Nigeria - Startup under 3 years old

Décrivez votre projet en quelques mots

A training center to training women and young girls on the production of reusable sanitary products, give them a market to sell their products thereby increasing their standard of living.

01.01 Décrivez votre startup en détail

Femme Avenue is a social enterprise dedicated to ensuring every woman and young girl has access to adequate menstrual healthcare services. We are an impact driven organization that tackles period poverty by constantly providing the young girls and women in our communities with sanitary products to keep them in school & keep them busy while also educating them about their menstrual health and hygiene. We are solely in the menstrual healthcare business to provide women with access to sensitized medical professionals who will not dismiss their pain when it comes to difficult periods by providing them with access to an AI service on our website (being developed ), and an option of speaking with a sensitized medical professional about their pain. We have also found a way of providing women with some form of comfort on their periods before the lunch our main features on our site. We have developed menstrual educational cards and menstrual affirmation cards with first time period stories.

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

We are trying to cover the gap in the menstrual health service industry in Nigeria. We have noticed that when women sick for help about their difficult periods in regular hospitals, they either get told that their period pain is being exaggerated, or it doesn’t exist or generally not even taken seriously. Because of this, we are trying to give women access to sensitized medical professionals and completely eradicate the dismissal they face when they walk into hospitals to complain about their pain. We are also fighting poverty because the number of our young girls out of school because of the lack of sanitary products is high and we want to drastically reduce the number with. We constantly carry out community outreaches where we provide them with sanitary products supply for up to two years while educating them about their menstrual health and hygiene. We also want to give women The skills to produce their own sanitary products by training them on the production of sanitary products.

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 training center will help train the young women and girls in our community, thereby providing them with a skill set that can earn them an income that will better their standard of living. Using our platform will also help take away the fear women face when they try to seek help for their pain by ensuring that every medical professional on our platform is sensitized about menstrual health and its many faces. It will help make diagnosis easy and more frequent as dismissal and judgment will be dropped to the barest minimum.

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

Femme Avenue is targeted at two main groups. The first group of women that Femme Avenue target is the working class women and the young women in schools. These women I equipped with basic survival skills and a highly educated. These women are also aware about their bodies And are looking for answers to their difficult periods on the go without facing the constant dismissal at hospitals. The second group of people are the vulnerable women of our communities. Those that find it almost impossible to cater for health and buy menstrual product monthly on their own. Women that are not so educated and don’t know so much about their bodies. Women who do not have so much of an income.

01.05 Quand votre entreprise a-t-elle été créée ?

21/11/2021

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 ?

1

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

Nkechi Ngo (co-founder): Have a BSc in agricultural economics and rural planning (first class honors) and a masters in resource economic and rural sociology from the univerof Alberta Canada. Has has about 10 years of work experience as a sale representative (family owned business), she has a year experience working as an HR officer, and a year experience working as a social worker and caregiver for special needs. Skills: Organizational/ analytical skills Customer Service Strong written and oral communication skills Marketing Sheyi Enabulele Has over 3 years experience as project manager.

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://femmeavenue.ng/ https://www.instagram.com/femmeavenue.ng?igsh=OHo3eXQ5eG10dWF1 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/femme-avenue_menstruation-periods-period-activity-7201920627513942016-M8iM?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

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

Soins de santé (équipements et services de santé)

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

4

02.01.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.02.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Faim Zéro'

3

02.02.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

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

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.03.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

I am Avenue. We are trying to cover the gap within the Mantra healthcare sector in Nigeria by developing means in which we can completely or to the greatest form, eradicate the dismissal that women face when they go into regular hospitals to seek help for their difficult periods by providing them with the platform in which they can speak to

02.04.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Éducation de Qualité'

5

02.04.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.05.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Égalité entre les Sexes'

4

02.05.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

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

2

02.06.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

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

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.07.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

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

4

02.08.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.09.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Industrie, Innovation et Infrastructure'

2

02.09.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

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'

2

02.12.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

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

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.13.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

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

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.14.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

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

1 -pas du tout d'accord

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'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.17.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Avenue, we strongly believe that partnership and collaboration forces growth for both organizations involved. We have leverage on partnerships to help increase our reach an impact in the lives of the women and girls that come across. We have strongly advocated for collaborations within our sector with other organizations within the sector to help foster growth for all the organizations, and most importantly, increase our impact by utilizing all our contacts and expertise.

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

3

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

2

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

3

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

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

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

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

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

4

06.08 Justification

06.09 Analyse compétitive

Virtuous pads, pad-up creation, these are our potential main competitors in the sense of production of reusable sanitary products. the above mentioned companies are into the production of reusable sanitary products but what sets us apart from both of them is that we will not only give our staff a salary, but they will earn from every pad that they make, and that is sold. Both companies also do not cater for the difficulties that women face during their periods and they do not also provide women with other materials that they will need for their period like our educational cards and our affirmation cards, the period belts and period care packages that we sell. We have positioned ourselves to not only try to breach a gap within the minor health sector in Nigeria, but also poverty, anyway we know that will enable every woman and girl have means of income.

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