South Africa - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Smart fillup is an app to enhance and enable people to conduct their daily fuel purchases convenietly and time efficiently. This App is a cardless and paperless transaction.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

This app will be designed to have Google maps to enable the user to pick his or her favourite garage and receive directions to where exactly the garage is without having to ask for directions from people and being a risk to hijacks and abduction. Just like ordering food on Ubereats or Mr D food.This app is aimed at changing the monotonous day to day way of purchasing fuel of having to queue for a long amount of time for someone who will fill up then after balance the tyre pressure and have the oil and water refilled. It also has an entity child that will be called fill me up request. This is where a user can actually request from his or her friend, family or colleague to pay fuel for him or her.Take an instance where by a person thought that he still had funds in his debit or credit card and has asked the petrol attendant to top up the fuel in his or her car and all to find out that he has no funds available,Fill me up request will ease your frustrations in a heart beat.

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

As mentioned above this app will be designed to make fuel purchase more efficient and less time consuming and is a card less and paperless transaction between the fuel station and motorists. It seeks to alleviate congestion, waiting periods and crime in petrol garages by eliminating unnecessary conversations from the petrol attendant and the purchaser

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

This app, enables a user to purchase fuel while sitting at home watching TV and about to go or while getting ready for a road trip or getting ready to go to work and is very convenient during peak hours.This app will make it easier for users who have smart rewards and reward cards to navigate and gain points without the hustle of asking around for their so called garages, this in return creates customer loyalty to their petroleum brands, Fleet managers and Logistic companies can now do away with balancing slips or accounts when the month ends, Each and every person can and will be able to track down his or her fuel expenses with ease and know exactly how much they spend on fuel and not go through slips which might even get lost. fleet managers will stop issuing petrol cards and doing extensive analysis to try and get iregular expenses caused by reckless spending of driver. fast and efficient service delivery leads to happy customers. The same data can be uploaded during tax returns.

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

Motorists who want to avoid the queues, who are unfamiliar with the surroundings including tourists as they will be able to navigate to their desired fuel station brands with ease, High profile individuals who have security details or escourts who can now use this innovative tech to quickly leave the vicinity. Motorits who are uncomfortable with using cash or speed pionts etc. Logistic campanies who wish to keep track of their driver's fuel expenditure in an effective and innovative manner that requires less paper work and admin. Petrol stations and brands will recieve 100% loyalty and support from various customers. Running Petrol station day to day business and accounts will be much more easier and Petrol attendants will now stop using and losing their petrol tags as one can not work without his or her tag.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2018-07-01

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.)

N/A

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

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

4

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

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

4

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

3

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

4

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

3

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

4

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

6

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

The business will spark new job opportunities for the youth and play a pivotal role in the economy as investors will be highly captivated by this concept which in turn have a positive impact on our Economical growth

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

6

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

My startup is movement from traditional methods to digismart tech approach. Its main stream is Innovation and infrastructure as all petrol stations will have to be modeled or equipped with the necessary tools to successfully and effectively partake in this endeavour.

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

3

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

3

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

This startup will help both natural persons and entities to have a responsible fuel consumption and expenditre

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

3

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

3

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

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

4

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

This startup is aimed at being adopted Worldwide and it seeks massive partnership in order for it to grow

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

7 - Strongly Agree

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.

7 - Strongly Agree

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.

7 - Strongly Agree

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

1 - Strongly Disagree

05.08 Justification

On the research that I did, I found no matching innovative solution which or that is by far closer to this one which makes it unique and is the first of its nature to come to light. This service can grow exponentially to facilitate better relations between the buyers and the sellers. This service comes with a modern day technology to try and combat existing issues that are currently not being given attention to.

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

Card swipe,smart swipe and snap scan. What makes this stand out is the mere fact that you will not have to wait for the petrol attendant to bring you a speed point machine which is sometimes faulty, you will not swipe any card as it is a cardless and paperless transaction, everything will be automated on the app and additionally,an email will be sent as a receipt. your smart rewards will be automatically linked to your app. Meaning you will not have to pull out and swipe your rewards card.

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

Yes a female friend of mine once wanted to start an NGO with me though I was more experience in that sector I promoted her as the CEO and uplifted her in the best way how. I also supported and helped my wife in her Business endeavors without trying to assume power in her Business. I am totally about empovering women to rise to power and leadership positions.