Nigerian startup Simplifyd, which desires to develop into the platform of alternative for data-free entry to the web throughout Africa, has raised US$500,000 in pre-seed funding and introduced the launch of ZeroData, its toll-free web software platform.
Based by Tomi Amao, Mayowa Amao, Sam Keiru and Abiola Fajimi in 2020, Simplifyd goals to unravel the challenges related to accessing reasonably priced information amidst the staggering price of knowledge consumption, particularly amongst cellular and internet app customers in rising markets throughout Africa.
The startup has raised over US$500,000 in pre-seed funding from Future Africa and Y Combinator, the money from the latter coming after Simplifyd was chosen for the W22 batch of the famend Silicon Valley-based accelerator alongside a number of different African startups.
It has additionally introduced the launch of ZeroData, which co-founder and CEO Tomi Amao stated was created out of a powerful want to unravel Africa’s worrying information affordability problem, alongside the drive to help higher digital inclusion throughout the continent.
“ZeroData is designed to cater to each customers with energetic information plans and people with none. For customers with an energetic information plan, their information plan isn’t consumed once they make use of the appliance. Our app additionally allows customers with no energetic information plans to take pleasure in uninterrupted entry to the web apps listed on the platform,” he stated.
“For us, the realisation that Africans pay the best price for cellular web on the earth proportional to revenue is worrying. This can be a important problem that we’re completely happy to unravel sustainably by the launch of ZeroData. We’re making a handy platform to entry the web away from the problem of giant information consumption for the continent’s rising variety of Web customers.”
Customers will solely have to obtain the ZeroData app, obtainable for cellular (Android) and desktop (MacOS and Home windows). This supplies them with immediate data-free entry to listed apps and web sites. The ZeroData platform additionally permits companies to bundle information with their apps for the aim of constructing them accessible and data-free to those that want it most.