebooks (PDF, Epub and Mobi formats) and audiobooks (in progress). We make money by taking a minuscule commission from the sale of books.
Startup Name: Cinemanjaro
Startup Url: Cinemanjaro
Startup Pitch: Despite Nigeria having one of the largest film industries in the world, the cinema space is largely untapped.
There aren’t enough cinemas in Nigeria. Nigeria has one screen for every 20 million people. Compatibly, the US has one screen per 8,300 citizens.
The few available cinemas charge up to 2000 naira which is expensive; Nigerians live below a dollar per day.
At Cinemanjaro, we charge 200 naira per movie. We show 3 movies per day. We house an average of 100 viewers per movie. Every month, half of the proceeds is used for buying bags and books for poor students.
Startup Name: Nawhere.Ng Startup URL:http://nawhere.ng Startup Pitch: Nigerians pass through a lot of stress and frustration in search of fuel especially during scarcity. Nawhere.Ng help you search and compare prices and services of different filling stations in your area and thereby saving you the usual boring routine of going round cities from one fuel station to another wasting precious time, energy, and money all in frustrating search for fuel. Nawhere.ng will also create a cashless system in the sales of fuel and makes money by collecting capped percentage of payments made with our platform. We have over 30,000 Nigerians currently using our plateform
bidd
www.bidd.com.ng
Don’t we all wish we can get corporate or government contracts? We either don’t have the marketing budget or personal network but can offer good value? They are looking for you too! Virgin pulled out of the Virgin Nigeria JV because of N4billion mismanagement from contracts.
bidd.com.ng is a vendor management platform where suppliers & freelancers get impartial contracts from corporates/government.
Suppliers & companies register for free. We make money by charging commissions on supplier’s quotes but help buyers manage the buying process.
We are 1-week old and already on-boarded a corporate firm that has N6million buying power!
Startup Name: Edves Suite (ITvessel)
Startup Url: http://edves.net
Startup Pitch: Over 80% of Educators in Africa depend on pen and paper to manage school records. Records are not kept in good format and valuable times are wasted at every cabinet search for files. Edves automates operations in Schools and Colleges from enrolment to graduation. We currently serve over 65,000 users from 92 schools in 8 states. We make revenue from subscription per school per term (every 4 months for Primary and Secondary) and lump sum charge for tertiary institutions.
Startup Name: Vmail Startup Url: https://vmail.ng Startup Pitch: Although not launched, vmail.ng is meant to serve Nigerians with quality email service, Vmail.ng is Nigerians First email service provider, and promise to be fast and reliable, with the ability of users to have a mini store for file storage, accompanied with and andriod, iOs and BB app for ease access by users.
Startup Name: Nigerian Marriage Connect
Startup Url: www.nigerianmarriageconnect.com
Pitch: Too many Nigerian singles ready for marriage and longing for a mate. Just as many single men as women are seeking a mate, they just need to find eachother, and that’s how NMC was born. Money is made through membership subscriptions. I’ve only had a few subscriptions and that’s because I’m yet to provide a more friendly means of payment. I’ve now partnered with a foreign company to improve that and much more. So we’re expecting subscriptions to greatly increase soon.
Getting a perfect list of valid numbers for SMS marketing can be a daunting task for tel-marketers, companies, organization and businesses.
This is where Webcilo comes in, reducing a task of many days to only a few seconds. The app was created with marketers in mind as one can search for numbers, by country, city and provinces. Webcilo generate unlimited amount of valid phone numbers within seconds, with over 70% accuracy.
We are looking forward to integrating more functions to the app and generates money via ads and donations.
Startup Name: donate-ng
Startup Url: Donate-ng.com
Startup Pitch: Fundraising for charitable causes in Nigeria is a challenge as you often have to deal with providing a convenient way for donations to be made and getting people to trust you. Donate-ng is a fundraising and crowdfunding portal for social causes in Nigeria and our mission is to help ease the burden of raising funds for charitable projects by providing excellent technology, advice and support. Within just 8 months, we have helped various causes raise $20,000. We make money by charging a fee for every transaction and have also made it possible for people without internet to donate using USSD.
We’ve built complex artificial processing around native text; synthesizing contextual understanding for a number of use cases.
Starting with real estate we are creating a community of realty focused data collection and connectivity with KoboRent to provide real time property search and aggregation via SMS and other mobilities; Web/Mobile/programmable productivity sheets.
Startup Name: DutyCalls
Startup Url: dutycalls.co
StartUp Pitch: Dutycalls makes it easy to find and book reliable home service providers in Nigeria. We work with vetted blue-collar service providers and take care of booking, scheduling and billing tasks so you can rest easy knowing that we have got your domestic needs covered.
DutyCalls provides insurance for both the client and service provider. The service is available on Web, Mobile and Phone.
DutyCalls makes money taking a percentage of the job, sales of genuine home domestic items and providing essential services for our blue-collar providers.
