Perfect Storm For Local Super-App To Take Off

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Societal challenges require transformative solutions, .

and tThe last few


weeks have been a reminder about of the importance of innovation for the
public good. COVID-19 has shown up and impacted civilization faster and
more swiftly than anything we have seen in a century.

While Africa struggles in the innovation pipeline. and While over a


hundreds private benefit institutions continue to developing innovators and
entrepreneurs, we don’t have similarly strong pathways for innovators to
createing public benefitgoods applications remain scarce.

Workers across most of African countries will be required to stay home.


except Exceptions will be made for those in who provide essential services.
These includeing health care and security services. as well asExceptions
will also involve those involved in the production and distribution of food,
utilities and medical products.

“People will be too scared to go to shops and local markets to avoid the
virus,” however, there’s a Some worry that some suppliers would will
increase their prices because of theto meet increasingly high demands.

One of the biggest threats in the spread of Covid-19 in Africa is the use of
local moneyphysical currency to purchase products and services. The
pPhysical transactions could be more life threateningincrease the spread of
the virus.

PERFECT STORM FOR LOCAL SUPER-APP TO TAKE OFF.


The Solution
WiGo, is a technology startup company,. We haveis developing come up
with a solution which is a super app that willto help individuals with
smartphones and access to the internet to purchase any products and
services and get receive delivery at their door steps(using what3words and
okhi technologies).
The app will also be offering financial services using the blockchain
technology to transfer money freely from one individual to another. Charges
will only be made on transactions and when exchanging money to physical
currency.The owner of the app will receive transaction fees as well as
virtual-to-physical currency conversions.
The app has includes the following modules,
1. On Demand Courier Service
2. On demand tutor services
3. On demand grocery-store services
4. On demand food delivery services
5. On demand handyman services
6. On demand taxi hailing services( to be removed)
7. On demand motorcyle services ( to be removed)
8. Payment services (In development Not yet working)

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