00:21:12 Saheed Yemi Awojide: Its another Thurs am glad to be here again 00:24:05 Kyane Kassiri: Thanks for joining us on a weekly basis! We appreciate the support. This show is made for you! 00:24:19 Find The Nest: Hello everyone ! Welcome to the 16th edition of the Nest ! 00:24:43 Find The Nest: Jim Chu https://www.linkedin.com/in/jchu45 https://www.untapped-inc.com/ 00:25:22 Find The Nest: You can find more about Intellecap here: https://www.intellecap.com/ 00:25:27 MAXIME SERVETTAZ: Good evening, this is Max Director at Untapped Kenya, we lease all sort of pay as you go assets maxime@untapped-inc.com 00:25:38 MAXIME SERVETTAZ: +254748828397 00:26:43 Find The Nest: Hello everyone, Please feel free to introduce yourself (name, job, contact detail …) 00:28:29 Adeleye Olufemi: I'm Adeleye from Prodigy school Solutions Unlike solutions like Google Classroom, Zoom, Edmodo and the likes, Prodigy is an all in one solution designed exclusively for schools. With features like virtual classroom, LMS, online exam + invigilation, Prodigy is the right tool for school administration, remote teaching, learning and collaboration. Please visit https://prodigy.com.ng/ 00:28:39 Saheed Yemi Awojide: Sent u a connection request Jim Chu on linkedin 00:29:08 Find The Nest: Kyane Kassiri: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyanekassiri/?originalSubdomain=tn 00:29:25 Vincent Okeke: Hi everyone, I'm Vincent from LegitCar (https://legitcar.ng) 00:29:32 Find The Nest: lateral cap: https://latcap.co/ 00:30:05 Arielle Molino: Arielle Molino here. I lead the Sankalp Forum in Africa, and really delighted to partner with the Nest this week! Happy to bring the Nest to Sankalp Global. Thanks for the invitation Jim! 00:30:09 Matias Tini: Hi everyone! I am Matías Tini, Founder of Apperto, a SuperApp for small cities in LATAM. (matias@apperto.co) 00:30:49 Find The Nest: Nest Francophone goes straight to Ivory Coast on 19th of August !!!! 00:30:56 MAXIME SERVETTAZ: !!!! 00:30:57 Saheed Yemi Awojide: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saheed-yemi-awojide-pmp-itil-333b6917/ 00:31:11 The Afropreneur: Idris Bello here from Loftyinc Capital Management-operators of the Afropreneurs Fund 00:31:19 MAXIME SERVETTAZ: The Untapped Kenya team is together today to wattch THE NEST 00:31:51 Find The Nest: Ben Munoz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmunoz/ 00:31:56 Diana Nleya: Hi all. I'm Diana from Gwara, Inc. Gwara is a fintech company provide access to international student financing for millions of top talent borrowers in frontier and emerging markets excluded from traditional systems. diana@mygwara.com 00:32:08 Owen Skawa: Nice background Ben 00:32:40 Saheed Yemi Awojide: I am from Nigeria but I live and work in Toronto Canada. I have a startup business in Nigeria 00:32:57 Vincent Okeke: Hi everyone, I'm Vincent from LegitCar (https://legitcar.ng). LegitCar helps individual car buyers and businesses in Nigeria ensure they buy and handle vehicles that have not been reported stolen. We have basically put together a growing database of missing vehicles in Nigeria that car buyers and organisations can search against before they buy or handle vehicles. 00:33:10 Raj Kulasingam: Good to see you again Ben. You have all the makings of a great angel investor and more!! 00:33:13 Saheed Yemi Awojide: I am here to learn and network with plan to pitch soon here at the Nest 00:33:22 Olayinka Titilola: Hello guys, I hope you’re doing well, despite these crazy times. My name is Olayinka and I am the Head, Growth & New Markets at Rise Vest. We are a tech-driven finance company that connects Nigerians to dollar denominated investment opportunities. - https://www.linkedin.com/in/olayinkaetitilola/ 00:33:31 Cyrine Ben Fadhel: Hello everyone, I am Cyrine Ben Fadhel from Lateral Capital, a fund that invests in foundational technologies in Africa! 