Nigeria - Business creation project

Décrivez votre projet en quelques mots

Difference Makers Centre (DMC) is an educational technology startup that provides youths from low-income and marginalized communities access to quality highly-sought vocational skills training and provide them with job placement after the training.

01.01 Décrivez votre projet en détail

In Nigeria today, there is high youth unemployment and poverty. In fact, more than 60% of the population of the country are in multi-dimensional poverty due to economic instability and rising inflation in the price of food products. There is also limited access to quality vocational education for low-income communities. There is also a growing demand for vocational skilled workers. So, we want to create a webapp solution for Difference Makers Centre (DMC) DMC is a tech-enabled platform for seamless skills training and job placement through training the participants through comprehensive, cohort-based highly sought vocational skills programs. The participants would then be onboarded to a job marketplace so they can sell their services after the training. Before we were targeting tech talent and training them but we realise there is higher demand for vocational skills as the market size for the Nigeria gig economy is worth $28 billion as at 2021 according to Nigeria freelance master.

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

In Nigeria today, there is high youth unemployment and poverty. In fact, more than 60% of the population of the country are in multi-dimensional poverty due to economic instability and rising inflation in the price of food products. There is also limited access to quality vocational education for low-income communities. There is also a growing demand for vocational skilled workers. So, we created a solution called Difference Makers Centre (DMC) to solve these problems. DMC is a tech-enabled platform for seamless skills training and job placement through training the participants through comprehensive, cohort-based highly sought vocational skills programs. The participants would then be onboarded to a job marketplace so they can sell their services after the training. Our unique selling point is that we are niche-based (we focus on only vocational skills), our trainings are tutor-led, we have a Job marketplace and community for sharing opinions and accessing networking opportunities.

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).

Our solution intends to amplify the work of thriving youth businesses in marginalised communities. Our solution empowers unemployed youths in low-income communities with sustainable income. Our solution would also enable industries and large corporations in low-income communities access qualified talent. Our solution aims to help optimise the resources of companies for corporate social responsibility (especially if the CSR is focused on youth development) as our solution would have real-time data analysis tool which would help those companies better report their annual impacts. Our solution would help youths to better present their vocational skills in a manner that it can scale. Our solution would non-profit organisations the stress attached to researching a community for NEEDs assessment because we have a ready audience. Our solution would be a testament that local businesses can scale globally.

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

We are targeting > Unemployed youths in low-income and marginalised communities > Companies whose CSR initiatives focusing on youth development. > Companies in need of skilled workers in low-income communities. > Non-profit organisations whose target audience are youths and initiatives focuses on youth development.

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

04/03/2021

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

2

01.07 Parmi les autres propriétaires, combien sont des femmes ?

2

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

Blessing Isaac Affiong is an entry-level data analyst. She currently works with resagratia as an intern. I have known her for close for over 10 years as we grew up in the same community. She joined me on one career development program I did at Agidingbi Junior Grammar School in 2019 for the students (https://www.instagram.com/p/BtwcAGfF1Mo/?igsh=MWUxZWp0eHl0NGRpMg==). Blessing is a graduate of Marine Biology from University of Lagos. Ayomide Adekola is an experienced project manager with over 4 years of managing online and on-site educational events that has reached over 3,000 young people across 20 tertiary institutions and secondary schools in Nigeria. She is skilled in project management, M&E, data analysis, time management, leadership, budgeting, strategy development and effective communication. She currently works with Lagos Business School as the Programs Manager for the Business Innovation Accelerator. She is a graduate of Computer Science from Obafemi Awolowo University.

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.instagram.com/difference_makers_centre

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

c) Industrie (équipements, services commerciaux, logistiques et professionnels, transports)

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.01.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.02.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

Nil

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

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.05.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.06.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.07.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

We empower unemployed youths in low-income communities with highly-sought vocational skills so they can be self-reliant and create wealth. Our platform also enables them to get part-time jobs in their communities. This is critical to helping them overcome financial hardship and eventually create wealth.

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.09.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.10.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.11.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.12.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.13.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.14.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.15.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.16.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.17.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Nil

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

2

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

6

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

4

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

6

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

6

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

Vocational skills training in Nigeria are mostly offline and there are often no support post-training. So, we are unique because the alumnus of our training would be monitored after the training, they can also sell their services in our marketplace, engage our support staffs and access a community where they can connect and collaborate. We are also going a step further to help non-profit and corporate organisations get real-time data for their reports. We have a standby team to help manage the CSR initiatives of corporations (provided it is focused on youth development/empowerment).

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

GEBEYA - focused on training tech talent, talent pay for services, talent marketplace is present and not a community-based platform for networking. ALX - focused on training tech talent, talent don't pay for services, no talent marketplace and not a community-based platform for networking., TECH4DEV - focused on overall talent development, corporate or talent pay for services, no talent marketplace and not a community-based platform for networking. DMC - focused on vocational skills, corporate pay for training talent, talent marketplace is present and presence of a very supportive community-based platform for networking.

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

We plan to organise a Women4Tech (W4T) initiative where female youths and young married women can learn no-code tech skills for free on our platform because we realise from research that half the women in low-income communities are the breadwinner of their family. We also realise the spending patterns of married women in low-income communities tilt more to their families than the men whose income are first reduced at bars and restaurants before getting home. The W4T is aimed at bridging the digital and technology knowledge divide between men and women as well as ensuring equitable access to opportunities.