Tanzania - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

This app is aimed at helping businessperson whose customers need to make payments after delivery. Through this app, the Businessman can fill in the information about his parcel or product that he has sent to us through any Transportation Buses or cargo.

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

DENI APP which is under AKILIKUBWA COMPANY LIMITED released on 11 August 2023, is aimed at helping Businesses whose customers need to make payments after delivery. Through this app, the Businessman can fill in the information about his parcel or product that he has sent to us through any Transportation Buses or cargo, our agent will receive information about the parcel or product through this app The agent will take the parcel from the transport vehicle, will contact the customer, then the customer will make a payment to our agent and the agent will send the money to the relevant merchant. Through this app, the merchant will not be able to lose any customer who wants to make a payment after receiving the parcel or product. Through this app, the merchant's parcel or product will be safe all the time after it is received by our agent until the customer comes to pick it up and make the payment. Also through our DENI APP Customers will never be frauded with online business scammers.

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

The Main problems we solve is ONLINE BUSINESS SCAMS, as we know, the internet is rapid grow in our country, which led to growth of ONLINE BUSINESS, as the results on increasing of ONLINE SCAMMERS there are some scammers they act as ONLINE BUSINESS OWNERS while others act as ONLINE CUSTOMERS, this scammers customers they can scam a business owners by telling them to send a parcel/product and they will pay after receiving but not true because after getting the product they disappear. this is a same to scammers who act as a business owners, when a customer reach them and tell them that he/she needs a certain products from them, they tell him/her to send money, after the customer to send money to them they disappear but through our APP, we have registered AGENTS who will receive product, then contact client, and client will pay after getting his/her product. so all the customers and business owners are safe.

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

1; To prevent losing their upcountry customers who do not yet trust them and need to make payments upon receiving their goods, through the Deni App, Deni agents can receive the goods and collect payments from customers who will pick up their goods at our agents' offices. 2: To facilitate business transactions for their upcountry customers met online, as they will not have the fear of being scammed since they can make payments upon receiving their goods. 3. To differentiate themselves from scammers, as we have seen how scammers deceive people online, a businessperson will not be able to use those methods in their business because the Deni App is available. 4. To increase trust among their upcountry customers, through the Deni App they will be able to send goods to various regions without the worry of losing their goods, as Deni App agents will be present to ensure the protection and security of those goods.

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

As i said, our App is aimed to help businessperson whose customers need to make payments after delivery. Also a Customers who want to pay after delivery. so as to avoid an online scams. The Targeted beneficiaries are; 1: Businessperson 2: Customers (Normal people, especially from out of city centers) 3: also Agents who benefits by getting commission on every parcel they receive. (so we reduce unemployment through this innovation)

01.05 When was your company established?

2023-08-11

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

1

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

1

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

Her name is Nyamburi Suleiman Torokoko Her age is 27 She has small experience on electrical engineering, but at DENI APP she works as Relationship manager and customer service.

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.deniapp.deni&pcampaignid=web_share

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

h) IT (digital services, equipment and software)

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

Our DENI APP helps businessperson to easy complete business with upcountry customers or online customers, so through our App many people will enter into business because to close business with upcountry people will be easy Through our App many people will start business and overcome poverty Also in our App we aim to register more Agents, in Tanzania we have more than 160 areas where needs agents. In future we aim to do delivery at door step, so we will give opportunities to many people with motorcycle to do delivery at door step.

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

4

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

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

4

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

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

4

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

6

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

to our Agents, 50% of our agents are women. our first priority to an Agent Chance is Woman

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

4

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

4

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

5

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

Yes we Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all by educating them on work ethics and good responsibilities and customer care and service also we provide all necessary requirements.

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

4

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

4

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

4

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

4

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

4

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

4

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

4

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

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

4

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

4

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

06.01 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

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

7 - Strongly Agree

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

7 - Strongly Agree

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

2

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

4

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

4

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

1 - Strongly Disagree

06.08 Justification for my startup

our idea of the App is New and no other App like ours.

06.09 Competitive Analysis

the potential competitors can be a Transportation companies, but luckily until now they are not yet enter to competition field

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

I gave a high position a Woman on my Team. i also provide mentorship to many woman in my society.