Ex.Africa's Vision:
Targeting a multi-billion market, Ex.Africa's technology delivers credible African business knowledge, where no one else does or can.
Business Summary:
Knowledge is power. To successfully operate, develop and invest, businesses need access to information. Today there is no financial information coverage for Africa. Ex.Africa aims to distribute across Africa an affordable web-based financial planning product. This will allow consolidating data from thousands of sources and transforming it into valuable business knowledge. The knowledge could then be sold to global investors and businesses.
Customer Problem:
"I benefited from access to every major gateway used by international investors, including Bloomberg, Datastream, Thompson... yet most queries [for Africa] return blank pages. "
J.Warnholz University of Oxford
Product/Services:
For investors, businesses and financial institutions Ex.Africa's technology translates in to access to African markets, financial and a variety of valuable business information (Ex.Africa Exclusive).
Target Market:
Ex.Africa targets two different markets. Ex.Africa Exclusive is aimed at businesses and investors with global coverage or core interest in Africa. Ex.Africa Local is tailored for African businesses and managers.
Business Model:
Ex.Africa will charge an annual subscription from users.
Management:
In Ex.Africa, we focus on building managerial capacity. Our team brings together a combination of fresh talent and valuable experience. On one hand it includes highly coachable managers with specific financial, IT expertise and power network in Africa. On the other hand, an experienced C-level manager who oversaw a multimillion dollar business. To empower our team we grouped an experienced board, which supports us through our progress.
Competitive Advantage:
Ex.Africa competitive advantages are two. A specific technology developed to overcome African challenges and a vast business network to bridge over barriers and reach strategic business junctions in Africa. Most importantly, since we collect information from products used by managers of African companies for their own benefit, our technology does what no one else does or can do - delivers credible financial information coverage for Africa.