Inspiration
Core principles are:
- Transparency
- Trust
- Simplicity
- Impact
What it does
Enables the collection of funds that finance local projects which empowers the population and develops the country. Users (investors/donators) will be able to put money in, track and monitor the development of projects and the impact being achieved. The tracking and monitoring mechanisms will be detailed, specific and insightful: showing the business plan, how and when money is spent, progress against plan, and completion points.
How we built it
Web platform (with the possibility to develop a mobile app as well: Android, iOS). React, GCloud. Safe digital payment
Challenges we ran into
- How to choose impactful projects
- How do we encourage diaspora and local people to donate/invest
- Ho do we keep track of the real progress of projects
- Mitigate downtime and power problems
- Understand local problems and actual needs
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Streamlining our idea, how we went from 1billion ideas to one working. The uniqueness of our propositions Teamwork
What we learned
Assign roles and responsibilities at the onset Avoid working silos The need to gain 'local' insights
What's next for BrainGain
Win the competition :D Explore ways to progress idea and generate projects to work on Identify which payment system to rely on
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