Module 5: UnBlockAfrica Venture Evaluation for Investor Perspective

This assignment analyzes the UnBlockAfrica venture from an investor's perspective, focusing on the market, team, and business model. The analysis begins by identifying the market's strengths, such as its potential size and the need for financial education, as well as weaknesses like limited banking access and low wages. The team's capabilities are assessed, highlighting the research and development team's expertise and the technological team's knowledge. The business model is examined, particularly the role of the financial team and the organization's reliance on Libra infrastructure. The analysis also points out the importance of partnerships and the need to reach a broader customer base. The assignment is based on the four-pillar venture evaluation framework, evaluating the market size, team's expertise, and the business model's effectiveness to determine the viability of the venture.

Running Head: UNBLOCKAFRICA
UnBlockAfrica
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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1. Market
Strength: The strength of the market is invested in the fact that the potentiality of the market
is created in the huge size of the market.
The need has also been experienced in the aspect of providing the customers with education,
that is required to bring a knowledge about the service.
The development of the fintech has resulted in the emergence of the newer form of service in
the absolutely untapped market of a newer form.
Weakness: The weakness of the market lies in the fact that the banking service is accessible
to only a few of the people. As such the potential practical market decreases from a 57
million to 6.1 million.
The weakness of the market is also because a larger section of the employed population earn
minimum wages.
The weakness had been noted in the exclusion of Africa from the finance world on a global
level (Khan and Mashikhi, 2017).
2. Team
The research and the development team is equipped by trained personal in order to
help the organization in mitigating the gap that existed in the scenario regarding the
formation of the business model. The technological team is also backed by the knowledge
regarding the development of the application. The collaboration was also felt as the
organization had developed a need in term of the creation of an effective business model for
the organization.
3. Business model

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The business model of the organization can be realized from the perspective of the
functioning of the financial team that forms the main pivoting point for the functioning of the
organization. The business model of the organization also need to take into consideration
those who have been partner of the business of the UnblockAfrica.
The market of the UnBlockAfrica included the market of 57 million potential
customers out of which only 6 billion have the capacity to consider the banking as a potential
area where they can save their money.
The product along with the revenue model of the organization included the offering of
the organization to the main product of the organization. The rudimentary bank account along
with the facility of payment transaction have given the bank a strong hold in terms of its
customer servicing.
The function of the organization is based upon the libra infrastructure and as such the
organization failed to enjoy an autonomy over the decision making process. This is an area in
the functioning of the business where the spread of the autonomy of the organization on the
basis of the information that is available (Mohanty and Mohanty 2018).
The partners of the organization includes the partners who are experts in technology.
The partnership is also established the requirement for the integration on the basis of
technology.
The organization being the one in the loopholes. It is crucial as the accounts of the
individuals as well as the locals who have acted as a sales agents.
Therefore, the weakness of the business can be noted in the fact that the organization
has not made substantial effort in reaching the unattainable customers.

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References
Khan, S. and Mashikhi, L.S., 2017. Impact of teamwork on employees
performance. International. Journal of Education and Social Science, 4(11), pp.14-22.
Mohanty, A. and Mohanty, S., 2018. The impact of communication and group dynamics on
teamwork effectiveness: The case of service sector organisations. Academy of Strategic
Management Journal, 17(4), pp.1-14.