Tanzania - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

A platform that raises food and nutrition awareness as well as providing booking services for restaurants hotels and lodges and a marketplace for food products.

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

Chakulafasta is a platform that raises food and nutrition awareness as well as providing booking services for restaurants hotels and lodges and a marketplace for food products.

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

The main problem I'm solving is food and nutrition insecurity

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

It increases food and nutrition awareness as well as giving food vendors a marketplace to sell their food products and also giving user an easy and stress-free option to book and reserve their favorite restaurants hotels and lodges wherever they are at any time they wish

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

Food vendors as well as people traveling to places that are not their homeplaces and the youth who do not have nutritional education

01.05 When was your company established?

2023-09-20

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

5

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

2

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

They are both food scientist with exceptional of one lady who is a pharmacist

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.tinfluencer.chakulafasta

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

6

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

Gives food vendors a marketplace to sell their products hence they earn an income out of the sales they make

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

3

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

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

7 - Strongly Agree

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

Because we provide nutritional education to the users hence by providing nutritional education it creates a strong foundation for promoting good health and well being

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

5

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

Through providing interactive education on our forum page

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

4

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

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

3

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

We encourage people to cultivate and produce food products that they will sell on our platform of which will help them grow economically and through their personal economic growth it will boost national economic growth at large in doing so we ensure them and encourage them to engage in decent work

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

5

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

By educating the users on food and nutrition awareness

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

2

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

2

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

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

3

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.

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.

4

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

6

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.

6

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

3

06.08 Justification for my startup

The technology we have used is an improvement because we have combined three problems and developed one solution for them

06.09 Competitive Analysis

Potential competitors are jiji , booking and airbnb and our competitive advantage is that we have concentrated on food products only hence more specific and also we have experts including myself who understand food and nutrition as professionals in that sector

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

Yes , by inviting my co-founders as women and also I coach and help other upcoming female whonhave interests in entrepreneurship but do not know how to start or where to start