Mobileforms
MLC Vanguard | Created by Crowdforce
Mobile forms is a data crowdsourcing platform that helps gather reliable and verifiable data across Africa. We provide real-time insights on your end-users from store aisles to streets and to the living rooms. With over 100,000 networks of field agents in Nigeria alone who capture geo-tag, in-the-moment insight and verifiable data.
1,600,000 Lives Impacted
Financial inclusion is our main impact: Our clients were given access to micro-credit loans from the Nigeria Bank of Industries to grow their businesses. Our clients are from the underserved population of Nigerians hence they had no digital identity, through the enumeration process we have provided our client (1.6million) with a digital identity on the national online database. We employed over 5 thousand active agents throughout Nigeria to help enumerate (collect biodata and information pertaining to their business) our client which are the underserved Nigerians. 90% of our agent are underserved Nigerian, our innovation has provided flexible employement for over 5 thousand Nigerians.
Through the database, on our digital platform, we directly monitor the progress of the traders, we lookout for progress metrics such as, Number of people enumerated, people which have been granted microloans and number of people that have continued with the program to the stage qualifying to the higher value loans. These result can tell us that the trader using the loans to grow the business and they understand how the financial tool in the economy to increase their standard of living.
The people who are indirectly affected by our schemes are people that learn about the importance of financial and online inclusion from our client either by observing the increase in their standard of living or directly word of mouth from our clients. Our project has an impact on the microeconomics of the underserved communities in Nigerian. The growth of our client business means better disposable income for them which they spend other product putting more money into the economy in their communities affecting other people in thier communities.
The Innovation
Our Penetrative Market research product known as Mobile forms is a data crowdsourcing platform that helps gather reliable and verifiable data across Africa. We provide real-time insights on your end-users from store aisles to streets and to the living rooms. With over 100,000 networks of field agents in Nigeria alone who capture geo-tag, in-the-moment insight and verifiable data. Our key success factor for our products are Our Unique technology: our technology is locally built from the ground up to enable offline capability via USSD, Easy/Self-service, onboarding of merchants and an open API that enables businesses to add more digital services that merchants can render to a consumer in their store. Our data gathering tools also enable offline data collection with geotag information. Offline Agency Distribution Network: We currently have access to about 100,000 field agent who serves as either Mobile money agent (Payforce) or Data gathering Agent (Mobile forms). Since 2016 about 1 million dollars have been paid so far to our agent network who collate data and about 250,000 dollars has been made in commission by our mobile money agents since inception in August 2018. We recently enabled the creation of digital identities, loan disbursement and loan recovery to over 2.5 million petty traders across Nigeria under the Federal Government Tradermoni project. This was made possible due to our network of Field agents across Nigeria who are strategically located in every ward in the country. Team: Our team is made up of vast and experienced developers, project managers and financial experts who together have several years of relevant experience.
We empower local merchants with tools(apps) to make extra income by providing simple financial services in their communities or carry out market research. Our technology is locally built from the ground up to enable offline capability via USSD, Easy/Self-service, on-boarding of merchants and an open API that enables businesses to add more digital services that merchants can render to a consumer in their store. Our data gathering tools also enable offline data collection with geotag information.
About Crowdforce
We empower humanity with digital inclusion and help businesses, NGOs, and the government find the industry & market research they need. Founded in 2013, CrowdForce provides trusted industry and market research for public and private organizations, and financial services to individuals through our agent network. We’re located in the United States of America and Nigeria with 54 employees and 13000+ active agents/merchants. We’re proud of the work we do, our employees and our clients.
