Sky.Garden
About Sky.Garden
The work made for Sky.Garden runs to 2 verified projects — mostly DDA2017 and DDA2018.
Inside the Sky.Garden network
The people, teams, and projects that make up the Sky.Garden network
Featured project
Empowerment of the Next Generation African Entrepreneurs
With the world's fastest-growing young population, rapid adaptation of technology and rising purchasing power, many have turned their eyes to Africa. Some have tried their luck in bringing the west's technology to Africa to share in the potential, but few have so far succeeded. Infrastructure and payment are radically different from what we Danes know about. For how do you trade in a market where there are no addresses? Where the postal service doesn't work (if it exists at all). Where there is no trust between buyer and seller? And where are the telecom operators that are the financial institutions through mobile payment solutions and the banks of the general African do not exist? Sky.Garden has developed a cloud-based mobile eCommerce platform that supports the way existing physical commerce already takes place through an advanced technology layer, giving millions of stores access to the benefits we all know from online commerce. An online platform where stores can easily market their products where they can receive any type of payment, where logistics companies can easily connect to the cheap and efficient delivery of goods sold through the platform and where Sky.Garden ties all threads together - in one and the same closed ecosystem. Plug'n Play for African entrepreneurs who, with Sky.Garden, get a tool to open a global market. Stores can connect to the platform for free and in minutes create a webshop. Only when a product is sold does Sky.Garden take an 8% cut on sales. DANSK Baggrund Med klodens hurtigst voksende unge befolkning, hurtig tilpasning af teknologi og stigende købekraft, har mange øjnene rettet mod Afrika. En del har prøvet lykken med at bringe vestens teknologi til Afrika for at tage del i potentialet, men de færreste har indtil nu lykkedes. Infrastruktur og betaling er nemlig radikalt anderledes end det, vi danskere kender til. For hvordan laver du handel i et marked, hvor der ikke findes adresser? Hvor postvæsenet ikke virker (hvis det overhovedet eksisterer). Hvor der ingen tillid er mellem køber og sælger? Og hvor det er teleoperatørerne, der er de finansielle institutioner gennem mobilbetalingsløsninger, og bankerne for den almene afrikaner ikke eksisterer? Løsning Sky.Garden har udviklet en cloud-baseret mobil ehandelsplatform, der understøtter den måde eksisterende fysisk handel allerede foregår på via et avanceret teknologi-lag, og dermed giver millioner af butikker adgang til de fordele, vi alle kender fra nethandel. En online platform, hvor butikker nemt kan markedsføre deres produkter, hvor de kan modtage hvilken som helst type betaling, hvor logistikvirksomheder nemt kan koble sig på til billig og effektiv levering af varer solgt gennem platformen og hvor Sky.Garden binder alle tråde sammen - i ét og samme lukkede økosystem. Plug'n Play for afrikanske entreprenører, der med Sky.Garden får et værktøj til at åbne et globalt marked. Butikker kan gratis koble sig på platformen og på minutter oprette en webshop. Først i det øjeblik en vare bliver solgt, tager Sky.Garden et 8% cut på salget. Resultat Siden launch i maj 2017 har Sky.Garden onboardet 3.000 kenyanske butikker med mere end 23.000 unikke produkter til salg. I januar 2018 blev der succesfuldt leveret 1286 produkter med en gennemsnits leveringstid på under 4 timer, grundet den decentrale platform (hvor butikkerne selv holder på varelager). 310 butikker havde minimum 1 salg på platformen i januar med en gennemsnitsomsætning på platformen på €190 per forretning. Siden maj 2017 har platformen vækstet ordre volumen med 25% og omsætning med 60% måned over måned. Arbejder nu med brands som Carlsberg, Nokia og Microsoft på direct-to-consumer levering af vare gennem Sky.Gardens detailled. Kåret til 1 af 12 afrikanske startups "to watch in 2018" af Disrupt Africa https://goo.gl/ihTDn1 (English translation + Google translate) Background With the world's fastest growing young population, rapid adaptation of technology and rising purchasing power, many have turned their eyes to Africa. Some have tried their luck in bringing the West's technology to Africa to share in the potential, but few have so far succeeded. Infrastructure and payment are radically different from what we Danes know about. For how do you trade in a market where there are no addresses? Where the postal service doesn't work (if it exists at all). Where there is no trust between buyer and seller? And where are the telecom operators that are the financial institutions through mobile payment solutions and the banks of the general African do not exist? Solution Sky.Garden has developed a cloud-based mobile ecommerce platform that supports the way existing physical commerce already takes place through an advanced technology layer, giving millions of stores access to the benefits we all know from online commerce. An online platform where stores can easily market their products where they can receive any type of payment, where logistics companies can easily connect to cheap and efficient delivery of goods sold through the platform and where Sky.Garden ties all threads together - in one and the same closed ecosystem. Plug'n Play for African entrepreneurs who, with Sky.Garden, get a tool to open a global market. Stores can connect to the platform for free and in minutes create a webshop. Only when a product is sold does Sky.Garden take an 8% cut on sales. Result Since launching in May 2017, Sky.Garden has onboarded 3,000 Kenyan stores with more than 23,000 unique products for sale. In January 2018, 1286 products were successfully delivered with an average delivery time of less than 4 hours, due to the decentralized platform (where the stores themselves stock). 310 stores had a minimum of 1 platform sales in January with an average platform turnover of € 190 per business. Since May 2017, the platform has grown order volume by 25% and revenue by 60% month over month. Now works with brands like Carlsberg, Nokia and Microsoft on direct-to-consumer delivery of goods through Sky.Garden's retail. Named 1 of 12 African startups "to watch in 2018" by Disrupt Africa https://goo.gl/ihTDn1