How is your business helping to solve the health, social, or economic challenges created by COVID19?
More than 1 billion students are out of school because of the pandemic, parents are losing their jobs, some getting their salaries cut. Existing technology which promotes online learning is not feasible for students in developing countries. This in turn causes a strain on the earning power of parents as they spend more on education without having savings or left over money for buying of food stuff and basic amenities needed to drive the overall economy of their countries forward. This causes millions of students in Africa, North America and some parts of Asia to drawback from online classes and get retarded in their learning curves. ShortKode is using its innovative infrastructure to give schools and students resilience to pandemic attacks due to its ability to host virtual offline lessons by using text compression and encryption technology and sending large sessions of lessons as small compact PDFs. These reduce the cost of schooling from home for parents and schools and allows for learning to continue regardless of their spending power.
Does your business contribute most to recovery, response, or resilience?
Resilience - we're improving the broader infrastructure for responding to pandemic outbreaks.,Recovery - we're positioned to support in the recovery of those directly affected.,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 prototype or a simple version I can show my customers
What strengths does your team bring? Include skills and personal experience with the problem.
We have app developers and web developers who have more than 5 years of experience each in app development, working with organizations like the Venture Garden Group, AFRY. We have Tutors and a school owner with contacts to potential customers in the space, they have more than 3 years of experience each. We have mentors, a UI/UX designer, Our Founder has experience in HR management, along with the Tutors and some app developers in the team has experienced the problem first hand so has most of the team and he has partners from Africa Innovation Week, Tech Bridge Invest and so on.A total team of 14. With our expertise and indepth understanding of the market we are able to understand the wants of our potential customers and will iterate our offering to suit so.
What countries do you operate in?
Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Colombia.
Is your company headquartered in a US "Opportunity Zone"?
No
