How is your business helping to solve the health, social, or economic challenges created by COVID19?
Large Food security gaps - Organisations are manually, and independently, managing the food demand on beneficiary lists, with no clear understanding what the food security need on the ground is. This results in both over, and under supply, and poor management of matching food supply to demand.Lack of funding at scale - There is a clear lack of consistent funding for organisations serving communities across South Africa. These organisations also lack the ability to provide transparent data to donors regarding who has been served and the aggregate needs of the communities they are serving. Lack of management capacity - Many organisations are leaning on a large volunteer network, who will soon be returning to work. These volunteers need to be replaced with more efficient systems and data collection to professionalize their service. GFM can address some of these challenges by allowing non-profits and community activists to: Digitize their beneficiariesUnlock new, innovative funding mechanisms with the dataIntegrate third party digital solutions
Does your business contribute most to recovery, response, or resilience?
Resilience - we're improving the broader infrastructure for responding to pandemic outbreaks.,Response - we're responding directly to issues caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 outbreak.
What is the stage of your product development?
I have a market ready product/service. I have sold to customers.
What strengths does your team bring? Include skills and personal experience with the problem.
The GFM team has skills and expertise in Business Acceleration, Local Economic Development, Ethical Supply Chains, Sustainable Development, and Institutional Design. With vast experience in impact investing, with over a decade of experience in driving access to capital for scalable, impact ventures on the African continent. Experts in digitizing value chains.
What countries do you operate in?
Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Is your company headquartered in a US "Opportunity Zone"?
No