DApp for Tech Repairers

[IMPACT]

Project Description

The DApp for Tech repairers would be developed to bring tech repairers onto a single platform using DApp. In Africa, slightly used devices are high among the population and the situation is not different in Ghana. Both rural and urban poor with low income rely on used phones, laptops, and tablets to interact on the internet and do their daily activities.

However, tech repairers are not easy to find in the Central Business District. Therefore using DApp, individuals would be able to connect with tech repairers for quality services and repairs.

DApp Registry and Smart Contract

The DApp for Tech Repairers would use AtalaPRISM to provide unique identification for tech repairers. For the purpose of this proposal, tech repairers are entrepreneurs in the informal market of Ghana whose specialties include repairing broken devices such as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and tech devices. The unique identity would help individuals with broken devices to have easy access to tech repairers. The DApp would be created using Plutus and the interaction between tech repairers and device owners would be via smart contract. The smart contract would have the main function to show proof of fault ( information on broken devices), transparent cost, and distribution of incentives. The on-chain solution aims at providing a cost-effective and quality P2P ecosystem by identifying tech repairers and connecting them to device users. This would provide incentive and generally increase the income level of informal sector workers like tech repairers, hence reducing poverty.

The information will enable the platform to assign an efficiency rating tag to each tech repairer onboarded onto the DApp. The DApp would also be designed to provide users the details of the cost of repairing a broken device. The platform would engage tech repairers to set a fair price by using information about the state of a faulty smart device, device brand, and other device information. The Dapp platform would also offer a unique services that affords customers the comfort of having their phones picked up for repair.

The DApp for Tech repairers would be developed to bring tech repairers onto a single platform using DApp.The DApp for Tech Repairers would use AtalaPRISM to provide unique identification for tech repairers. For the purpose of this proposal, tech repairers are entrepreneurs in the informal market of Ghana whose specialties include repairing broken devices such as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and tech devices. The identity would help easy identification of tech repairers for individuals with broken devices to connect for their services. The DApp would be created using Plutus and the interaction between tech repairers and device owners would be via smart contract. The smart contract would have the main function to show proof of service, transparent cost, and distribution of incentives. The on-chain solution aims at providing a cost-effective and quality P2P ecosystem by identifying tech repairers and connecting them to devices users. This would provide incentive and generally increase the income level of informal sector workers like tech repairers, hence reducing poverty.

The information will enable the platform to assign an efficiency rating tag to each tech repairer onboarded onto the DApp. The DApp would also be designed to provide users the details of the cost of repairing a broken device. The platform would engage tech repairers to set a fair price by using information about the state of a faulty smart device, device brand, and other device information. The Dapp platform would also offer a unique services that affords customers the comfort of having their phones picked up for repair.

The main challenge the project is likely to face is the difficulty in enrolling repair specialist unto the Dapp platform. In that regard, an incentive program will be designed to reward tech repair specialist a small amount of Cardano for enrolling on the Dapp platform. In this way, we would also introduce the cardano to the repair specialist community.

[FEASIBILITY]

Timeline and Roadmap

The project would last for a year and the following activities would be undertaken in 3 phases.

Phase 1 (1-4 months)

Design research

Registration and Website Development

Begin DApp development

Test Launch

Phase 2 (5-8 months)

Host stakeholder engagement

Complete DApp development

Onboard tech repairers

Phase 3 (8-12 months)

Initiate marketing strategy

Organise educational outreach

Launch of Dapps

Budget ($)

Company registration and Legal fees — $5,000

Research and Dapp Design — $7,000

Software Development (Plutus) — $17,500

AtalaPRISM Development — $15,500

Marketing — $10,000

Onboarding of Tech Repairers — $7,500

Project Management — $4,000

Stakeholder Engagement — $5,000

Team Fee — $3,000

Total — $74,500

Kingsley Mensah - Developer

He holds a Msc. in Computer Science & Technology. Founder of web-hosting company, Kingscel Technologies. He has proven skills in web designing, software developing, computer networking and security, Javascript, Plutus, and CSS and loves ideas for a free society. He was awarded the Star of Innovation Award in 2019 by Hubei University of Technology (China). He also received the Young Achievers Award at the Pride of Africa Awards (Asia) 2020 by Appreciate Africa Network (Asia).

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kingsley-mensah/

Innocent Norvinu - Finance and Marketing Manager

He is a cryptocurrency enthusiast with a degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Professional Studies in Ghana. His over 7 years of experience within the finance industry as a risk and compliance officer has been key in ensuring that Unique Step Microfinance survive financial sanctions emanating from lack of regulatory compliance and also helping banks and microfinance institutions survive various financial clean-up exercise in Ghana. Fund 7 community Advisor.

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/innocent-norvinu-a096931a9

Nathaniel Dwamena - Business Development

He has B.A (Hons) in Geography & Rural Development. He is researcher and has more than seven-year experience in think tank development, non-profit management and business development consultant. He was part of the team contracted by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ Ghana) to conduct a study on red tapes for doing business in Ghana. He successfully completed think tank training in Nigeria and project management training in Kenya which aided in his successful graduation from the Atlas Leadership Academy, Atlas Network (USA). He is a member of WADA and Fund 7 proposer and community advisor. 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathaniel-dwamena-02578a127/

[AUDITABILITY]

Key Performance Indicators

The project will be measured using the following indicators;

• Number of Registered Tech Repairers
• Number of Services Contracted
• Numbers of Users
• Review from Users of the platform

The project intends to achieve the following goals in the short to long term;

Accessibility

To enable owners of portable devices to have easy access to repair specialists for their services, providing convenience and preventing the extra transport cost of searching for tech repairer.

Revenue Increase

The Dapp platform does not only intend to streamline the activities of repair specialist; however by exploring the Dapp platform we anticipate that tech repairers will easily access their target market, so as to boost the income level of the tech repair specialist.

Reduction in E-waste

In Ghana, the difficulty in getting quality repair services due to proximity and cost of transport compel device owners to prematurely dispose off their devices into the environment, increasing the level of E-waste. This platform seeks to discourage this practice by providing damaged devices a new life so as to prevent device owners from resorting to dumping old devices into the environment for new devices.

The project is entirely new