Ogaget, a pan african platform for connecting to markets and jobs

Team Leader

Denis Lee Oguzu

Solution & Team Overview

Solution name:

Short solution summary:

Ogagets helps MSMEs lease startup tools and connect consumers to vetted products, services and emergency transport.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team based?

Arua, Uganda

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Oguzu Lee Denis, Co-founder and CEO. I lead the team on product development, go-to market strategy and fundraising.

Which Challenge Area does your solution most closely address?

Respond (Decrease transmission & spread), such as: Optimal preventive interventions & uptake maximization, Cutting through “infodemic” & enabling better response, Data-driven learnings for increased efficacy of interventions

What specific problem are you solving?

Africa is home to 430 million jobless youth who are risking it all through the Mediterranean for livilihood. During the covid, connecting safely fast to jobs, quality products, services and emergency transport has become a big hustle. Micro Small Medium Enterprises offer potentials for job creation find it difficult to connect to credit, market, logistics and consumers.

Who does your solution serve, and what needs of theirs does it address?

Businesses and Consumers. To Businesses, we lease tools and help them reach their clients safely. To the consumer, we minimize delays, avoid risk of poor quality products and services while ensuring price transparency.

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Pilot: A project, initiative, venture, or organisation deploying its research, product, service, or business/policy model in at least one context or community

More About Your Solution

Please select all the technologies currently used in your solution:

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
Big Data
Software and Mobile Applications

What “public good” does your solution provide?

We offer free moto ambulance to pregnant expected mother's.

How will your solution create tangible impact, and for whom?

By powering MSMEs to create jobs through lease and lowering rate of collapse due to market inaccessibility. Our platform also helps minimize risk of covid infection and facilitates quickest access to emergency care and transport

How will you scale your impact over the next one year and the next three years?

We intend to expand to other geographical areas like Gulu. We'll also scale by expanding into other segments.

How are you measuring success against your impact goals?

Through activate user numbers, endorsement of the product by the Government of Uganda and World Health Organization. We also number MSMEs reach with lease facility.

In which countries do you currently operate?

Uganda

In which countries do you plan to deploy your solution within the next 3 years?

Congo, Dem. Rep.
South Sudan

What barriers currently exist for you to accomplish your goals in the next year and the next 3 years? How do you plan to overcome these barriers?

Imposition of OTT tax and plans levy 12% tax on data. Poor road conditions for logistics. Lack of addressing system. Low ICT literacy on the African continent.

If your solution has a website or an app, provide links here:

https://ogaget.com

More About Your Team

Partnership & Growth Opportunities

Solution Team:

Denis Lee Oguzu
Founder and CEO