IKenya inelona shishini lefenitshala likhulu neliphumelelayo eMpuma Afrika, kodwa amandla oshishino athintelwa ziingxaki ezininzi, eziquka ukungasebenzi kakuhle kwemveliso kunye nemiba yomgangatho enyanzele abathengisi abaninzi ukuba bakhethe ukuthenga kumazwe angaphandle.
I-MoKo Home + Living, umenzi wefenitshala kunye nomthengisi wamajelo amaninzi aseKenya, wabona lo msantsa waza wazimisela ukuwugcwalisa ngomgangatho kunye newaranti kwiminyaka embalwa.Inkampani ngoku ijonge umjikelo olandelayo wokukhula emva kwe-6.5 yezigidi zeedola ze-Series B yenkxaso-mali yomjikelo okhokelwa yingxowa-mali yotyalo-mali yase-US iTalanton kunye nomtyali-mali waseSwitzerland i-AlphaMundi Group.
I-Novastar Ventures kunye ne-Blink CV ngokudibeneyo ikhokele umjikelo we-Series A yenkampani kunye notyalo-mali olongezelelweyo.Ibhanki yorhwebo yaseKenya iVictorian ibonelele ngezigidi ezi-2 zeerandi kwinkxaso-mali yetyala, kwaye iTalanton nayo ibonelele nge-1 yezigidi zeedola kwi-mezzanine financing, ityala elinokuguqulwa libe yi-equity.
“Singene kule marike kuba sibone ilithuba lokwenene lokuqinisekisa nokubonelela ngefanitshala esemgangathweni.Sikwafuna ukubonelela abathengi bethu ngokulula ukuze bathenge ifenitshala yasekhaya ngokulula, eyona asethi inkulu kumakhaya amaninzi eKenya, ”uMlawuli u-Ob Oku kuxelwe kwi-TechCrunch ngumanejala jikelele we-MoKo u-Eric Kuskalis, owaseka isiqalo. kunye noFiorenzo Conte.
I-MoKo yasekwa ngo-2014 njenge-Watervale Investment Limited, ijongene nokubonelela ngemathiriyeli ekrwada kubavelisi befanitshala.Nangona kunjalo, ngo-2017 inkampani yatshintsha indlela kwaye yalinga imveliso yayo yokuqala yabathengi (umatrasi), kwaye emva konyaka yazisa uphawu lwe-MoKo Home + Living ukuze lusebenze kwimarike enkulu.
Isiqalo sithi sikhule ngokuphindwe kahlanu kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, kwaye iimveliso zalo ngoku zisetyenziswa kumakhaya angaphezu kwama-370,000 eKenya.Inkampani inethemba lokuyithengisa kwizigidi zamakhaya kule minyaka imbalwa izayo njengoko iqala ukwandisa imveliso kunye nomgca wemveliso.Iimveliso zayo zangoku ziquka umatrasi we-MoKo owaziwayo.
“Siceba ukubonelela ngeemveliso kuzo zonke izinto eziphambili zefenitshala kwikhaya eliqhelekileyo - iifreyimu zebhedi, iikhabhathi zeTV, iitafile zekofu, iiragi.Sikwaphuhlisa iimveliso ezifikelelekayo kwiindidi zeemveliso ezikhoyo - iisofa kunye noomatrasi, ”utshilo uKuskalis.
I-MoKo ikwaceba ukusebenzisa imali ukunyusa ukukhula kunye nobukho bayo eKenya ngokusebenzisa amajelo e-intanethi, ukwandisa intsebenziswano kunye nabathengisi kunye neendawo zokuthengisa ukuthengisa ngaphandle kwe-intanethi.Ukwaceba ukuthenga izixhobo ezongezelelekileyo.
I-MoKo sele isebenzisa itekhnoloji yedijithali kumgca wayo wemveliso kwaye ityale imali “kwizixhobo ezinokuthatha iiprojekthi ezintsonkothileyo zeplanga ezibhalwe ziinjineli zethu kwaye zizigqibe ngokuchanekileyo ngemizuzwana.”Bathi inceda amaqela asebenze ngokufanelekileyo kwaye anyuse imveliso.“Ubuchwephesha obuzisebenzelayo bokurisayikilisha kunye nesoftware ebala eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokusetyenziswa kwemathiriyeli ekrwada” nazo zabanceda banciphisa inkunkuma.
“Sichukumiseke kakhulu kukwazi ukwenza iMoKo ezinzileyo.Inkampani ngumqali ophambili kushishino njengoko bejike uzinzo lwaba lulutho olubalulekileyo lwezorhwebo.Inyathelo ngalinye abalithathayo kule ndawo alikhuseli nje indalo esingqongileyo kuphela, kodwa likwaphucula ukuqina okanye ukufumaneka kweemveliso ezinikezelwa nguMoKo kubathengi,” utshilo uMiriam Atuya weAlphaMundi Group.
I-MoKo ijolise ekwandiseni ibe ziimarike ezintathu ezintsha ngowama-2025 ngokuqhutywa kukukhula kwabemi, ukufudukela kwabantu ezidolophini nokonyuka kwamandla okuthenga njengoko imfuno yefenitshala iqhubeleka ukukhula kwilizwekazi liphela kwaye ifikelela kubathengi ngokubanzi.
“Ukukhula okunokwenzeka yeyona nto siyivuyelayo kakhulu.Isekho indawo eninzi eKenya yokusebenzela ngcono izigidi zamakhaya.Esi sisiqalo nje - imodeli ye-MoKo ifanelekile kwiimarike ezininzi e-Afrika, apho iintsapho zijongene nemiqobo efanayo yokwakha izindlu ezitofotofo, ezamkelayo, "utshilo uKuskalis.
Ixesha lokuposa: Oct-17-2022