Kenya - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Am a student at the university and my family is not stable financially to pay my fees. So I decided to come up with an idea of starting a business of the biggest cyber to enable me pay my school fees without any disturbances. I look forward to my project.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Gwitembe lamination cyber, located at Gwitembe market. Tasks include typesetting, laminating documents, passport size, printing, photocopying and online services. it is surrounded by three secondary schools and two primary schools and its located within Kenya - Tanzania boarder where it serves both citizens. this project will ensure better services and it will also offer computer studies to any person who will be willing in knowing the computer in more details

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

I am, trying to have more machines to give us and other workers easy work while printing and photocopying to avoid multitasking of the few machines we have. this will increase our services to our customers and also build trust to our customers. Privacy of some documents and of our customers will be secured in all means to avoid the leakages we are experiencing during keeping some documents. Also as a student am trying to solve passage of information which am not able to access and also to solve school fees problems that interrupt with my learning.

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 project will help our people to explore their ideas online to avoid being left behind in the modern globalization. It will also give us an easy work while printing, photocopying and the other services that we render to our customers. This will also avoid multitasking the few computers we have. This will also give computer studies to those who are willing to know the computer, this is to ensure that our people are well equipped with computer skills to avoid being deceived by hackers and other people of the sort who aim in stealing from innocent citizens.

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

It is aiming at serving the community and any person who needs any service. The community includes the schools around our premises and also we will be providing delivery to those who will not be able to reach us. I will be among the beneficiaries by exploring ideas. I will so glad in serving my people.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2019-01-08

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

2

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

2

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

They are skilled at online services and typesetting more than the customers

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

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

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

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

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

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

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

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

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

7 - Strongly Agree

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

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.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.08 Justification

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

Most of them provide the same services I provide so to some extent some of our customers lack some of the important services and this makes us to loose customers to other service providers who are far from us and this makes our customers to use their fare for transport yet they could have used it for other purposes if we could have providing the se services.

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

In my community there is a lot of FGMwhich