Askdemy.com

My name is Batula Abdulazeez; a Phd candidate in International business management at the International School of Management (ISM), Paris, France. I have over 20 years in the financial services industry, an MBA in marketing. 

1. What problem are you committed to solving? We are committed to solve the problem of dearth of knowledge. A lot of knowledge lies in people's head which ultimately get lost once these people die. Thus the need to create a library where knowledge could be saved and transfered to those that need it. 

Secondly, to provide employment for women and youths who would prefer to work from home.

2. What project are you proposing? A knowledge market place that is a question and answer platform to bridge the knowledge gap both locally an globally and across generations. 

3. How could your project elevate humanity?

1-By enriching people's minds with knowledge that could otherwise have been lost due t deaths; pandemics etc

2-By providing employment for women and other marginalised segment of the society who have lost their jobs or left their jobs to take care of their families

Unemployment is a major challenge affecting many Africans most especially youths in Nigeria affecting about a quarter of the populace.  Women constitute over 50% of the global population. In Nigeria with a population of 200million people, the same situation applies, yet many remain tied to their household chores (unpaid) domestic care. We wish to have more women doing what they love and being able to contribute to the global community while earning some commission.

Askdemy is a Question & Answer site and a social network platform that focuses on creating a well researched and authentic content to ease the life of the ordinary

Our project experts and scholars from various parts of the world;  students; employees; employers of labour; researchers; research organisations; small businesses; multinationals and other curious people from across the world i.e. people who genuinely want to learn and share, and people who want to network and sell their products and services

Our project is a knowledge market where people ask questions, receive answers; share knowledge and network.

Our project experts and scholars from various parts of the world;  students; employees; employers of labour; researchers; research organisations; small businesses; multinationals and other curious people from across the world i.e. people who genuinely want to learn and share, and people who want to network and sell their products and services.

Our project fulfils the three criteria for ellevate

I remember while growing up, shortly before he died, my dad handed over to me a book in the local hausa language. The book was titled "Magana Jari ce (meaning: Talk or Knowledge is Power).

After going through lot of experience dealing with psychological trauma and emotional stress, my doctor told me that I am suffering from depression, I googled the word “”depression  and there exist vast amount of knowledge and information on the issue. Secondly, the issue of trauma, came up again, I searched online not knowing who to turn to for details. There again, I got a lot of information on the topic. The third, time, someone mentioned something to me about being scape-goated; I googled it and voila on youtube, there existed tonnes of information on the issue. The information, i gathered were real, personal and deep experience of people who had seen it all and wanted to share the knowledge with others. i felt a deep connection about creating a marketplace for knowledge sharing. I learnt a lot. I felt that these people are so magnanimous with knowledge. so, why cant i create a similar platform where people can learn through knowledge sharing and social networking

I personally feel that a lot of knowledge is hidden in people's heads and that it needs to be shared with the world. Secondly, people are in dire of answers to their everyday challenge both in life and in the workplace like i did. The lack the knowledge or the exact place to get it. just like i did. A lot of these knowledge is not taught in schools. Therefore, many students graduate from schools without adequate knowledge to navigate both life and work challenges.

In the advanced world, the challenged is less and more great in Nigeria where the use of the internet is just becoming greater. 

In the workplace, people go though a lot needing one type of information and not knowing where to find it. When employees leave, they leave with  all the knowledge they have gathered over decades of work.

We want a place where knowledge could be saved for generations to come; where companies can send their employees to access information.

I have gathered over two decades working in the financial service industry in Nigeria. Secondly, i have a lot of personal experiences, the knowledge is only known to me but could be shared with others. I charge a token

I have written several books in form of short-stories to showcase some of these experiences but i feel that a lot more could be done by creating a one-stop shop for everyone to access free of charge.

I have survived three awful marriages and have spent over two decades in the corporate ladder in Nigeria's financial service industry. I have overcome all forms of violence (gender violence; economic violence; domestic and family violence etc) and have survived.

Putting together all my experiences, i decided to form a foundation to help other women deal with all forms of violence (economic inequalities; social and political inequalities). We campaign against all forms of violence in our communities most especially against women and girls; we support school children with educational materials; food support for marginalised communities and provide women with lifesaving skills.

Tulips International Foundation, founded by myself 

Online knowledge market place and a social networking site for the ordinary people

Improved and equitable social learning for all

1000; 1,000,000 and 7,000,000

To develop an app

To gain traction of 250,000 by one year

To reach every mobile phone user in Nigeria (25 million) by 2025

Funding

Access to training/Human capacity gaps

Lack of quality employees

Lack of mentors

Seeking funding from various sources VC4A and network to bridge the funding gap as currently we rely on founders personal savings

We already have a website what we need is an app and a marketing team to drive traction

We have erolled in the EdEx platform for accessing to trainingmaterials

Seeking partnerships both locally and globally

We use a freemium model where users can create a free account , log on and share knowledge

The content will be provided by users themselves online in the form of questions which will be answered by others

We are seeking funding via the VC4A platform including their netwoorks

$3,000 (Founders personal savings)

$100,000.00 (grant/debt/equity) by June 30,2020.

$80,000.00

We are applying to the elevate prize to enable us solve some of the challenges we currently face in moving our project forwards (funding challenge; HR Challenges; Training Challenge etc)

Receiving this fund will enable us take our project to the next level in terms of gaining traction through social media marketing; app development and ther aspects of moving the project to the next level

We aim to  enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries most particularly in developing countries

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