“Meaning both “”Of Us”” and “”For Us”” in Kiswahili (most popular African language), YAKWETU™ is a Kenyan Entertainment Technology Startup, that is Africa’s first-ever Winner, and the Global Creative Industry’s first-ever Winner, of World Intellectual Property Organisation’s Global Awards https://www.wipo.int/global-awards/en/2023/winners.htmlUsing our proprietary Applications, YAKWETU™ is an online Distributor and Retailer of Content, from Africa, to Africa and for Africa – through a Range of thoughtfully Curated branded Services, that supply Consumers with securely Encrypted original Titles, that fairly Pay the Creators – unlike Pirated alternatives.As a benchmark, think of Amazon’s suite of Prime Video, Freevee, Amazon Music, Audible and Twitch – and that’s our Growth Plan for African Content, on The Motherland and to her Diaspora.
YAKWETU™ exists to Fairly Pay the Creatives of Africa, who Lose upto 99% Revenue to Piracy; and don’t have enough options Online to Earn a Living.
YAKWETU™ also exists for 475+ million SmartPhone users in Africa, who Want to Consume their own Content via Pay-As-You-Go, like how they buy Airtime – NOT via Subscription.
Released on 26th September 2019, our Proof-of-Concept is MyMovies.Africa™, as a Mobile-first Digital Cinema Extension, offering securely Encrypted original Movies from Africa (i.e. New Releases, Classics, Features, Shorts, Animations, Documentaries, etc) on Smart Devices, across Africa and Worldwide.”
Meaning both “Of Us” and “For Us” in Kiswahili (the most popular African language), YAKWETU™ is an Online Home Entertainment & Edutainment System – of Africa, for Africa. Using our proprietory Kenyan-made Applications, YAKWETU™ is an online Distributor and Retailer of Digital Content, from Africa, to Africa and for Africa – through a Range of thoughtfully Curated branded Services, that supply Consumers with securely Encrypted original Titles, that fairly Pays the Creators – unlike Pirated alternatives. As a benchmark, think of Amazon’s suite of Digital Media, like Prime Video, Freevee, Amazon Music, Audible and Twitch – and that’s our Growth Plan for African Content, on The Motherland and to her Diaspora. YAKWETU™ exists to Fairly Pay the Creatives of Africa, who Lose upto 99% Revenue to Piracy; and don’t have enough options Online to Earn a Living. YAKWETU™ also exists for 475+ million SmartPhone users in Africa, who Want to Consume their own Content via Pay-As-You-Go, like how they buy Airtime – NOT via Subscription. Released on 26th September 2019, our Poof-of-Concept is MyMovies.Africa™, as a Mobile-first Digital Cinema Extension, offering securely Encrypted original Movies from Africa (i.e. New Releases, Classics, Features, Shorts, Animations, Documentaries, etc) on Smart Devices, across Africa and to her Diaspora in 195 Countries. Its core Products are a Premium Video On Demand – PVOD (#RentFor2Days) for New Releases, Transactional Video On Demand – TVOD (#RentFor7Days), Electronic Sell Through – EST (#OwnForLife) purchase and Watch Parties via Encrypted Links that Expire, all Accessed here: https://app.mymovies.africa. More information here: https://www.yakwetu.africa On 11th July 2023, YAKWETU™ emerged 1 of the 7 Winners from 548 Submissions and 25 Finalists – of 16 Countries and from Industries like Creative, Food, Green Technology, Health & more, at the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s WIPO Global Awards: https://www.wipo.int/global-awards/en/2023/winners.html. YAKWETU™ is the first-ever Company from the Creative Industry globally to Win this Award, plus the first-ever Winner from Africa.
We believe that our Participation in the Africa Tech Startup Forum would: 1). Accelerate our Market Access and Growth via Training, expert Advice, Exposure and Connection with Opportunities. 2). Improve our Investment-readiness, Value and Network, via Advisors, Coaches, Experts and Peers. 3). Help us Raise our 1st Round of Seed Capital, as USD 1,000,000, to Scale our Growth in Kenya and Africa.
