Nigeria - Startup under 3 years old

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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 Décrivez votre startup en détail

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 Quel est le problème principal que vous essayez de résoudre ?

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 Dites-nous quels sont les principaux avantages et/ou bénéfices de l'utilisation du produit/service fourni par votre startup (au moins 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 Veuillez décrire précisément à qui s'adresse le produit/service de votre startup. Quels sont les bénéficiaires visés ?

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 Quand votre entreprise a-t-elle été créée ?

19/10/2023

01.06 Vendez-vous déjà votre produit/service ?

Oui

01.07 Combien y a-t-il de propriétaires de votre entreprise en plus de vous ?

2

01.08 Parmi les autres propriétaires, combien sont des femmes ?

0

01.09 Veuillez décrire le profil des autres propriétaires de votre startup (compétences, expérience, 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 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://dropoud.com

01.11 Quel est le secteur d'activité qui décrit le mieux votre entreprise ?

Autre : Education/Campus Technology

02.01.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Pas de pauvreté'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.01.02 Justification de la contribution de ma 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 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Faim Zéro'

5

02.02.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

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

02.03.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Bonne Santé et Bien Être'

4

02.03.02 Justification de la contribution de ma 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 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Éducation de Qualité'

6

02.04.02 Justification de la contribution de ma 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 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Égalité entre les Sexes'

2

02.05.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.06.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Eau Propre et Assainissement'

3

02.06.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.07.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Énergie Propre et Abordable'

3

02.07.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.08.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Travail Décent et Croissance Économique'

6

02.08.02 Justification de la contribution de ma 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 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Industrie, Innovation et Infrastructure'

5

02.09.02 Justification de la contribution de ma 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 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Réduction des Inégalités'

4

02.10.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.11.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Villes et Communautés Durables'

3

02.11.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.12.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Consommation et Production Responsables'

3

02.12.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.13.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Lutte contre les Changements Climatiques'

2

02.13.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.14.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Sous-Marine'

2

02.14.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.15.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Terrestre'

3

02.15.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.16.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Paix, Justice et Institutions Efficaces'

4

02.16.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.17.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Parteneriats pour la Réalisation des Objectifs'

3

02.17.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

06.01 Un grand nombre de clients utilisent déjà un produit/service très similaire au nôtre.

2

06.02 Notre produit/service représente un type de produit/service entièrement nouveau

5

06.03 Notre produit/service pourrait être décrit comme une nouvelle technologie

5

06.04 Notre produit/service est une amélioration d'un produit ou d'un service existant

5

06.05 Notre produit/service pourrait être décrit comme une extension d'une gamme de produits ou de services

3

06.06 Notre produit/service répond à une demande ou à un besoin qui n'a pas été satisfait par d'autres produits/services.

6

06.07 Notre produit/service est une nouvelle version d'un ancien produit/service

3

06.08 Justification

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 Analyse compétitive

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