Startup Couches

Stanley talks about this tech platform designed to power the cannabis industry in Africa. Starting with Ghana, SA, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda. A marketplace to vend and buy products. 2019, demand is high. Brain trauma, insomnia, appetite, mood swings, cancer patients.

Sayo, Brimble's PM talks to me about the product, a platform as a service, helping devs and engineers focus on building and not worrying about devops. Serve JAMStack, reduce the stress devs go through. Analytics, data collection, keyboard shortcuts. Deployment, tech startups in Africa. Lack of access to technology. Netlify and vercel, offering more control. Ambitious expansion plans and many more

Tobi sits on the couch to share about BitPowr, a wallet and digital asset infrastructure, helping individuals and businesses build easily on the blockchain. You can build a crypto exchange, build widgets to accept crypto payments, a p2p system, and even a hedge fund. A complete package where you do not need third-party integrations. The big vision is to become AWS for building on-chain.

I and Oghale had a chat about Legal Dokument, a platform for startups to access legal documents in record time.

On the with Gbadebo where he talks about Fidia, the all-in-one monetization tool for creators in Africa, where you create a profile and share with your audience and fans and earn from your creative works. It can be used by anyone who creates any kind of content. Launched July 2021, most customers are podcasters and designers, and writers, and he talks radical expansion, enjoy!

I had a call with Amaka and she shared about Bumpchats, an audio-enabled platform that connects people based on their moods. It started during the pandemic and finding out people want to have conversations and how important mood matching and vibes check can be. she also talks about lessons around building sustainable businesses

Called Manni and we talked about Loocum, a healthcare talent marketplace that connects Healthcare facilities to professionals. Basically an end-to-end HR platform for healthcare by healthcare professionals. He shared a personal experience that led him to build this product that solves real problems involving human lives. Enjoy!

I sat on the couch with Andrew to learn what NFTs are and about Accred, a platform for educational organizations, communities, businesses, and creators to create credentials like certificates, badges, issue them as NFTs. He makes a case for how Accred is the credential issuing platform for the future of the internet.

I had a call with Manny about Multitudes, a platform designed to bring people together in 1-1 instances, like Gather Round but all convos are guided and facilitated and their identities are pseudonymous. Oh, there is a voice bot, a little onboarding before you enter the room, mindfulness, breathing exercise. This product is already prototyped at OnDeck and working with different community builders. Dinning in the dark experiences and more fun ways to connect, enjoy!

Onyeka shares about TrustBuddie, a community platform where people can leave reviews, comments, and ratings about businesses that have served them. Free for users, businesses pay to claim their business and people who care about their user growth. A lot of businesses grow with just word of mouth and so reviews are basically your product extension.