Cameroon - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Access, past questions and solutions, sales copies, digital skills, job opportunities, travel opportunities, course on how to study and career orientation, scholarship opportunities, business and investment opportunities on the firstchoice app

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

=> This app is designed to equipe youths and students with digital skills that will permit them build a career online. Skills like crypto and forex trading, content creation, video editing, digital marketing etc => Students can have access to study materials that will permit them succeed in official exams in Cameroon. Materials like past questions and solutions, a course on how to study and self discovery => Marketers can have access to sales copies that were written by veterans in the past to help them better write => Students can have access to scholarships opportunities => Business people have access to business and investment opportunities on the app => Those seeking for for jobs can have access to job opportunities on the app => People also have access to travel opportunities In a nutshell, the firstchoice education app is a platform that seek to produce resources Africans. Given them access to opportunities and also help them gain the skills needed for the opportunities

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

The main problem we solve is lack of the right skills and access to opportunities youths and students: We train youths and students on skills like video editing, content marketing, WhatsApp marketing, forex trading, crypto trading public speaking etc. We equally connect them to opportunities that meets their skill set and abilities This is an android and iOS app that provides these trainings for free to all interested in having the skills. After going through any course on our platform, you can request a quiz to be certified or request for a personal mentor to build you through in the particular course Our main goal to build a resourcesful Africa. Our course are well structured to help anyone gain the skills they need easily.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your startup provides (at least 3).

Our platform courses are all practicals. Unlike others where students learn without doing practically, in our trainings, everything is done practically. We record a screen while doing it live and teach the community. On our app, you can request for a personal mentor to guide you through every step in the journey. After that, students can take a quiz to confirm their understanding and get certifications. An African will relate more on our app than eny other platform because it was built with them in mind and our courses are structured with the African mentality in mind. We equally provide past questions and solutions to students preparing for their exams for free which is what they have to buy on other platforms. We equally provide a solution that other platforms do not. Training students on how to study and career selection. This is one of the major crisis students face. Understanding what to study in the university and we offer a solution to that

01.04 Please describe who exactly your startup’s product/service is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

1- Students: These category goes to the firstchoice education app for a course on how to study, career orientation and study materials like past questions and solutions. Students also go to the app for scholarship opportunities 2- Youths: They go to the app to have digital skills like video editing, content marketing, crypto trading, forex trading etc. they equally constantly visit the app for job opportunities 3- Entrepreneurs: They visit the app for business and investment opportunities. This helps them expand their businesses. They equally visit for sales copies to write Better copies for their businesses

01.05 When was your company established?

2021-11-24

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

0

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

0

01.09 Please describe the profile of the other owners within your startup (skills, experience, etc.)

It's a sole proprietorship

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

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ficedu.ficedu

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

Other: Education

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

Poverty is a result of lack of skills and opportunities which the app solves. Many people are poor because they don't have what it takes to succeed in the 21st century. We provide the right skills for people to fight poverty We equally bring opportunities to the know of people. Be it investment or business opportunities or job opportunities there by fighting poverty

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

3

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

We don't really fight against hunger. The only way we can say we fight is by helping people to be able to earn and feed themselves

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

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification for my startup

Our app doesn't provide health education or benefits to the users

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

This is the main goal of the startup. Providing quality education to youths and students. Education that will equip them with the right skills. Skills needed in the 21st century

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

We don't have programs on the app about gender equality

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

The app doesn't have a program on sanitation and clean water

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

We don't have programs on clean energy

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

With the right workforce, the economic growth will be powerful and we provide the skills needed for the right workforce Producing the right mindset and skill set will contribute greatly which is what we provide

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

We are an innovative platform to support the the educational system in Cameroon. Students spend a lot of money to have access to past questions and solutions and we bring this to them for free Students face problems of career selection and this application helps them have access to this information. Reaching many students through this app is quite an innovation

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

We don't have programs on inequalities

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

We done have programs on sustainable cities and communities

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

We don't have programs on that

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

We don't have programs on climate

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

We don't have programs on that

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

We don't have programs on that

02.16.01 My startup contributes to the Peace Justice and Strong Institutions goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

We don't have programs on that

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

We don't have programs on that

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

4

06.02 The product/service represents an entirely new type of product/service.

4

06.03 The product/service could be described as a new technology.

6

06.04 The product/service is an improvement on an existing product or service.

5

06.05 The product/service could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

6

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

7 - Strongly Agree

06.07 The product/service is a new version of an old product/service.

4

06.08 Justification for my startup

Many platforms provide digital skills but our was designed with Africans and our environment in mind making it so relatable to users. Some platforms provide services related to ours but we innovate and add more services that targets a wide range.

06.09 Competitive Analysis

Kwalo: In the sector of past questions and solutions to official exams, this is our main competitor. However, they sell their solution but we give for free. Their business model depends on the sales but our business model depends on adverts from other companies our app. We equally extend to career orientation which they do not provide. We have a course on how to study which they do not provide Udemy: this is a platform people gain digital skills but our platform was designed with Africans in mind and they can easily relate. Understanding many face problems in the digital space, our programs are designed in a step by step format in any course

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

I always initiate actions promoting entrepreneurship generally not just for women