1. KATIBU
All institutions, one secretary
By: Katibu Team, Novoed
©katibu

2. What is Katibu
 Katibu
is a swahili word for “secretary” or
“receptionist”
 Katibu will be a the universal mobile
platform acting as a virtual receptionist to
all institutions

3. HOW?
 Have
central Database of institutions and
courses
 Users send queries by SMS
 System replies with the best institution to
study the course

4. Problems to solved
 Users
travelling long distances to find
brochures
 Its expensive to advertise on TV &
newspaper yet reach a big but
untargeted audience
 Reduce papers stuck on city walls for
posters of institutions offering courses

6. New Problems
 Many
institutions will offer similar courses
thus sending this info of results is not
practical

7. New Solutions
 Have
all institutions rated

8. HOW
 Students
in that institution who like it will
rate it/ vote it up in results
 Institutions can also be highly rated if they
sponsor/advertise their courses

9. HOW IT WILL WORK
 Katibu
will only pick highly rated courses in
an institution.

10. MERITS
 Eco-friendly
way of advertising
 Institutions reach only the target audience
 Institutions will try to offer best services so
that its students can vote for it thus
improving the whole education system
 All institutions will receive reports to show
their performance
 No need of internet, SMS is on all phones
but still internet can be used