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Braima: Africa will hold one-third of global youth within seven years
“In seven years, Africa will be home to a third of the global population of youth.”
Braima: One in five internet users will be in Africa by 2050
“By twenty-fifty, one out of every five customers on the internet will be in Africa.”
Braima insists Kimoyo will become at least a $200 million business
“How do you not see that this is going to be like, you know, at least at the minimum, a couple hundred million dollar business?”
Braima: African VC Funding Declines at Similar Rate to US
“When funding goes down in America, it goes down in Africa at the similar rate, right?”
Braima: Companies spend $2.2B annually on research in Africa
“Companies are spending an annual 2.2 billion dollars on research. In Africa.”
Braima: Africa Has Only Nine or Ten Tech Unicorns
“And there's only nine unicorns or 10 unicorns in Africa.”
Braima: African Data Market Will Be Obvious in 2-3 Years
“I think the way I look at it is like, you know, we're early to the market. We're early to this space, but I think in, in two years, three years time, everyone's going to be shocked at like, how you, what do you mean that you didn't understand the market for da…”
Braima: Companies Spend $2.2B Annually on Consumer Research in Africa
“I want to introduce you to an industry that's currently experiencing two x yearly growth that you are not invested in. Companies are spending an annual 2.2 billion dollars on research. In Africa.”
Kimoyo generated $115k in revenue with 11k private beta participants
“Since launching last year, we have over 11,000 participants in our private beta and have generated a 115,000 in revenue, supporting companies like Microsoft and Flutterwave.”
Braima: Kimoyo charges $100 to $150 per participant at 70% margins
“So typically where we typically charge around a hundred to a 150 dollars per participant yielding a 70% profit margin.”
Braima: Flutterwave signed a $75,000 annual contract with Kimoyo
“Flutterwave is actually the first trial where we've had with that. We are officially their African research provider on a yearly contract. With Flutterwave, it's 75,000”
Braima: Kimoyo targets reaching $300,000 in ARR within 12 months
“We've been targeting 300,000 in ARR.”
Braima: UserTesting reached $100M ARR with 2,300 customers by 2021
“Usertesting.com reached a hundred million in ARR. I believe it was in about 15 years. They started in 2008. They weren't subscription based until about 2015. And then from there, I think by 2021, they had crossed over the hundred million mark with 2300 custome…”
Braima: Microsoft ran over four studies with Kimoyo
“Microsoft is a U.S. Company, but just saying, and they've done more than Four studies with us in the past year.”
Braima: UserTesting Crossed $100M ARR in 2021 With 2,300 Customers
“Usertesting.com reached a hundred million in ARR. I believe it was in about 15 years. They started in 2008. They weren't subscription based until about 2015. And then from there, I think by 2021, they had crossed over the hundred million mark with 2300 custome…”
Braima: Africa Will Hold a Third of World's Youth by 2030
“In seven years, Africa will be home to a third of the global population of youth.”