Tanzania - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

The aim of my project is to start and open an application and website that will contribute to the easiness transportation of college and university students all over th country, but in a unique way will aim at reducing Fare cost to students

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Our company aim at facilitating transportation for college and university students, also reliable and safe transportation by reducing the transportation fares to them, this will be possible because there is a large gap between fares that were imposed by the land transport control of our country and those which are used by many buses, they tend to rise fares in order to get a huge profit, so as in a unique way our application will contain affordable prices that will be easy to many students to afford the transportation cost, generally our application aim at differentiate between students and other passengers in terms of transportation cost so as to facilitate the performance competence of students in the country, lastly our company's goals is to ensure that all students are traveling in peaceful way and safe , but mostly importantly at lower cost, contrary to these our target is to increase students association all over the country through exchanging ideas and maintain good relationship

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

During holidays, many buses tend to increase transportation fares, so as to get huge profit because there is large competition of passengers during this period, so as our project aim at differentiate between students and other passengers, so as it can be easily for them to move from one place to another in specific time but also by affordable prices

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

1.To maintain good relations and closeness to students of many college in the country 2.To reduce travelling cost by looking at the transition of many students in the country 3.To reduce fraud that has been happening to students through means of transport 4.Facilitating transportation for college and university students

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

The targeted audience are students from all universities in Tanzania, regardless of whether he or she is a university or technical college students

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2023-05-06

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

0

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

0

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

University students

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?

Other: Moderate

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

Our project aim at reducing income inequality gap, between richest and poor people, because there were some special places that poor people can't reach due to high transportation cost which they cannot afford them at all, so that our project aim at reducing this gap by reducing the transportation fares to students so that they can afford to reach all places over the country, by this fact poverty will be reduced

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

4

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

Moderate

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

3

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

Moderate

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

Our project aim at reducing transportation cost so as to allow all students to transport from one place to another searching for better education, so that our project aim at promoting better quality education

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

It's promotes directly gender equality, because prices charged are all equal to both gender , since there is no gender preference so that promotes gender equality

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

3

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

Moderate

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

4

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

Moderate

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

Moderate

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

Moderate

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

Moderate

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

4

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

4

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

3

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

Moderate

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

4

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

Moderate

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

4

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

Moderate

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

4

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

Moderate

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

4

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

Moderate

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

4

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

4

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

7 - Strongly Agree

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

4

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

4

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

4

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

4

05.08 Justification

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

Online buses application, and I will stand out from them because my application will base to university students and it will consist lower price compared to my competitors

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

Yes indeed by supporting female students