Kenya - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

International shipping service that is easy and convenient for all classes of the African population.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Project ASALI, ( African Shipping and Advanced Logistics Initiative) is a pioneering African Shipping and Advanced Logistics Initiative dedicated to revolutionizing cross-border commerce. My cutting-edge logistics infrastructural idea ensures seamless importation of products from global markets to the doorsteps of African consumers. By bridging the gap between international suppliers and the diverse African population, ASALI offers unparalleled accessibility to a wide range of products. Our mission is to empower all segments of society to engage effortlessly with the global marketplace, creating a paradigm shift in the way goods are sourced and delivered in Africa.

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

Accessibility: By integrating with major e-commerce platforms like Amazon and eBay, ASALI will enable the middle and lower classes of people in the African community to import goods with ease. Providing real-time update on import costs and taxes enhances transparency and convenience. Trust: ASALI aims to ensure package integrity from purchase to deliver to overcome trust issues with shipping companies. Delivery: ASALI aims to overcome the challenges of door to door delivery in the robust grid of African structural cluster development with advanced logistics to ensure efficient and reliable delivery service. Employment: ASALI is committed to create employment opportunity in the logistics industry.

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

Improved Efficiency: Streamlining operations and achieving increased efficiency. Cost Reduction: Cutting costs through process optimization and automation. Enhanced Customer Satisfaction: Providing real-time tracking and visibility for better customer experience. Financial Optimization: Integrating financial aspects to optimize costs. Inventory Management: Ensuring adequate inventory levels through demand forecasting. Warehouse Management: Facilitating smooth flow of goods and enhancing overall operations. Easy to use platform: By making ASALI system fully supported by android, windows and iphone will ensure a wide rage of access for all classes present in the African society.

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

My project is aimed at serving the common African citizen with the need to purchase a product from another country and have it delivered to their doorstep, all under one easy to use platform and logistics system.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2024-01-01

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.)

I don't have any partners.

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

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100059718248381

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

c) Industry (equipment, commercial, logistical and professional services, transport)

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

5

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

ASALI will be able to create a few slots of employment to the unemployed and also maybe help retailers open up shop to expand their businesses with the help of easy importation and delivery structure. It may not be a very big slot, but will somehow make a difference and change someone's financial situation by getting a job in the ASALI network.

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

5

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

By offering an easy to use platform that opens up majority of the African population into international markets, someone who is financially able may import improved and advanced farming technology ensuring a growth in food production and supply.

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

5

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

By importation of advanced technology by those who are able to purchase Medical equipments and set up their own private hospitals will definitely improve on health and well being of their surrounding population.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

The educational sector is changing very fast from an analog era to a technological era. Giving an educational establishment the ease to purchase advanced learning materials from the international market will be a game changer no only to learners but the society at large.

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

ASALI does not aim or intend to aim to neglect or favor one gender over the other. Everyone is equal in the eyes of ASALI.

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

5

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

By offering access to international markets and ease of purchase and delivery may open up to private investors who may want to set up water purification centres by using advanced water purification technology that is or may not yet be in the African community.

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

5

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

Renewable sources of energy most of the time are very expensive to the common citizen due yo the limitation of brands offered by retailers. Having an access to the international market and an easy to use platform may open up for more cheaper options to the buyer.

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

By offering an easy to use platform that opens up to the international market with an advanced and understandable logistics system will encourage more businesses to diversify their goods and services, giving access of more diverse and modern products to buyers hence boosting up economic growth.

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

Lack of access to modern the technology is one of the key reasons hindering African continental growth. Through ASALI, the African population will easily access technology far beyond to what is already there in the market hence increasing on innovation and invention from the African region.

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

It is always a disadvantage for majority of African countries to have a backtrack of technology. Implementing a system where it would be easier for retailers or African nationals who are able to purchase products from international markets with ease and distributing it to the locals who can afford them will greatly fill in this gap that we have today and help Africa at large catch up with the current trend of technology.

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

Having a diverse array of surveillance technology and equipment which will be allowed by the laws of individual countries fit for civilian hands will greatly make cities and towns more safer to live in and opening up doors for more advanced developments and networks. ASALI will definitely enable the circulation of better security systems across the African region.

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

4

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

Backtrack of innovation in the African region is greatly influenced by the kind of technology circulating in the African market. By having a logistics system that enables purchasing of better technology in the international markets by locals will greatly increase the efficiency of technological research in the African region.

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

2

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

4

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

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

5

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

Having easy access to international markets will not only improve the lively hoods of African nationals but also the relations between races, gender, sex and age.

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

For this project to be successful it needs as many partnerships as possible for the efficiency in its logistics structure.

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.

6

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.

6

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.

6

05.08 Justification

There is no denying the fact that there are other shipping companies with better resources. However, integrating Ai to a logistics company is something new on the central hemisphere if not the entire globe. Making it a game changer in the fields of logistics by offering a new service never seen before. This includes inventory tracking an well structured delivery partnerships enabling ASILI reach the most of remote areas in the African region, filling the existing void of the inability of ordinary citizens have world class standard products and services.

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

Established shipping companies like FEDEX and others in similar category.

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

Yes, I always give advice to my young female friends to pursue their financial goals and other achievements before marriage.