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Solution Overview

Solution Name

City Skill

One-line solution summary.

A web application for the promotion of youth employment to facilitate the obtaining of jobs for the youth of the continent. The application also allows recruiters to manage their recruitment

Elevator pitch

What is your solution?

An application that manages 3 things:

1-Facilitating youth to get jobs;

2-Facilitate the publication of offers and the management of recruitment for African companies;

3-Facilitate the application to tenders in the case of company-company or individual-company;
The application is made on 3 technologies:
-Frontend: Angular and JS libraries.
-Backend: Java & Mysql database
-Recommendation algorithm: Machine learning with python.

What specific problem are you trying to solve?

In 2019, I was able to suggest 17 profiles to Malian companies. These 17 profiles were all Malians who lived outside of Mali. Most of them wanted to go back to their mother country and work but were afraid of not having a job there. On the other hand, Malian companies were looking locally for good profiles that could technically manage certain projects but to no avail. This is where the City-Skill application comes in; it allows (with its intelligent recommendation system) to put companies in contact with the profiles that interest them and on the other hand to inform companies of the market proposals offered by other companies. It thus contributes to reduce the unemployment rate which is currently very high.

Who does your solution serve? In what ways will the solution impact their lives?

Our customers are of two kinds:
1-Companies looking for tenders and/or looking for competent employees.
2-Any individual looking for a job or applying for a tender.
There are several solutions used and proposed to customers of type (1). However, our solution remains the best because none of them offer both the "tender" and "recruitment" functionality. On the other hand, we have noticed that the filtering of applications was not easy, that's why we have innovated a concept called "Seven Skills", with this tool the choice of the best candidate(s), is only a matter of minutes. We have also incorporated a collaborative and interactive work for the different processes on the application

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What steps have you taken to understand the needs of the population you want to serve?

I started researching the problem since 2018. and I interviewed Malian, Moroccan and French companies.

I also made tests on the versions of the application with people of the commercial domain in the companies and I adapted the application to the results of the tests and suggestion

Which aspects of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Improving financial and economic opportunities for all (Economic Prosperity)

Our solution's stage of development:

Pilot: An organization deploying a tested product, service, or business model in at least one community

Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution—in other words, what have you accomplished to date?

I spent 3 years studying this project (feasibility, surveys, features,..). Finally, the product has been developed and put in production. The current version has been tested by the company Excilys in France where I was employed. In addition to that, many candidates (about 15) have registered in Morocco.Project link

Where our solution team is headquartered or located:

Benguerir, Maroc

Team Lead:

Issa COULIBALY