Cameroon - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Le Carrefour is an application which is useful to everyone for it has a multitude of categories which will suit not only the farmer but also the trader, job-seeker, employer, graduate,patient or even singles searching for love amongst other things.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

The mobile application is connected to a website for those who prefer computers. There are various categories such agro-business, free co-working spaces, Brokers, Health, arts to name a few. The aim is rendering the invisible visible. We will not only put business tycoons in contact with petty traders but we will also give opportunity to the youths to express their dynamic approach. The app has a health section where all doctors and pharmacies would be enumerated alongside their locations. The app will have a space for content creators so as to publish their works and make them gain popularity. The app has an interest-free option where we will lend to traders in difficulty products so as for their businesses not to crumble. The app has an option where we will give feeds on where to acquire cheap food stuff for families in difficulty. The app equally has a section deducted to orphnges and philanthropy. All orphanages would be written there for people to know more bout them and visit too

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

Le Carrefour app tackles a series of problems. 1.We will help local farmers have better output by studying their soil and giving professional advice 2.We will empower women who have no means of survival 3.We will give free co-working spaces to members of our community given the high rents nowadays 4.We will give visibility to content creators, singers and writers and negociate the best deals for them 5.We will help people access the future by accompanying them giving them knowledge of crypto currencies and linking them with brokers 6.Renting will be a step more easier without app because we will choose the best options for customers' satisfaction 7.Our app has a social impact because of its intimate confession category where people suffering from depression can open up and get advice 8.Our app will offer free training too in diversified domaines so as to encourage entrepreneurship 9.People seeking jobs will equally be able to find them on the app after we deligently look and post them

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

-People in rural areas will be able to access the same services as those in urban areas -Delivery of whatever commodity will be rendered swifter -Due to financial constraints, those unable to rent offices for their companies will have free co-working spaces -We will give talented content creators the opportunity to use high quality equipments so as to have better content. -We will create an internet of people from different works of life and make them interact for the better

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

Le Carrefour app is for everyone -those doing agriculture have an option for themselves here we study the ground for them and accompany them progressively -those who are single and searching can meet their soul mates in the option dedicated to them -those looking for investment funds could use our app and have investors as well as those looking for how to invest their money -those looking for restaurants in whatever part of the world simply need to open our app -those willing to donate can open our app and glide through the orphanages we have enumerated -those wishing to learn different cultures simply need to open our app -those willing to have free training can also use you app -those having financial constraints simply need to open our app so as to be told where to buy cheaper and many others -this application is definitely for everyone

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2019-04-27

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

7

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.)

-I studied law at the University of buea and have been an entrepreneur for about 7 years -We have an accountant who has worked for 15 years -We have a young developer, who graduated 2 years ago -We have a retired social insurrance worker with about 40 years of active service -We have three entrepreneurs who have been in the field for about 4 years in diverse fields

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

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

h) IT (digital services, equipment and software)

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

Our app permits anyone, with or without a diploma to have a job opportunity

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

We help food producers through lab testing to know what exactly to nourish their soil with so that they can have the best output

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

Our app gives access to a catalog of Doctors, hospitals, pharmacies and medical personal with their GPS locations so as to permit sick people to be catered for quickly

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

5

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

We have an option in our app where we give general knowledge courses on the various cultures of the world so that someone using our app can know what to do when at a particular place

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

Our free co-working spaces will receive 50% males and 50% females. All the categories in the app are geared at making everyone equal

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

2

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

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

From our app we have three ways people can make money:either they go into the job-seekers category and we link them up, they could be formed and trained by us 100%free so as to make money from the skills they got or they could send to us their work(content creators, writers, musicians, painters), we publish it for them to make them more popular and have an economic growth

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

6

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

This app permits communities, people and nations to become more productive and thus evolve since many people become wealthier

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

2

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

2

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

2

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

We help farmers to use modern farming technics, unlike the "burning" technic which is widely used in Africa and which destroys the ecosystem

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

2

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

2

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

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

1 - Strongly Disagree

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.

4

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.

5

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

3

05.08 Justification

There are many apps that do one or two of the the services we offer but there is no mobile application which groups everything we could think about like ours does. Someone could use our app to grow his crops, learn Chinese, search for love, chat with family, invest in stocks, sell his house and more. Our application is a complete package and no other application does that

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

There are many apps in the market but none like ours. Our idea is a futuristic one

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

I employ 5 women in a small scale oil production plant which I run