Basic Information

Our tagline:

Engaging Professionals at a Click

Our pitch:

Proville.net is Africa’s pioneer online service market place for top professionals to deliver topnotch services to prospective clients seeking professional services. Our aim is to bridge the gap between professionals and their prospects looking to get their jobs done efficiently. Our solution is available both on web and mobile at their respective stores

We believe an effective platform like ours can contribute towards reducing unemployment rate across Africa and give room for various levels of growth for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) through project outsourcing. They would also be able to engage professionals weekly or hourly as they deem necessary rather than a fixed sunk cost. Our Prohub, exceptional across Africa is dedicated to providing an avenue to incubate ideas and turn them to viable projects and ventures, while also ensuring effective synergy between the young upcoming professionals and experienced professionals in various industry sectors. We open our hub for free to all our registered members every Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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Where our solution team is headquartered or located:

Lagos, Nigeria

The dimensions of the Challenge our solution addresses:

  • Upskilling, Reskilling, and Job Matching
About Your Solution

What makes our solution innovative:

We are focused on building capacity among our professionals and bridging the gap between clients and professionals using technology (web and mobile). We create meetup sessions for effective collaborations and exchange of ideas and knowledge among professionals.

How technology is integral to our solution:

Our solution is deployed on both web and mobile platform to ease the process of working remotely and on the go. We also provide various training online for our professionals.

Our solution goals over the next 12 months:

Our solutions goals among so many include to upscale to 2.0 which would avail all our professionals to be vetted, improve user experience and interface and reduce turnaround time for job delivery. We also intend to build APIs connecting regulatory bodies thus enabling potential investors and SMEs register their business on the go via the platform.

Our vision over the next three to five years to grow and scale our solution to affect the lives of more people:

Grow a community user base of over 1 billion and break same into various ecosystem according to professionals to foster collaborations and capacity development. Each professional niche would have a community on the platform where they can exchange ideas and foster growth.

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The key characteristics of the populations who will benefit from our solution in the next 12 months:

  • Adult
  • Old age
  • Urban
  • Rural
  • Suburban

The regions where we will be operating in the next 12 months:

  • Sub-Saharan Africa

The countries where we currently operate:

  • Nigeria

Where we plan to expand in the next 12 months:

  • Ghana
  • Kenya

How we will reach and retain our customers or beneficiaries:

Continuous revamping of our platform to meet global standards and continuous awareness and enlightenment. Creating value propositions as a one stop platform for professionals and SMEs across the globe.

How many people we are currently serving with our solution:

We currently have over 500 sign ups and over 1000 app downloads from both google store and apple store

How many people we will be serving with our solution in the 12 months and the next 3 years:

In 12 months, we intend to build over 1 million customer base and in 3 years over 3 million customer base.

About Your Team

How our solution team is organized:

For-Profit

How many people work on our solution team:

6

How many years we have been working on our solution:

1-2 years

The skills our solution team has that will enable us to attract the different resources needed to succeed and make an impact:

Our team comprises of two developers (front and backend developers), two finance and business development experts, one project management expert, one customer experience expert and one customer acquisition and retention expert. 

Our revenue model:

Our business model and organisational structure puts us in the forefront to succeed. We operate our business in line with global standards of operations and promote a healthy working culture.

Partnership Potential

Why we are applying to Solve:

Our organisation believes in strategic partnership to enhance growth. We believe Solve can give us an international visibility for growth and expansion while also learning and collaborating for an efficient platform to serve over 1 billion users across the world.

The key barriers for our solution:

Our platform is an issue of trust especially in Africa. We are bridging this gap by creating awareness and also hosting various seminars and workshops like our forth coming Freelancer Meet up projected for 13th July 2018. We also intend to host SME Meetup in all to ensure synergy among both users.

The types of connections and partnerships we would be most interested in if we became Solvers:

  • Organizational Mentorship
  • Technology Mentorship
  • Connections to the MIT campus
  • Grant Funding
  • Debt/Equity Funding

Solution Team

 
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