What does your dream business in Ethiopia look like?
Many business process (e.g. construction management) in Ethiopia still uses manual, error prone and outdated practices. We, at Next System Solutions, aim at providing custom tailored and home made solutions to improve and automate these outdated business processes.
What are the assessed needs for your business
We need to hire sales personnel for promoting our MVP, and one extra web developer for adding features to our MVP. Office establishment and other operational costs are also among the reasons contributing for the needed of additional funding of 30,000 euros.
What impact does your business make (to local communities/creating employment/environment/economic development?
The key benefit for the local community is the creations of more sustainable cities through housing security. Are are also transferring practical and state-of-the art software development practices to young Ethiopian IT graduates ultimately creating employment opportunities for the youth.
How does your business benefit the country of implementation Ethiopia?
Construction in Ethiopia is marred with delays and cost overruns. By providing a better management platform, we will alleviate these delays and cost overruns, which will assist in tackling the infrastructure and housing problems of Ethiopia.
How does your business benefit the Netherlands?
Beside developing solutions for Ethiopian businesses, One of our other ambitions is to be a cheaper alternatives for western companies looking for outsourcing their IT projects. We expect high tech Dutch companies as our first potential beneficiaries.
How did the startup boot-camp help you?
The founders of the startup are technical professionals with limited business knowledge. The entrepreneurship training has helped us in grasping basic ideas about business models and other aspects of establishing and running a start-ups.
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