Mozambique - Business creation project

Décrivez votre projet en quelques mots

StockPro a digital platform that helps small business owners gain better control over their managerial and operational activities in the areas of stock and sales management, this application is easy to use, secure and accessible to small business owners.

01.01 Décrivez votre projet en détail

StockPro is management software, that helps SME's become more productive by automating activities related to the management of stock and sales. StockPro can be used on desktop as well as mobile devices, it allows business owners remote access to their business. StockPro records all the movements made on stock items, allow business owners to keep track of exactly how many products they have in stock, this increases the security of the stock because anomalies in stock quantity change can easily be detected. The software also produces a low items report so that products can be re-stocked before completely running out of stock. Business using StockPro can better monitor the financial situation of their company, the software records all sales made, and produces an accurate report of the cash flow generated by the business. All these functions have the aim of simplifying business management and helping small business owners increase the efficiency of their business operations.

01.02 Quel est le problème principal que vous essayez de résoudre ?

The main problem solved by StockPro is the disorganized and often poor management that results from business management via manual, pen and paper based management mechanisms. Business owners that manage their operations via manual, pen and paper based management methods have to record, monitor and control their operations on paper records. Over time papers get accumulated and it becomes harder to monitor and control business activities. Relying on brain power alone to do repetitive tasks of record data can quickly become tedious, activities such as recording stock item quantities as the alter due to new entries or sales, recording cash sales and customer is very difficult to do on pen and paper for high volume sales. StockPro provides a digital platform that automates the managerial and operational activities of small business owners given them leverage to control and monitor their business with the click of a button.

01.03 Dites-nous quels sont les principaux avantages et/ou bénéfices de l'utilisation du produit/service que vous souhaitez fournir par votre projet (au moins 3).

1. Increased stock control, because StockPro register all the inward and outward movement of stock items, business owners are able to know in real time exactly how much they have in stock. These means that the stock is safer, because it is easy to identify if quantities on hand and in the system don't match. StockPro also produces a low stock report so that businesses can refill stock items before they run out. 2. Improved cash flow monitoring, StockPro will record all sales transactions made by the company, as such business owners will have e better understanding of the money that goes in to their company, and will give them a better understanding of the financial situation of their company, giving them important information for decision making. 3. Improved business performance, because the software automates manual repetitive activities, tasks can be done faster and more efficiently using computing power and dedicated human thinking to more creative tasks that computers cannot do.

01.04 Veuillez décrire précisément à qui s'adressera le produit/service de votre projet. Quels sont les bénéficiaires visés ?

StockPro is aimed at serving small business owners, who may or may not be physically present in their business during working hours, they have one or more employees to monitor, to whom they have delegate tasks such as stock keep and sales. Business owners that sell and must control a large variety of stock items and preferably have a high sales volume that is difficult to track via pen and paper.

01.05 Quand avez-vous commencé à travailler sur votre projet ?

01/10/2022

01.06 Combien y a-t-il de propriétaires sur votre projet en plus de vous ?

1

01.07 Parmi les autres propriétaires, combien sont des femmes ?

1

01.08 Veuillez décrire le profil des autres propriétaires de votre projet (compétences, expérience, etc.).

Marketing and business relations, Priscila Cassimo, completed the course of Geographic Information Science (SIG) at the university of UEM (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane), has been onboard on the project for six months now and is responsible for the business relations aspect of the project, she has made various presentations to potential clients and also government funding programs.

01.09 Si vous avez un site web, une page sur les médias sociaux (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin...) ou une application, veuillez fournir le(s) lien(s) ici :

https://www.stockpropos.com/

01.10 Quel est le secteur d'activité qui décrit le mieux votre projet ?

h) Technologies de l'information (services numériques, équipements et logiciels)

02.01.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Pas de pauvreté'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.01.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

StockPro helps empower small business owners by giving them a tool to improve the efficiency of their business, via digital automation StockPro allows business owners to again better control of the cash flow of their business. Because StockPro is easy to use any business can use it to automate their business activities. This helps reduce poverty because as small business owners grow they a hire more people, they grow confident and start other businesses and this promotes a spiral growth for the economy.

02.02.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Faim Zéro'

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02.02.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

By promoting the growth of SME's via a software management tool. Business owners can employ more people and start more businesses, who will have a salary purchase food for themselves.

02.03.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Bonne Santé et Bien Être'

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.03.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.04.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Éducaiton de Qualité'

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.04.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.05.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Égalité entre les Sexes'

2

02.05.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.06.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Eau Propre et Assainissement'

4

02.06.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.07.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Énergie Propre et Abordable'

2

02.07.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.08.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Travail Décent et Croissance Économique'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.08.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

StockPro promotes economic growth by empowering small business owners via a digital platform that helps them gain better control of their business. As businesses gain better stock and finances they are able to make informed decisions that grow their business and the grow confident to invest in other businesses, creating more jobs and contributing to the GDP of the economy.

02.09.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Industrie, Innovaiton et Infrastructure'

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02.09.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

StockPro fosters digital innovation in business management, the digital platform encourages the uses of technology to enhance business processes there by increasing productivity and improving efficiency in business operations.

02.10.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Réduction des Inégalités'

3

02.10.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.11.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Villes et Communautés Durables'

2

02.11.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.12.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Consommation et Production Responsable'

2

02.12.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.13.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Luttle contre les Changements Climatiques'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.13.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

The use of StockPro for buiness management, reduces the need for paper records, so it reduces the need to purchase and use papers to execute business processes.

02.14.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Sous-Marine'

2

02.14.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.15.01 Mon projetp contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Terrestre'

2

02.15.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.16.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Paix, Justice et Institutions Efficaces'

2

02.16.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.17.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Parteneriats pour la Réalisation des Objectifs'

2

02.17.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

05.01 Il existe un grand nombre de clients qui utilisent déjà un produit/service très similaire à celui que nous envisageons de créer.

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

05.02 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer représente un type de produit/service entièrement nouveau

3

05.03 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer pourrait être décrit comme une nouvelle technologie

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

05.04 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer est une amélioration d'un produit ou d'un service existant

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

05.05 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer pourrait être décrit comme une extension d'une gamme de produits ou de services

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

05.06 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer répond à une demande ou à un besoin qui n'a pas été satisfait par d'autres produits/services.

6

05.07 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer est une nouvelle version d'un ancien produit/service

6

05.08 Justification de mon projet

StockPro is unique and innovative because

05.09 Qui sont vos principaux potentiels concurrents et qu'est-ce qui vous différencie d'eux ?

Potential competitors are Primave (ERP software from Portugal), PHC (ERP software from Portugal) and Sage Pastel (South African software). StockPro stands out from these softwares because of the designed in it's usability, StockPro was designed via iterative feedback with SME's, many of our competitors are big budget software that were designed to be used by accountants, these features are not compatible with SME's the price and the feature set are out of reach for the average small business owner. Many of StockPro's BETA test users have reported that it took them less them 3 days to understand how to use StockPro.

10.06 Menez-vous des actions au sein de votre communauté pour promouvoir le rôle des femmes entrepreneurs ?

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