00:33:33 Find The Nest: Jenny Fielding https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyfielding/ 00:33:42 Obinna Onyejeli: Hi everyone, I'm Obinna Onyejeli https://www.linkedin.com/in/obinna-onyejeli-897554b3 company: Agenpo https://www.linkedin.com/company/agenpo 00:34:06 Mark DSa: Hi everyone! Mark D'Sa of Mark D'Sa Consulting Services, LLC located in Miami. Business analyst, Global Supply Chain specialist and entrepreneur mentor. 00:34:13 Mansoor Raji: Hi everyone, Im Mansoor Raji from farmersgate.ng 00:34:28 Kyane Kassiri: Hi all! Kyane here. Co-managing The Nest with Jim. For any inquiry, feel free to reach out to us on connect@findthenest.org 00:35:06 Find The Nest: Mikael Hajjar https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-mikael-hajjar/ 00:37:30 Find The Nest: Riby Founder: salami Abolore https://www.linkedin.com/in/aboloresalami/?originalSubdomain=ng Riby website https://riby.me/ 00:37:49 Ochuwa Akhigbe-Ogionwo: Hi All, I’m Ochuwa Akhigbe-Ogionwo, Principal at Lateral Capital, an Africa focused VC investing in tech enabled businesses 00:38:47 Rémi mae: Hey everyone, l am Dady from Ghana. l am a co-founder of www.noworri.com We're bringing the gap of trust for online vendor and individuals in Africa through an escrow payment. www.noworri.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/18707669/admin/ https://www.facebook.com/Noworripayment/ https://angel.co/company/noworri 00:38:50 Marsha Wulff: Hi there, Marsha here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshawulff/ with LoftyInc glad to share our former associate, Kyane with The Nest and look forward to helping with next week’s program. 00:38:55 Find The Nest: you can react to the presentation and ask question on the chat to Salami 00:41:08 Rafferty Jackson: Hi - Grateful to join this call from Santa Monica, California. I am an ex-exec from Beats by Dre, joining for the last push and sale to Apple. I am an angel investor through Astia Angels and mentor at a Space Tech accelerator. I am an investor in Amp Global in Mauritius, bringing The Mic to Africa this Fall. 00:41:10 Adeshina Adewumi: Great to be here, Adeshina Adewumi from One Kiosk Africa. We are revolutionizing how buying and selling is done in Africa by creating an inclusive commerce model to achieve more efficiency. 00:41:26 The Afropreneur: Hello Everyone, Osasenaga Enogieru here. National Program Manager of Wennovation Hub Nigeria https://wennovationhub.org/. A start Incubator and Accelerator focused on high impact sectors; Agriculture, Health, Education, Clean Energy and Social Infrastructure. 00:42:59 Raj Kulasingam: Interested to hear more about why went with a loan note rather than a SAFE. 00:43:31 Raj Kulasingam: please put up the ask slide again - was too quick to take in 00:44:01 Raj Kulasingam: Have you had any issues with fraud or KYC. How do you onboard customers? 00:44:05 Find The Nest: any question to Salami ? 00:46:31 Dami THOMPSON: or you save your money under your bed literally or in groups of informal cooperatives 00:47:43 Ali Jamal: Hi Everyone - I'm a growth and product executive, currently based in LatAm but have extensive experience across the globe. I recently launched an angel syndicate and have made a few investments in Africa. Excied to be here Learn more about me on LinkedIn here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mralijamal/ Learn more about my Angel Syndicate here: https://angel.co/s/ali-jamal/zL3eU 00:48:04 Joel Macharia: great product @salami much needed service. 00:50:14 Africa Social Financing Centre Davis Kambale Tayo: Comment: This is very scalable. Wonderful platform...Congrats. Please consider offering Equity to the Financial Institution to not only raise funds but to also lock them into the platform and proactively fend off completion. 