Mozambique - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Impilo Mart is a solution to increase sales on the farming sector. Showing available products with the respective quantities and price. It aims to provide farmers a fair price for their products and to ease the search of buyers.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Impilo Mart

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Impilo Mart will solve: - Misinformations - Overpriced goods -Trade between neighbouring provinces or countries -Increase in local product consumption -Increase on the consumption of Non GMOs -New logistics solutions -Unemployment -Updated information - Quantities available currently - Farmers independency without middle mans interventions -Farmers starting companies -Increase in exportation

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

-Vast Options of suppliers -Learning different methods of agriculture and livestock - Increase on the consumption of GMOs -Exchange of experiences through mentoring - Gain new markets - Farmers become Independent through their earnings

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

Impilo Mart target beneficiaries are the farmers. We are seeking for ways to help them to grow and transform their business into a company. The base of developing countries is agriculture and livestock having ways that can allow them to grow will always have a positive effect on a countries economy.The growth of this project can also bring a significant growth to villages or small cities. Most important it can also bring the youth to pay attention on this activity.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2023-08-07

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

8

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

3

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

Igor Simbine Mechatronics engineering Diamantino Langa Design and communication Sahil David Software engineer Karnika Abuja Mechatronics engineer Elisa Simbine Business analysis -Viviane Clemente Accountant -Fred Passe Logistics - Israel Calisto Agribusiness

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

b) Materials (agriculture, fishing, chemical products, construction materials, containers and packaging, metals and mining, paper and forest products)

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

Agriculture and livestock are one of the base activities of every country. At the moment the country of Mozambique imports most of the things that are consumed which sometimes makes it expensive for the rest of the population. Giving markets to local producers will help decrease the prices or products Impilo Mart intends to push the population towards self sustainability with different mentoring programs and exchanges of experiences . Also mentioning the fact that with Impilo Mart there will be a huge logistics job to ease the commerce and growth of businesses. Which means a lot of jobs will emerge through the project.

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

We intend to fight against world hunger by bringing a significant growth on two of the most important economical activities. Increasing the peoples purchasing power that systematically will allow the creation of new jobs of consultancy, logistics, sales, going a bit deep on agriculture we might have to use machines so we will need maintenance. So this is a lengthy process that will definitely generate lost of revenews to different areas. The growth of the 2 important activities will bring lots of others.

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

We intend to promote Non GMO's because they are healthier for the people and have less chances of giving them any deseases With the growth of the market we also intend to give the people more options to add to their diet.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

We want to provide certifications and also provide an exchange of experiences among big firms or farmers with a vast experiences, In order to make people learn new skills or techniques than the ones the currently use, to boost their business .We believe that this continuously learn can bring a lot of innovation to the field.

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

This project is for both men and women. Both can be owners of such type of business and can make it reach its best stage by enrolling in to programs, certifications, exchanges of experiences and many more.

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

Water and sanitation are strongly needed for agriculture and livestock. Many people through out our programs might want to learn different types of irrigation systems. The will grant access to water and also save as much as we can.

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

5

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

Our activities tend to be affordable in general we are looking forward to getting a small group of people to be the ones collecting data, pictures and information in order to upload on the system. The system can work offline and upload all the information as soon as it has connection it will be uploaded. With regards to clear energy we can only contact partners that deal with this field in order to be part of the growth of the project.

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

We aim to provide farmers new opportunities on the market in order to get small and large scale sales. To bring new people into farming. The growth of farming will automatically lead to an economic growth. The more we produce, we increase our markets national and international. When that demand increases we will see new companies emerge in order to close the market gaps and provide more solutions. New logistics companies will emerge, Machine maintenance , food fair and markets, products and many more things can emerge through a strong a developed farming system.

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

We are bringing a new way to to sell and expose products, Not only that we are also aiming to have courses that will bring out more creativity into farming and a vast networking connections from farms that are everywhere . The believe that in years to come we will have a huge base of farmers that started on a small scale and after some time get huge companies due to they dedication on learn and seeking for new markets.

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

Impilo Mart aims to reduce inequalities by providing the farmers a fair price for their products. They will receive exactly what they request for or they will sell at market value. Most of the times farmers tend to get very less and middle man or business owner tend to get more from the farmers products. Which is unfair for someone who also has expenses and makes sure we receive a product of quality.

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

The growth of farming will allow communities to open market, make fair and festivals. These festivals, fair and markets can bring a lot of people from different areas. These type of events can bring a lot of attention for investors that can see opportunities in these areas. Creating a certain sustainability and allowing more people to have better life conditions.

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

Impilo Mart strongly contributes to a responsible consumption and production as well. This solution will make sure that the farmers stay consistent on their production because they will consistently have national and international clients. That requires the to organise their production and they will also make sure that no product stays behind until the next time they announce their sales. There has been a recent incident that tons of rice were left behind in a certain province of Mozambique while this same rice could be at markets or at many families houses. So Impilo Mart looks after these type of situations.

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

Impilo Mart, Having the divide authorisation, we would select a day to celebrate our operations in all places that our solution operates and plan trees on the stress. We often see less trees around our streets so we intend to bring back that GREEN. We want too be part of the change so we will provide good solutions .

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

4

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

Impilo Mart doest not have a direct relation with marine resources for a simple reason. There are many licenses that involve getting into it. As much as we are from a country that is rich in marine resourcesit is yet a challenging filed to get involved. Yet this can later on be included into our project because our neighbouring countries and countries around the world constantly look for suppliers and that can also help us change lives and provide more opportunities.

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

Impilo Mart has a direct impact on " Life on Land". Farming is one of the major activities that contributes to a proper use of the soil. The soils consistent use makes sure that the soil is not logged and avoids preventing dried soil and erosions.

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

We aim to provide farmers a fair price for their product, assistance, help with communication, help them start and grow a business , link the with investors, show their work to inspire others. We want to be part of the change of the peoples lives. That's where we believe justice comes. They will get paid the amount that they really deserve and will be able to invest in their business in order to produce more the following year.

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

Having numbers in real time, informations on sales, quantities produced or expected quantities to harvest will be easy to interact with investors regarding the state of farming in a certain territory and give the the needs so that they can give the resources and ease farmers lives. We intend to have a strong bond withe ministry of agriculture of every country that we operates that will allow us to have credibility, NGOs to connect with farmers so that they can directly supply them with products

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

5

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

4

05.08 Justification

This can be explained with a real example. On December of last year we were informed on the news that we would probably face a shortage on chicken and eggs. Which during that period people tend to buy it a lot and this shortage also creates an increase on the prices. With this we saw that our government at the moment does not have official number on local producers and these same producers are no register somewhere where can they be easily found and give real time quantities of what they can actually sell at the moment. So this makes the local market wea.

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

My main competitors are local business man not only from Mozambique but from the various locations we intend to reach. That operate as a middle man from farmers and clients. What makes us stand out from them is that we want to provide a fair market price that will benefit farmers and also benefit the client. So that business flow naturally and they don't get turned down dew to a disagreement between middle man and client. At some point also farmers getting paid very less dew to commissions, that don't really allow the to grow their business and they end up work, producing and get paid amounts that only allow the to "survive".

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

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