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Increase people employability and e-

inclusion in Africa, train freelancers


and help them find a job online
Summary

Smartkeythink introduces people to freelance and digital entrepreneurship,


simplifies the search for dematerialized jobs, facilitates career changes and
increases the chances to get a decent job by taking advantage of technological
advances regardless of their disability, social class, race or gender.
Why now?
- Africa has the youngest population in the world: youthfulness means dynamism.
- Youth need to work or an alternative to increase chances to find a decent job.
- As digital is became a must in the "post-Covid world, digital entrepreneurship and
freelance market is booming.

EdTech Recruitment industry


• A dynamic and fast-growing sector • A dynamic sector that is already worth
that is already worth $180 billion. over $200 billion.
• A sector where the latest technological • A sector where the latest technological
advances are disrupting employability, advances are disrupting job search aid,
education, learning, and training. and the way people work.
Problems

• Youth unemployment is a widespread and persistent phenomenon ;


• Lack of quality education and decent employment opportunities ;
• Lack of guidance and equal access to existing opportunities ;
• Mismatch between training and job offers in light of actual market trends ;
• Lack of innovation in the conduct of recruitment processes ;
• Illectronism among young people in working age ;
• Low level of employability among young people in working age ;
• No alternative for young people to discover and access the online labor market.
Solution
A unique, innovative and optimized program focused on e-business and e-work which includes:

1.Training - A practical skill training competence-oriented towards self-employment, digital


skills (e-inclusion) development, and employability reinforcement.

2.Guidance - Help people i) identify their field of expertise and career options available to
them ; ii) identify job/business opportunities in an Internet-influenced market.

3.Coaching in digital transformation, and digital entrepreneurship.

4.Follow-up - A personalized assistance in finding jobs compatible with freelance throughout


all the process until obtaining the first job online.
Market
1) People under 35 years old represent 60% of the 1.3 billion people living in Africa
2) More than 50% of young people in working age (19 to 35 years old) are unemployed

3) The market worth at least 350 million people considering only 19 to 35 years
:
old

4) Each year, 12 million young African people freshly arrive on the job market
5) Percentage of job applicants rating their job search experience as poor: 83%

6) The EdTech and recruitment industry markets worth $380 billion in 2021.
Business Model
We generate revenue by selling individual training packages and follow-up for job research help to people, also to donors or organizations
that want to subsidize those services for the benefit of a target population.

For people: Basic option For people: Premium option For organizations / donors

Complete training (as seminar Complete training (as seminar Personalized service
or webinar) with paid or webinar) with paid invoiced according to the
participation, but without the participation, including the needs of the organization,
follow-up. follow-up. association or donor willing
€100 per user €200 per user to subsidize our trainings for
the benefit of a target
population.
For people: The price must nevertheless be adapted to the particular local economic context.
Traction / Growth Plan
As today : +250 trained customers in two countries in Africa.

Nov First paid training seminar organized in Madagascar (+70 participants).


2020
Dec 2020 Second paid training seminar organized in Cameroon (+150
participants).
Jan 2021 First training seminar organized in Madagascar in partnership with
Youth First NGO (+20 participants).
2021-2022 More seminaries and webinars to come.
What next?
Become the reference platform in Africa in the fields of: digital entrepreneurship
consulting, digital transformation consulting, freelancers training, freelancers recruitment,
and help for dematerialized jobs search.
Make our training modules available online and optimize the distance learning process
through the implementation of a dedicated mobile application and a website.
Build a network, accessible through a mobile application and an online platform, that will
allow trained freelancers to quickly get in touch with potential local and international
recruiters, to manage their activities in an optimal way and to recover their payment in full
safety.
Ask
Become.
The Team

Founder & CEO


Christian Olivier
ANDOGUI

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