Africa's gateway to the global economy
Jeremy
Product & Architecture
1) UX/UI Designs in Figma
What the product is: Figma designs
Problem & Solution: Provides a seamless onboarding experience for both Clients and Freelancers and manages communication and payment flows during gigs/engagements
Audience: Clients and Freelancers
How it Works & Uses Stellar: The payment flows will be managed by the Time Lock feature within Soroban (“claimable balance”)
2) Frontend and Backend code development
What the product is: Frontend and Backend software
Problem & Solution: A React Native mobile application powered by a backend running on nodejs with a payments microservice that interacts with the Stellar blockchain, developed with Soroban/Rust.
Audience: Clients and Freelancers
How it Works & Uses Stellar: The payment flows will be managed by the Time Lock feature within Soroban (“claimable balance”)
3) Fiat On/Off-Ramp Integration
What the product is: Fiat (and mobile money) On/Off-Ramps
Problem & Solution: Leverage localized off-ramp solutions to enable freelancers to seamlessly convert gig earnings into Momo (mobile money) with the ability to cash out in local fiat. Enable businesses/clients to on-ramp fiat (USD, EUR, GBP) into crypto by leverage 3rd party APIs (Flutterwave integrations)
Audience: Clients and Freelancers
How it Works & Uses Stellar: Leverage Flutterwave’s on/off-ramp APIs and an additional Anchor (Paychant) to enable seamless conversions between fiat and crypto and mobile money
4) Setup development rings (dev, qa, and prod) and ML gig recommendation engine
What the product is: Development landing zones and machine learning gig recommendation engine
Problem & Solution: Provides users with a matching engine to efficiently pair talent with gig opportunities. Enables a framework for seamless CI/CD workflows and serverless deployments utilizing AWS, terraform, and jenkins.
Audience: Clients and Freelancers
How it Works & Uses Stellar: Leverages best practices around code development and CI/CD pipelines.
Total Expected Roadmap
[Deliverable 5]
- Brief description: Add white-label capability to enable frontend application to be customized to other freelance marketplaces
- How to measure completion: Figma and Github
- Estimated date of completion: January 28th, 2023
- Budget: $4,000
[Deliverable 6]
- Expand backend and front-end to support other freelance platform onboarding experience (B2B model)
- How to measure completion: Github
- Estimated date of completion: March 3rd, 2023
- Budget: $5,000
[Deliverable 7]
- Brief description: Expand AI engine to leverage alternative data sources to enrich Freelancer and Client’s profiles (e.g., data from LinkedIn, etc…)
- How to measure completion: Github
- Estimated date of completion: March 17th, 2023
- Budget: $6,000
[Deliverable 8]
- Brief description: Web App Development
- How to measure completion: Github
- Estimated date of completion: March 17th, 2023
- Budget: $8,000
[Deliverable 9]
- Brief description: Perform extensive testing of the entire platform, including functionality, usability, and security
- How to measure completion: Github
- Estimated date of completion: March 24th, 2023
- Budget: $1,000
[Deliverable 10]
- Brief description: GTM Strategy & Marketing and Beta launch to 100 test users
- How to measure completion: Github
- Estimated date of completion: March 31th, 2023
- Budget: $3,000
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Deliverables List
[Deliverable 1]
- Brief description: Complete Figma flows for freelancer and client experience.
- How to measure completion: Figma and Github
- Estimated date of completion: November 25th, 2023
- Budget: $4,000
[Deliverable 2]
- Develop front-end and back-end code (and databases) to support the latest Figma user flows for clients and freelancers
- How to measure completion: Github
- Estimated date of completion: December 28th, 2023
- Budget: $8,000
[Deliverable 3]
- Brief description: Flutterwave API (and Paychant) integrations and Soroban integrations to handle payment flows / gig time lock (claimable balance)
- How to measure completion: Github
- Estimated date of completion: December 28th, 2023
- Budget: $6,000
[Deliverable 4]
- Brief description: Setup test environment and development rings (Dev, QA, Prod) and Develop machine learning job recommendation engine leveraging generative AI
- How to measure completion: Github
- Estimated date of completion: November 27th, 2023
- Budget: $12,000
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Team bio
Jeremy Banning
Data Scientist & Full Stack Developer
Over 20 years of experience in data exploration, machine learning, and digital signal processing working across a variety of sectors including defense, education, and aerospace. Jeremy is currently based at Raytheon Technologies focusing on Engine Health Monitoring and predictive maintenance efforts for one of the world’s leading jet engine manufacturers developing machine learning models and helping organizations achieve real impact from their analytics initiatives. Co-inventor/patent owner under the USPTO and Expo2020 Global Innovator.
Kwame Frimpong
UI/UX Engineer
Skilled frontend developer and a UI/UX designer with extensive experience in building beautiful, responsive and user-friendly web applications using React. Has a deep understanding of the React framework, and is committed to delivering high-quality work that meets your specific needs and requirements.
Frederick Ankamah
Full Stack Developer
Frederick is a skilled and passionate full stack developer with 8+ years of experience across a variety of sectors including agritech, fintech, and natural resources. Proficient in front-end and back-end development, Frederick delivers robust web applications with seamless user experiences leveraging React, Node, and a variety of other frameworks.
Team Background
Our team is set up for success because we are a team of designers, market strategists, and consist of individuals who are not only native Ghanaians, but are also part of the African Diaspora. We have members on our team who are patent holders, Expo 2020 Global Innovators, and also run other startups in the fintech and ecommerce space.
Our approach is rooted in user-centric design and design thinking. Extensive feedback from university students, young professionals, and organizations/startups within various African countries and abroad has shaped our current designs and minimum viable product. Our team's brilliance extends beyond empathy-driven design; our members have years of experience working within startups and companies within African countries including Hubtel, Blossom Academy, BothOfUs in Sweden, and LifeBank in Nigeria.
Our team also participated in the Stellar Community Fund Start-up bootcamp and incorporated learnings and feedback from user research/interviews across the 3-day session. We addressed multiple rounds of feedback from previous submissions and are incorporating a Stellar ecosystem partner (Flutterwave) into our on/off-ramp services by leveraging their APIs. We also partnered with other early stage freelance platforms by building our platform as a white-label solution for them in their attempt to onboard their platform's userbase registered users across 7 African countries, connecting them to the global economy. This go-to-market strategy is more strategic as it rests on the shoulders of a proven system vetted by another startup, tapping into their already existing significant userbase.