Nigeria - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Dropoud is an app designed for students on Nigerian campuses, aiming to enhance their academic performance. It allows students to revisit video recordings of their lecturers and tutors, which can be particularly useful while revising for exams.

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

Dropoud, powered by Firsta Technologies, is designed to enhance academic performance by providing a platform where tutors and lecturers publish video explanations of their topics for the semester. Students can use these videos for better study and revision, even saving them for offline viewing within the app. The app charges students NGN40 per video view, with 70% of the proceeds going to the content creator and 30% to Dropoud for system maintenance. To manage transactions, the app features a wallet that students can fund. For user safety, the first three minutes of each video are free, allowing students to assess the content before incurring any charges. Additionally, to protect the content creators, video sharing outside the app is prohibited.

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

Bringing learning to students at their own pace, Dropoud enhances understanding by allowing students to listen to their lecturers repeatedly. This benefits both fast and slow learners, improving overall academic performance. During examination periods, students often struggle to find course materials. Our system addresses this by providing easy access to essential resources. Additionally, students who miss classes for legitimate reasons can catch up by listening to their lecturers on Dropoud. Our platform also welcomes content creators who are experts in their fields, though we prioritize and reward lecturers. Verified lecturers receive a blue check on their profiles, ensuring credibility and recognition

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

The main benefit of using our app is that students can listen to lectures on specific topics multiple times and at their own pace. Videos can be saved for offline viewing, providing students with the convenience of accessing the material without needing an internet connection.

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

Our system targets campuses and tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It includes a student-end mobile app that can be installed on mobile devices, designed primarily for student use. Additionally, there is a lecturer/tutor-end web app for lecturers to manage their content and earnings.

01.05 When was your company established?

2023-10-19

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

2

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

0

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

In the beginning our project we intended to provide the content that users were going to consume. So at the time I had to work with other team members who gather contents and organize other aspect of the project while I focus on developing the technologies and platforms. The other co-founders are Victory Sunday Chinedum and Eche Floyd. Victory Sunday Chinedum is a computer science student in University of Calabar, Calabar. He was instrumental in organizing the content in the initial version of the app untill when we decided to have lecturers and tutors to provide their own content. His dedication to the project has helped shape the vision of the project and pushed it to the stage we are right now. Eche Floyd on the other hand is a Medicine and Surgery student of same University of Calabar and was equally instrumental in organizing contents and content owners to provide the app with the first set of videos and help present the vision to the first set of users we had

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

https://dropoud.com

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

Other: Education/Campus Technology

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

We the opportunity for experts to create a self employed job for themselves, our platform and project is in line with the No Poverty SDG

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

5

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

With expert's ability to earn on our system our project is in line with the Zero Hunger SDG

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

As students have assurance of a system they can go to to listen to Professors and other experts in their various campuses on subjects they are studying, it will help improve the health condition of students who usually have health issues that they struggled with in order to catch up with classes

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

6

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

By helping save and share quality educational content from expert and providing a system for students to learn at their convenience we promote quality education

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

2

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

3

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

6

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

Creating educational content on our system can be considered a decent work, therefore our project is in line with the DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH SDG

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

5

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

Our system is all-round innovative and provides a platform for the education industry in Nigeria to witness an innovative approach to teaching and learning.

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

3

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

3

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

2

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

3

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

3

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.

2

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

5

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

5

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

5

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

3

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

Our project idea is very innovative, there is no product out there that allows students view lectures from lecturers or tutors in their own university as we speak The similar to what we do system will be popular systems like Youtube and the likes, but with our solution we target video content for specific campus. The tutorial you will find on youtube for your course is random and may not be in line with what you need to study for your exams in your school. But with Dropoud you have access to contents from your campus on the subject you want to study. You also have access to contents on the subject matter from other campuses if you wish to have a broader perspective

06.09 Competitive Analysis

The main competitors that are doing close to what we do is platforms like Youtube, Zoom, and the likes. These systems can help tutors to share content with students but is not targeted for students in universities and the content in those systems does not follow the academic curriculum of those universities. Our app on the other hand is targeted for tutors to share content relevant and in line with the academic curriculum of the institution they identify with.

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