00:52:30 Kyane Kassiri: I really liked Riby since day 1. MicroTraction and EchoVC are early backers. 00:54:36 Raj Kulasingam: what and when and how is the exit? 00:55:34 Jim Chu: Love the demo 00:55:56 The Afropreneur: how do you make money on the non interest loans 00:56:09 Ayo Dawodu: Amazing! 00:56:17 Dami THOMPSON: thanks Kyane. Salami, Tosin and the Riby team are fantastic BOP builders and are committed to solving access to credit for underbanked and unbanked Africans. EchoVC is a proud investor of what they have built. Hoping to get more investors to commit to the cause 00:56:43 TERRYANNE CHEBET: Mobile wallets have ensured Kenyans access to financial services, this is super timely and is a sure winner in Africa. We frog leaped credit cards for sure. 00:58:12 Dami THOMPSON: happy to connect with other investors looking to fund startup opportunities in Africa - https://www.linkedin.com/in/damilola-thompson 01:01:47 Yao Baku: linkedin.com/in/yaobaku/ 01:02:35 Find The Nest: Eden Founder: Nadayar Enegesi https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadayar/?originalSubdomain=ng Eden website https://ouredenlife.com/ 01:04:13 Saheed Yemi Awojide: @Nadayar Enegesi connected with u on linkedin 01:05:14 Obinna Onyejeli: Hi Dami Thompson, Founder looking to connect (Agenpo) 01:05:35 Olayinka Titilola: Is it just me or Nadayar’s deck hasn’t changed ? 01:07:09 Mark DSa: How can Eden protect itself against copycats? 01:08:47 Diana Nleya: How do you prevent customers from going around you and contracting with the cleaners themselves? Esp because culturally this service tends to be relationship based. This has been an issue with SweepSouth in SA 01:09:08 The Afropreneur: Excited to have backed the Eden team from the very beginning at Afropreneur Angels Group. One of the best teams we have backed. 01:09:10 Elohor Thomas: Great pitch Nad, great product too! 01:09:26 TERRYANNE CHEBET: Joining this call from Nairobi Kenya, would like to connect with Networks/ Investors interested in the Natural skincare space https://www.linkedin.com/in/terryannechebet/ Our link is https://www.keyara.co.ke 01:09:30 Saheed Yemi Awojide: Great job 01:09:33 Joel Macharia: I remember @nadayar giving a brown bag session at Andela Kenya with a quitar on a limitless learner back in 2016 I think, it changed my perspective on alot. that said, curious on the provider recruitment/acquisition and how you maintain the quality output of all providers. 01:10:08 Kyane Kassiri: On this chat room, you have some of the most active angel and early stage investors of the continent. Make sure you benefit from their presence! 01:11:08 Oladimeji Olaniyan: Any reasons why you are skipping Port Harcourt - Nigeria/other key cities in Nigeria before going international? 01:11:18 TERRYANNE CHEBET: There’s a big market for the Eden type business in Africa and can easily be replicated across Africa, vetting of helps will be a big deal and may be a big cost as well 01:13:03 Emmanuel Ibe: How does Eden guarantee safety from theft and bad people ? 01:13:37 Saheed Yemi Awojide: We are launching our startup in Sept 2020 …we plan to turn sanitation (toilet services) into an opportunity by bridging smart toilet services with digital out of home advertising 01:13:39 TERRYANNE CHEBET: In Kenya a certificate of Good conduct from the police is required for most services,as well as background search/due diligence, how are they doing this and what cost is it to the firm? 01:14:00 Saheed Yemi Awojide: We are the 1st to take the courage to solve this problem 01:14:04 Jessica Colaco: Good to meet everyone. Jessica Colaço from Nairobi Kenya - https://www.linkedin.com/in/JessicaColaco 01:14:16 Ik Kanu: Good to see you here Nad. Talk a little bit more about the B2B growth plans and how did you manage the Covid disruption 01:14:24 Jessica Colaco: HR Tech Company - www.brave.careers 01:15:37 Kyane Kassiri: I had the privilege to work with hundreds on entrepreneurs within the past few years. Nadayar is definitely in my top 5! Visionary, Resilient, and Humble. 