Simplifyd, a Nigerian startup aiming to become Africa’s platform of choice for data-free internet access, has acquired US$500,000 in pre-seed funding and announced the debut of ZeroData, its toll-free internet application platform.
Future Africa and Y Combinator provided the US$500,000 pre-seed funding, with the latter arriving after Simplifyd was accepted for the W22 batch of the renowned Silicon Valley-based accelerator alongside a slew of other African entrepreneurs.
“ZeroData is designed to cater to both users with active data plans and those with none. For users with an active data plan, their data plan isn’t consumed when they make use of the application. Our app also enables users with no active data plans to enjoy uninterrupted access to the internet apps listed on the platform,” co-founder and CEO Tomi Amao said.
“For us, the realisation that Africans pay the highest rate for mobile internet in the world proportional to income is worrying. This is a significant challenge that we are happy to solve sustainably through the launch of ZeroData. We are creating a convenient platform to access the internet away from the challenge of huge data consumption for the continent’s growing number of Internet users.”
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Simplifyd, founded in 2020 by Tomi Amao, Mayowa Amao, Sam Keiru, and Abiola Fajimi, intends to overcome the issues connected with acquiring affordable data amid the increasing increase of data consumption, particularly among mobile and online app users in Africa’s emerging economies.
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It has also announced the launch of ZeroData, which co-founder and CEO Tomi Amao says was formed out of a genuine desire to solve Africa’s troubling data affordability problem, as well as to enable broader digital inclusion across the continent.
Users will simply need to download the ZeroData app, which is accessible for both mobile (Android) and desktop (Windows) (MacOS and Windows). This gives them immediate data-free access to the listed apps and websites. The ZeroData platform also enables businesses to bundle data with their apps in order to make them more accessible and data-free to those who need it the most.
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