We have been working mostly on the Software and Hardware components of our service, while developing business relationships to achieve a successful commercialisation of our technology.
The Software part is formed by our Cloud Platform which is automatically updated and accessible anywhere, the BuffaloGrid Cloud gives complete control over a fleet of BuffaloGrid Hubs.
Our platform can capture user behaviour and data such as phone number, total spend, payment type, time, date and location of the transaction with the user. It can also provide a full hub health diagnostics, the clouds allow easy monitoring of
status, location, battery level, temperature.
Finally, it gives a full report of the agent performance by providing data on charges sold, income earned, contact and payment info.
WHAT WE HAVE TODAY: Subscriber App activated hardware for mobile phone charging and pre-loaded digital services that regularly update content using local Mobile Networks. Grassroots, decentralized, low-cost and highly scalable business model supported by a patented cashless unlocking system and field-tested, robust, portable, solar-powered hubs. Subscribers experience data services before they would organically be adopted while supporting the growth of current consumption trends while allowing customers to use their phones more often and for more things.
HOW: Removing frontier-market barriers of internet adoption:
● Access to power: Phone charging enabling smartphone users to use their devices more often and for more.
● Digital illiteracy: The BuffaloGrid App is designed to help users gain awareness of digital services that can improve their lives & quality of life.
● Cost of data: Amortized cost of mobile data via hubs.
SERVICE:
● B2C: Subscribers can stream or download uninterrupted material from remote education, tele-medicine and health to commercial, entertainment and sport. Premium users (£0.45/month): unlimited charging & downloading all content. Free users: limited charging time & content streaming with advertisements when near the hub.
● B2B: Business customers can distribute advertisements to subscribers, run surveys and increase sales. We align the interest of all our stakeholders, creating value while running a profitable service. During our 2016 - 2020 India pilots, Mobile Network Operator Agents reported an increase in sales of airtime as people had more power, these same agents showed a 50% increase in general sales and a significant conversion rate to the partner mobile operator, making hub custody desirable for all stakeholders.
DISTRIBUTION: Partnerships with organisations and companies with large location/distribution networks, offering thousands of locations where people in off-grid, underserved or rural villages and communities buy SIM cards, airtime, data, sweets, drinks and daily basics.
IMPACT OPPORTUNITY: BuffaloGrid has a Target of 300K agent locations that will impact over 180M bottom of the economic pyramid smartphone users, supporting sustainable development through connectivity, education, empowerment, economic development and growth that changes lives. Increasing range of access to digital services, helping digitise local economies and drive the internet adoption process.
