A project for iHub : Bringing together VC's, developers and others to possibly build the next big thing : Kenya's E-Index ?
I hope adding the above subject line will not offend iHub. I'm adding an idea to this list that has been in the corner of my mind for quite a while since I worked on chekelea.com and hope it may bring others together on a common platform. If the project ever came together, I think will be the next biggest thing that happened to all those in the web/mobile industry. It will bring together domain registrars, hosting ISPs, web developers, web owners, mobile developers, gateway developers and financiers. Building Kenya's E-Index is all about e-stores and m-stores/sites but with a difference. A quick index of all kenyan stores/sites that have services/products to offer. The index will be web and mobile driven. E & M sites will pay a small annual amount or none at all to be listed in the Index. The project can offer a standalone solutions and support for webmasters, web owners, mobile developers and device integration while the finances look at creating the awareness, drive and business. E-Index will offer a one stop fully integrated product/service to clients. The business targets have to bring in at least 100-300 sites per month. I'm keeping it short and as soon as have time available will post more info/thoughts . In the meantime, get those thoughts going if you think the project is possible because it cannot work with any individual attempts. It need a big team effort and the results should be equally rewarding. Kenya's web, infrastructure and a lot of tech related items is at a point where it can only move forward and in the direction not seen before. I share this with a passion that there are people who share a passion in seeing things move ahead. This idea is skunks tech public property so incase no one picks it, feel free to tap into it. Me thots and corrections are welcome. Rgds.
Can this be extended from website.co.ke ? -- Josiah Mugambi On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:40 PM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
I hope adding the above subject line will not offend iHub. I'm adding an idea to this list that has been in the corner of my mind for quite a while since I worked on chekelea.com and hope it may bring others together on a common platform. If the project ever came together, I think will be the next biggest thing that happened to all those in the web/mobile industry. It will bring together domain registrars, hosting ISPs, web developers, web owners, mobile developers, gateway developers and financiers. Building Kenya's E-Index is all about e-stores and m-stores/sites but with a difference. A quick index of all kenyan stores/sites that have services/products to offer. The index will be web and mobile driven. E & M sites will pay a small annual amount or none at all to be listed in the Index. The project can offer a standalone solutions and support for webmasters, web owners, mobile developers and device integration while the finances look at creating the awareness, drive and business. E-Index will offer a one stop fully integrated product/service to clients. The business targets have to bring in at least 100-300 sites per month.
I'm keeping it short and as soon as have time available will post more info/thoughts . In the meantime, get those thoughts going if you think the project is possible because it cannot work with any individual attempts. It need a big team effort and the results should be equally rewarding. Kenya's web, infrastructure and a lot of tech related items is at a point where it can only move forward and in the direction not seen before. I share this with a passion that there are people who share a passion in seeing things move ahead. This idea is skunks tech public property so incase no one picks it, feel free to tap into it.
Me thots and corrections are welcome.
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Josiah, it is not an extension nor is it similar to yellow pages. E-Index is completely different in that it offers an E & M site/store/service index while also providing front end/back end solutions for prospective store clients, site hosting and mail service, support, payment gateway integration, extending a common database site which are accessible on the web and mobile enviroment. E-Index is specifically dealing with the kenyan online sector and businesses and will receive ratings from the tech sector. It is upto web, mobile, payment gateway developers to comeup with an Index site for E & M. ISPs, hosting providers, domain registrars can work together with developers to ensure that a client gets a one stop access to a complete platform. The finance aspect is that strong marketing of eg " Is your Kenyan Business Online or on Mobile Yet?" to generate awareness and business. I think this is the core of the idea. Rgds. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi@gmail.com> wrote:
Can this be extended from website.co.ke ? -- Josiah Mugambi
Aki, Why don't you flesh it out some more and run with it? The iHub will give you the space to work on it and opportunity to connect with anyone else interested. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:25 PM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
Josiah, it is not an extension nor is it similar to yellow pages. E-Index is completely different in that it offers an E & M site/store/service index while also providing front end/back end solutions for prospective store clients, site hosting and mail service, support, payment gateway integration, extending a common database site which are accessible on the web and mobile enviroment. E-Index is specifically dealing with the kenyan online sector and businesses and will receive ratings from the tech sector.
It is upto web, mobile, payment gateway developers to comeup with an Index site for E & M. ISPs, hosting providers, domain registrars can work together with developers to ensure that a client gets a one stop access to a complete platform. The finance aspect is that strong marketing of eg " Is your Kenyan Business Online or on Mobile Yet?" to generate awareness and business. I think this is the core of the idea.
Rgds.
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi@gmail.com> wrote:
Can this be extended from website.co.ke ? -- Josiah Mugambi
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Hey Conrad, I've faith in the project and am grateful that iHub would have a place to run with it. :-) I'm already on another route as you are aware from the grid programming thread and this plus other things including travel is taking up all my time. I'd wish that others in the industry take up the idea and move it to implementation. I commit that as soon as I get the game " Kenyan Sniper - 6:30pm" version out to the public in about 12-16 months, I'd seriously consider a bash @iHub for kenyan game programmers and 3D artists. I hope, and with the help of others, to bring awareness and interest to this industry. Im pressed for time so will quickly write this. For starters, lets look at the basic end result first regarding Kenyan E-Index : - When I completed chekelea early last year, there were many methods discussed on how to push awareness and presence in the management. Costs ranged from 100k for a simple corner ad to main stream media running into millions. Advertising is very very expensive. Kenyan site owners cannot go it alone. A collective E-Index will do this very easily. Debate about charging those listed is not difficult. The business case exists and is the long term returns for the VC or investors of the project. Strong marketing of the E-Index is necessary to bring in numbers. Those numbers must be met by completions on either web or mobile platform. - Security : One pitfall of an online business that was immediately realised was the friday afternoon phone call " I need 20 laptops and now. Am faxing you the LPO.....please deliver. " After checking further it was a dodgy thing so orders were not processed. By creation of E-Index, it will be easier to share knowlegde amongst the online business community and create lists of say eg bad debtors, anti-fraud methods. - Positives : Accesible information is the key here. This demand is going to grow and grow. The net has easier acces now that it did even 12 months ago. Without an E-Index, all kenyan online sites/stores/services will be scattered all over and many may not have a reference point or time to search for them. It is vital to bring the information to handsets, devices and the web. If anyone has questions and wants to thrash out the E-Index project, pls mail your question/query to the list. I'll try my best to respond asap but pls do put your minds together to see the business case of the project. Question would be, as a dev or service provider, how can I financially benefit from this project? The rest will start flowing... With Best Rgds. On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Aki, Why don't you flesh it out some more and run with it? The iHub will give you the space to work on it and opportunity to connect with anyone else interested.
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