Doing good while travelling

Huge Skills Gap 35% ODA in Africa spent on ex-pat professionals 75% of doctors in Mozambique work overseas Ethiopia lost 75% of its skilled workforce from ‘80 - ‘91 > 40% high-level African managers/professionals reside abroad

35% ODA in Africa spent on ex-pat professionals

75% of doctors in Mozambique work overseas

Ethiopia lost 75% of its skilled workforce from ‘80 - ‘91

> 40% high-level African managers/professionals reside abroad

Huge Skills Gap

Meet Femi…

International Destination “ whilst Nigeria has great potential and attracted over 1 million tourists in 2006, virtually all were business travellers or from the Nigerian diaspora visiting friends and relatives”

Introducing www.uvisitor.org UsefulVisitors allows travellers to donate skills & knowledge to local charities, schools & businesses in short amounts of time

Tech Vision Leverage API-based svcs (Dopplr, LinkedIn) Traveler enquiries sent to NGOs via SMS Automated follow-up for post-visit feedback Advanced search, browse, social media SEO Mobile data entry/edit for NGOs Localize into other languages

Leverage API-based svcs (Dopplr, LinkedIn)

Traveler enquiries sent to NGOs via SMS

Automated follow-up for post-visit feedback

Advanced search, browse, social media

SEO

Mobile data entry/edit for NGOs

Localize into other languages

Sustainability User pays: subscription, per-enquiry (SMS) Corporate sponsorship / underwriting Private-label portals for corps, orgs Sub-brands: UsefulLunches, UsefulDoctors… Voluntary donations

User pays: subscription, per-enquiry (SMS)

Corporate sponsorship / underwriting

Private-label portals for corps, orgs

Sub-brands: UsefulLunches, UsefulDoctors…

Voluntary donations

Go-to-Market Focus: 1-3 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, S. Africa, Kenya) Tap existing resources to populate NGO database (Technoserve, Ashoka, Sangonet) Partner with 2-3 corps / sites to get visitors (McKinsey, Accenture, Dopplr, Expedia) PR: blogs, press, diaspora networks (SANSA)

Focus: 1-3 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, S. Africa, Kenya)

Tap existing resources to populate NGO database (Technoserve, Ashoka, Sangonet)

Partner with 2-3 corps / sites to get visitors (McKinsey, Accenture, Dopplr, Expedia)

PR: blogs, press, diaspora networks (SANSA)

Challenges Critical mass (NGOs, visitors) Quality control Scaling to other territories Risk & security

Critical mass (NGOs, visitors)

Quality control

Scaling to other territories

Risk & security

Phase 1: Prove Concept Feb ‘09: Beta site with ‘1.0’ functionality Mar ‘09: Recruit partner(s), select territory(ies) based on partner interest April ‘09: Guerilla campaign targeted at travellers (blogs, FB groups, Dopplr) Collect/synthesize feedback for Phase 2

Feb ‘09: Beta site with ‘1.0’ functionality

Mar ‘09: Recruit partner(s), select territory(ies) based on partner interest

April ‘09: Guerilla campaign targeted at travellers (blogs, FB groups, Dopplr)

Collect/synthesize feedback for Phase 2

Use Cases consultant reviews a business plan or a business idea non-profit expert reviews a funding application non-profit expert give fund-raising advice businessman lecturing; teacher teaches class native speaker website, brochure geek troubleshooting, creating site, teaching artists performing in care homes, orphanages chef teaching local chefs business executive coaching on presentation skills

consultant reviews a business plan or a business idea

non-profit expert reviews a funding application

non-profit expert give fund-raising advice

businessman lecturing; teacher teaches class

native speaker website, brochure

geek troubleshooting, creating site, teaching

artists performing in care homes, orphanages

chef teaching local chefs

business executive coaching on presentation skills

No Short-term Opps For Travellers Global Vision International: 2 - 20 weeks African Impact: 1 - 3 months Madventurer: 2 - 6 weeks Volunteers for Peace: 2-3 weeks Global Volunteers: 3 weeks Cross Cultural Solutions: 3 weeks Operation Crossroads Africa: 6 weeks

Global Vision International: 2 - 20 weeks

African Impact: 1 - 3 months

Madventurer: 2 - 6 weeks

Volunteers for Peace: 2-3 weeks

Global Volunteers: 3 weeks

Cross Cultural Solutions: 3 weeks

Operation Crossroads Africa: 6 weeks

Meet The Team Femi Longe: Africa++, Young Foundation Chris Heuer: Entrepreneur, Blogger Diana Hughes – Web Design, Multimedia Lecturer Jon Worth: Web design, professional training James Day: Project Manager Rags Gupta: Brightcove, Mocospace, 8tracks Jerzy Celichowski: NGO management Bosun Tijani: Management/IT consultant Rodrigo Zuniga: Designer, Multimedia Paul Massey: Legal Zanna Rodrigues: CSR Consulting (sponsorships) Noel Hatch: Consulting Tim Diggins: Web developer Tom Ten Thij: Web developer

Femi Longe: Africa++, Young Foundation

Chris Heuer: Entrepreneur, Blogger

Diana Hughes – Web Design, Multimedia Lecturer

Jon Worth: Web design, professional training

James Day: Project Manager

Rags Gupta: Brightcove, Mocospace, 8tracks

Jerzy Celichowski: NGO management

Bosun Tijani: Management/IT consultant

Rodrigo Zuniga: Designer, Multimedia

Paul Massey: Legal

Zanna Rodrigues: CSR Consulting (sponsorships)

Noel Hatch: Consulting

Tim Diggins: Web developer

Tom Ten Thij: Web developer

Doing good while travelling