01:15:47 Raj Kulasingam: I have a few thoughts on customer feedback based on my experience with Houst in the UK 01:16:08 Raj Kulasingam: Have you got a user community - how do you build that? 01:16:14 Raj Kulasingam: and a supplier community 01:17:09 Niang Sidy: Can you give more details on the platform leakage risk? as this seem to be the main risk for this kind of platform especially in Africa. thanks 01:17:11 Adeshina Adewumi: Summary about One Kiosk Africa and a bit of number Achieved over $300k in first 12 months(pilot and roll out) with over 14k in merchant database and 4k+ paying customers via our WebApp Roll out upgraded version 2.0 (Web and Mobile) by August 24th 2020 with strong partnership in place to achieve next phase of milestones (engage to know more) Achieve $1 million+ by September 2020 Achieve 1 million Active Users- December 2020 Achieve $1.5 million by December 2020 Scale into two African Countries by January 2021 Roll out Fin-tech side of our Retail commerce business by Feb 2021 01:18:03 Obinna Onyejeli: Hi everyone, I'm Obinna Onyejeli https://www.linkedin.com/in/obinna-onyejeli-897554b3 company: Agenpo https://www.linkedin.com/company/agenpo Looking to connect with pre-series A investors. if you think komgo.io and binkabi.io are decent, talk to me to find out our competitive advantage over them. 01:18:49 Adeshina Adewumi: Looking to close up a $500k active round with some commitment already. 01:20:37 Rachel Ndungu: I can definitely relate to the solution though not clear whether they target retail or business customers or both. It is a service I would consider. Rachel - Biashara Africa 01:21:56 Boye Oshinaga: Boye Oshinaga, cofounder/CEO at gradely ww.gradely.ng, https://www.linkedin.com/in/boyeoshinaga/ 01:22:22 Boye Oshinaga: Can vouch for Nadayar as an entrepreneur as well. Great, humble and great attention to detail 01:22:50 Emmanuel Ibe: Eden has a super team. All the best in your journey. 01:23:08 Jim Chu: Anyone in the audience ? 01:23:21 Matias Tini: We are implementing Community Group Buy model in Latam low tier cities Raj Kulasingam matias@apperto.co) 01:24:02 Owen Skawa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osakawa/ 01:24:03 Saheed Yemi Awojide: 100% 01:24:10 Saheed Yemi Awojide: Will be here next week 01:24:12 Emmanuel Ibe: We are building a data-driven platform that helps investors, researchers, entrepreneurs & government officials discover and gain insight into the African Startup Ecosystem. Our rough MVP is here: https://startuplist.africa Happy to connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelibe/ 01:24:16 Agnes Makena: Exciting session! Great job by Eden and Riby! 01:24:30 Find The Nest: thanks everyone for joining !! 01:24:35 Find The Nest: see you next week ! 01:24:37 Kyane Kassiri: Until next week! 01:24:41 issam mejri: Thank you 01:24:42 A Salami: Thanks Everyone 01:24:56 Ayo Dawodu: Great as always. Thanks Jim! 01:24:59 Edwin Osayuki: Thanks Jim 01:25:04 Kiptoo Magutt: Thank you all! 01:25:06 Owen Skawa: Thank you Jim 01:25:11 Joshua Attat: Amazing stuff 👌👌 01:25:33 The Afropreneur: thanks everyone 01:25:38 Edwin Osayuki: How do we get invite for the next pitch? 01:25:47 Caren McNamara: Thx again Jim!!! Great platform 01:28:09 Africa Social Financing Centre Davis Kambale Tayo: Always refreshing ...nice show. God bless 01:28:15 Norbert dziwornu: Norbert from Startup Accra