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Market Opportunity!
The Problem Often,
beneficiaries misallocate the money
received from African
migrants
It is expensive to send money
to Africa
12% service fee from Money
Transfer Operators
&
The solution
• African migrants
Online platforms enabling
• Services
• Products
to Prepay
• for their relatives in Africa to benefit!
from Merchants in Africa
Technical architecture
Technical architecture Platforms
Android App
Payment gateway
Website &
Technical architecture How it works!
Migrants
• Log on to mergims’ platforms.
• Select and pay a service / product from merchants listed on mergims.
• Indicate beneficiaries.
Payment Gateway
• PayPal process payments (debit & credit cards).
• Payments are deposed in mergims’ PayPal account.
• At a strategic time, they are wired to Africa to refill mergims’ operational account.
Delivery
• Mergims instructs merchants servers to make instant delivery to beneficiaries!
• Distribution channels range from phone applications, emails and text messages.
• Merchants receive payments within agreed time frame with mergims.
• Migrants (+50 millions Africans live out of Africa)
Service fees
•Merchants
Commissions
Business Model How do we make money?
Our Performance for YEAR 1.
The value per transaction went from 1$ to an average of 20$.
The number of transactions per month multiplied by 10, with now about minimum of 150 transactions per month.
We received transactions from 21 countries.
Our active users’ pool is doubling every 3 months.
We went from 1 to 3 fully working services.
Our strategic plan! • Being a Key player in Rwanda remittances’ market. (offering more product & services such as insurances, loans,…)
•Developing new distribution channels (Smart Prepaid card,…).
•Expanding in New markets in Year 3 (West Africa, North Africa).
Revenue projections Revenues target USD
Volume of money
transferred to Rwanda Steady yearly
growth Targeted market shares in Rwanda
services % in money sent
Total commission
Period incurred (Months)
Sales Forecast*
Year 1
170 000 000 1 0,01%
0,50 8,6% 11/12
670
Year 2
176 800 000 4,00% 5,00%
0,50 8,6% 12
380120
Year 3
183 872 000 4,00% 10,00%
0,80 8,6% 12
1265039
Year 4
191 226 880 4,00% 50,00%
0,90 8,6% 12
7400480
Year 5
198 875 955 4,00% 70,00%
0,95 8,6% 12
11373716
Muhire Louis Antoine, Founder & CEO Former Montreal Police communications analyst Graduate Marketing/PR Ottawa University – Canada Serial entrepreneur mostly in Internet related startups.
Alex Uwiringiyimana, CTO Experienced Software developer Founded a web and mobile apps designer startup Remarkable self-learning guy!
Amina Ingabire, CFO Experienced accountant Graduate Rwanda National University Dedicated and loyal team player!
The team!
Competitive landscape Competitors / Points
Does Cash to Cash
remittance and Cash to Good, in Africa
Accept International Debit / Credit cards
Immediate Delivery
of services or products
System is able to host any type of
merchant!
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Value Proposition
A guaranteed channel for African migrants to use when supporting their loved ones, in Africa!
And Soon on
Mergims prepaid card
• African migrants
Enabling
• With some Restrictions
to add money (reload-deposit)
• for their relatives to use on PoS, in Africa
on a Prepaid card (Debit/credit )
PS: The card will be able to hold other values such as medical insurances and loyalty features.