By RFIPosted on 11-12-2019Modified on 11-12-2019 at 11:47

With his project "My Craftsman", a connected platform connecting artisans and individuals, the Ivorian Kevin Sesse won this Tuesday, December 10, the 4th edition of the RFI Challenge App Africa Award.

This year, the aim of the RFI Challenge App Africa Prize was to promote the integration of new technologies in the field of urban development and smart cities in French-speaking Africa. It was therefore a question of rewarding digital innovations (websites, applications, SMS services ...) to improve urban services and citizens' quality of life. 400 projects were presented, three finalists selected.

Tuesday, December 10, in Dakar, the jury unanimously retained the project " My craftsman " Ivorian Kevin Sesse , 26 years old. This connected platform allows users to solicit local artisans (plumbers, electricians, carpenters ...).

Launched in 2017 in Abidjan, this platform is already experiencing some success. This year, for example, 3,800 services have been delivered. The economic model is based on a 20% commission levied on labor.

On Tuesday in Dakar, the jury praised the maturity, technical simplicity and large scale deployment potential of "My Craftsman", whose mobile application was launched just three months ago.

Kevin Sesse wins a scholarship of 15 000 euros for the development of "My craftsman", especially in mobile version, through French-speaking Africa. This endowment is supported by the partners of the RFI Challenge App Africa: ENGIE AFRICA, Société Générale, Africa Global Recycling and Schneider Electric.

The lucky winner is the guest of Emmanuelle Bastide , in the 7 billion neighbors special broadcast recorded in public on Tuesday, December 10 at the French Institute of Dakar around the theme "How to improve the lives of residents in cities African thanks to connected applications? And broadcast this Wednesday on RFI .

Two other projects were finalists: " Green Electricity " by Cameroonian Nadia Hillary Dassi who aims to create green energy from household waste, and " e-Bus " from Senegalese Ndeye Sira Thiam , to allow transport users in common to pay their ticket via their phone.

The jury of the RFI Challenge App 2019 wishes to emphasize the high quality of the three finalists projects and the great fluency of the candidates to present them in a limited time.

Today, to find the services of a craftsman is either by word of mouth or on small panels on trees.

A plumber, a carpenter, or an electrician: the platform "My craftsman" developed by the Ivorian Kevin Sesse, 26, connects the inhabitants of Abidjan and local artisans

11-12-2019 - By RFI

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