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We are excited to welcome to our ever-growing community some amazing companies this month. Here is a highlight of the new faces:
Flick Switch
With Flick Switch – companies can manage large numbers of SIM cards easily. Their service also allows companies to control their telecommunication costs with their cloud-based prepaid SIM management system, recharge sim-cards from anywhere via their platform and even track vehicles.
Flickswitch helps companies create the internet of things. We help you to connect all your devices to the internet cost-efficiently, reliably and quickly. Their flagship product, SIMcontrol, is the leading cloud-based business SIM management platform on the African continent. SIMcontrol is a bulk SIM management service that allows companies to better manage large numbers of business SIM cards via a single online platform.
Born in South Africa in 2007, FlickSwitch have grown to offering comprehensive African SIM management solutions to various industries, specialising in M2M, telemetry and IoT applications, as well as bulk direct airtime payments across various mobile networks in most African countries.
They’ve been operating in Kenya a couple of years now and have a head office in Karen – with the Director taking up our Club Space as an additional location. Karibu FlickSwitch!
Bandcamp
Bandcamp is on a mission to provide a great service for artists and labels to share and earn money from their music, and for fans to discover and enjoy it.
When you buy something on Bandcamp, whether it’s digital music, vinyl, or a t-shirt, ticket or cassette, 80-85% of your money goes to the artist. The remainder goes to payment processor fees and Bandcamp’s revenue share, which is 10-15% on digital items, and 10% on physical goods.
Fans have paid artists $286 million using their platform, and $7.2 million in the past 30 days alone. :-O
Hailing from the United States, Bandcamp was founded in 2007, have been profitable since 2012. And very recently entered the Kenyan market – finding a home at Nairobi Garage, Ngong Road space.
The New York Times called Bandcamp “one of the greatest underground-culture bazaars of our time,” Fast Company named us one of the most innovative companies in music, and the American Association of Independent Music honored us with their 2017 Independent Champion award.
We’re looking forward to seeing how things take off for you in East Africa!
Wapi Capital
WAPI Capital describe themselves as business consultancy on steroids. They help to build reputable companies – through its suit of services, from Consulting, advisory, Capital Financing and technology deployment.
The team at WAPI Capital are passionate about digital; with a focus on digital transformation, strategy, user experience design, innovation and technical solutions.
WAPI Capital was founded three years ago and is a digital and information technology consultancy with focus on end-to-end digital solutions and delivery.
You can find the team at our Ngong Road location. Very cool team!
Energy 4 Impact
Energy 4 Impact supports businesses that provide energy access to off-grid communities. E4I supports companies across three main areas – Access to capital: a key barrier to the growth of all businesses. E4! work with entrepreneurs to help them access equity, debt and grant funding.
Enterprise support: including business, strategic, technical, financial and operational support to companies to expand and build local markets.
Innovative models – Energy 4 Impact supports energy enterprises with technical assistance to realise their ideas, developing their management and business skills, and providing access to resources or facilities required to grow their businesses.
Do you want to join a community of hard-working, creative and innovative start-ups and small businesses – find the perfect package for you today.
