Talented Africa
Industry: Business development, Economic empowerment, Social Entrepreneurship
Description: Small-to-Medium Business Financial Mentoring Platform
Insight
Founded by Paul Green in 2009, Talented Africa aims to help talented Africans identify and capture economic opportunity. His vision included a web resource which allowed small business owners to record and chart their business progress – notably several key financial indicators. In turn, business owners receive advice, direction and mentorship from business veterans. Armed with a comprehensive storyboard, Paul approached White Wall Web to help with construction.
Process
After a brave but slightly cautious start, the client soon realised the inherent benefit of an Agile development relationship and a series of short, transparent development bursts. Using Ruby on Rails, Scrum and PivotalTracker, the team delivered great milestone results – securing further funding for additional features and development.
White Wall Web created a custom built system for Talented Africa on specification. Trial clients are using the system from 2011.
Technology
The solution was built using Ruby on Rails, making extensive use of JavaScript/AJAX for heavy client-side functionality. MySQL was used for the database, it’s served using Nginx and the project features significant test coverage. The Intellectual Property is owned by Talented Africa.
See it
To view the system, please request a demo as this area is password protected and has very strict security protocols.
